All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
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Redeveloping the Scotland United campaign
We need to bring together people who support constitutional change as a common goal – and a new publication from the Red Paper Collective is a good first step, says NEIL FINDLAY MSP
ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer
ALLISON FEWTRELL on what Plaid Cymru's historic election victory means for the communities being failed by Wales’s housing crisis, and four things the new government can do right now
France Insoumise MP JEROME LEGAVRE speaks to Christophe Domec on building the Europe-wide peace movement that came together in the International Conference Against War last weekend
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
ALMOST 30 years has passed since the cross-party pressure group Scotland United was formed bringing together socialists, nationalists, liberals, communists and Greens together with trade unionists, representatives from the churches and civic society to campaign for a multi-option referendum on Scotland’s future.
Senior figures from the SNP like Mike Russell supported that position and marched alongside STUC general secretary Campbell Christie and a number of Labour MPs building support for the proposition.
This was a good initiative uniting political opponents against the real enemy, the Tories, who had caused so much devastation in our communities and who were entrenched in their opposition to any devolution of power.
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