Latest editorial
JEREMY CORBYN urged Scottish voters to reject “Tory and SNP austerity” and instead elect a Labour government “for the many, not the few” at a rally in Glasgow last night.
Returning to Glasgow’s Old Fruitmarket, where he addressed huge crowds during the first Labour leadership contest, Mr Corbyn accused the SNP of “passing on Tory austerity without putting up a fight.”
By contrast Labour will “transform our economy through investment and development” and end “tax breaks for the richest and big business,” he said.
The new Scottish Parliament looks set to continue a cycle of managerial tinkering while public services face the axe, writes STEPHEN LOW
VINCE MILLS cautions over the perils and pitfalls of ‘a new left party’
While Reform poses as a workers’ party, a credible left alternative rooted in working-class communities would expose their sham — and Corbyn’s stature will be crucial to its appeal, argues CHELLEY RYAN