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For too long the Scottish government has used constitutional wrangling as an excuse for inaction
People should be under no illusions that our employment and human rights are now being targeted by the Conservative government, under the cloak of Brexit, says PAT RAFFERTY
SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford outside the British Parliament after last week's walkout. A constitutional standoff between Edinburgh and London has distracted from solving Scotland's real problems
JOHN McINALLY sees little chance of change at Westminster, and calls on the left to get serious about building a real alternative
With the centenary of the UN Slavery Convention upon us, ROGER McKENZIE argues much needs to be done to rid us of all its contemporary manifestations
SEVIM DAGDELEN says European Nato states are escalating ever closer to direct conflict with a nuclear power, and sacrificing welfare states built up over a century to finance it
CLAUDIA WEBBE says the horrific price British patients will pay for this NHS deal is now clear — and there’s time to get out of it, if MPs will only force the issue
KENNY MacASKILL says the lines between party, government and Civil Service in Scotland have been blurred and we need a thorough investigation into how
THE constitutional fog has been a distraction from the many challenges facing the people of Scotland, in particular how we create decent living and working standards, address poverty and fund our public services.
It has allowed both the Westminster and Scottish governments to abdicate responsibility and point the finger of blame at each other.
The decision of the UK people to leave the EU, followed by the unfolding debate about what powers get repatriated to the Scottish Parliament, is just the latest complication in the constitutional saga.
The folly of the Westminster government in not automatically repatriating all powers to the Scottish Parliament in the event of Brexit has ignited the blame game once again.
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