Scottish National Party

Scottish independence march keeps pressure on the Tories...and the SNP

Some 15,000 people joined the latest march for Scottish independence last Saturday in Stirling.

SNP walkout reflects mood for Scottish independence

By walking out of parliament during the Brexit debates at Westminster last week Scottish National Party (SNP) MPs forced themselves to the top of news bulletins in Scotland.

Huge independence march in Dumfries

Thousands marched through the town of Dumfries in the south of Scotland last Saturday in the latest of a series of marches for Scottish independence.

SNP report exposes its pro-market leadership with ‘cuts commission’

A recent economic report by the Scottish National Party (SNP) is a major disappointment for those in the independence movement who want to end austerity and cuts.

Tens of thousands on the streets for Scottish independence

The organisers, All Under One Banner, said over 50,000 took part.

SNP warns of Tory devolution attack as independence campaigners march

Thousands of supporters of Scottish independence were set to march in Glasgow this Saturday, in a demo called by the All Under One Banner group.

Scottish National Party’s shift to Kiwi capitalism is a sharp turn to the right

10 April 2018
The Scottish National Party (SNP) is poised for a sharp turn to the right.

Fury as Catalan leader arrested in Scotland

27 March 2018
Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon has exposed her government’s fake radicalism by cooperating with the clampdown on Catalan independence.

Glasgow council workers demand ‘equal pay or we walk away’

10 February 2018
Around 500 low paid women council workers marched through the city centre of Glasgow. They demanded that city council chiefs settle a 12-year equal pay dispute.

Keep up the Glasgow equal pay fight

23 January 2018
Low paid women workers are one step closer to justice in their decade-long fight against Glasgow City Council. But they have to keep up the pressure.

Fight to keep Scottish care homes open

29 November 2017
Instead of looking forward to Christmas with their families, elderly residents of Scottish care charity Bield have been issued an eviction notice

Work-in and march helps to keep the BiFab factory open

21 November 2017
A new deal has given workers in Fife some breathing space, report Tomáš Tengely-Evans and Raymie Kiernan

LETTERS - Harvey Weinstein exposes society riddled with sexism

17 October 2017
I’ve been sickened, but not surprised, by the recent exposure of film producer Harvey Weinstein’s horrific treatment of women in the film industry.

Scottish National Party licks its wounds in a subdued party conference

10 October 2017
The Scottish National Party (SNP) conference in Glasgow this week met in a subdued mood. It follows a general election where the SNP fell from 56 MPs to 35.

Scotland, Labour and independence - what should the left do?

19 September 2017
Several thousand people joined the pro-independence Hope Over Fear rally in Glasgow last Saturday.

An anti-austerity message is key for the Scottish Labour Party’s new leader

05 September 2017
The resignation of Kezia Dugdale as Scottish Labour leader is a chance for a shift to the left, writes Nick Clark

Cheers for Corbyn at Glasgow mosque show how Scottish Labour could revive

25 August 2017
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn spoke to around 2,000 people at rallies and mass meetings in Glasgow yesterday, Thursday.

It's anger that fuels votes for an alternative

08 August 2017
Is it really any wonder that people backed a manifesto that sought to reverse some of the worst effects of that crusade for the richest in society?

Scottish Labour and SNP fail to channel the Corbyn surge

13 June 2017
Election results in Scotland shocked many people after the SNP lost 21 seats.

SNP remain largest party in Scotland—but gloss is coming off its radical image

13 June 2017
The Scottish National Party (SNP) has won nearly 1 million votes in Scotland. It gained a 37 percent share of the vote and 60 percent—35 out 59—of Scottish Westminster seats.