The Milburn review presents itself as a plan to help young people into work, but Dr DYLAN MURPHY argues it is laying the groundwork for a harsher benefits regime
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SNP’s brand of Scottish independence is fake
Sturgeon and her government won’t challenge EU supremacy on privatisation or anything else, writes PAULINE BRYAN
Campaigners from across the continent will gather in Brussels on June 14 to oppose Europe’s accelerating militarisation and cuts to public services, write MAGGIE SIMPSON and BOB ORAM of No Cold War Britain
National co-ordinator for General Strike 100, HENRY FOWLER, continues his nationwide tour of partner organisations by visiting the Modern Records Centre at Warwick University
GEOFF BOTTOMS recalls meeting Fidel Castro in the ’90s after joining a Pastors for Peace caravan to Cuba, and reflects on how international support is still vital to help the island withstand economic warfare
The Ivors Academy’s hike in entry fees could turn this respected peer-assessed event into an exclusive preserve for those wealthy enough to compete, warns BEN LUNN
Peter Murrell’s weakness for the allure of prestige goods is symptomatic of modern consumer culture, says MATT KERR
The SNP’s own image of an independent Scotland was described in the 2013 white paper Scotland’s Future: Your Guide to an Independent Scotland, as follows: “If we vote for independence, the eyes of the world will be on Scotland as our ancient nation emerges — again — as an independent country. Scotland will become the 29th member of the European Union and the 194th member of the United Nations.”
In fact, the one thing that unites nearly every elected member of the Scottish Parliament is support for the EU.
The Scottish Greens, the Lib Dems and even the Scottish Conservatives have avoided the splits they have in Westminster. And of course Scottish Labour, with a few exceptions, is pro-EU.
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