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TORY LEADER Michael Howard was made to look a fool recently after sacking Boris Johnson for having an affair.

Three dates already dominate the calendar for the coming year—the 19 March international day of demonstrations against the occupation of Iraq, the 2-9 July protest at the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, and the general election which is being widely reported as planned for May.

Scottish workers say no to racism Up to 1,000 people attended the Scottish TUC annual demonstration against racism and fascism in Glasgow last Saturday. Trade union delegates included firefighters, print workers and several Unison and EIS (Scottish teachers’ union) branches.

Relatives speak out in Fife THE DEATHS of British soldiers in the Black Watch in Iraq are having a deep impact on people in the area they come from in Scotland.

CHRIS SMART lives in Springfield, a village in Fife on the east coast of Scotland. He suffers from chronic sciatica and is unable to work, and has lived on incapacity benefit for the past two years.

AROUND 1,000 people attended a rally in support of the declaration for an independent Scottish republic in Edinburgh last Saturday.

POPULAR PROTEST has claimed the scalp of Scottish health minister Malcolm Chisholm.

What lay behind the union of Scotland and England in 1707?

ABOUT 1,000 people blockaded the Faslane nuclear base in Scotland over three days last weekend.

WORKERS AT the food preparation firm Uniq, at Annan and Finnarts Bay in the west of Scotland, have won significant gains.

MANAGERS at B&Q’s store in East Kilbride, Scotland, were rushing about with excitement last week.

A STRIKE by 1,000 workers at the Uniq food processing plants at Annan and Finnarts Bay in the west of Scotland was due to go ahead this week as Socialist Worker went to press.