Monday, 25 April 2011

Time To Abolish The Council Tax - Not Freeze It

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The opinion polls suggest Labour and the SNP are neck and neck in the race for Holyrood 2011. Interestingly both parties now support a freez...
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Tuesday, 19 April 2011

For a Modern Democratic Republic

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All across Scotland political parties are vying for votes and spending millions of pounds trying to engage the electorate in the 'democr...
Thursday, 14 April 2011

SSP's Holyrood Manifesto

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The Scottish Socialist Party launched our manifesto for the 2011 Holyrood elections yesterday at a press conference in Glasgow. With me at t...
Sunday, 3 April 2011

Prescription Charges Abolished in Scotland After 50 Years

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After my election to Holyrood in 2003 I launched a Private Members Bill to scrap prescription charges. The SSP's Bill won the backing of...
Tuesday, 29 March 2011

Coalition Government Faces Mass Trades Union Opposition to Public Sector Cuts Plan

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On Saturday I joined the protest march through London opposing the Coalition Government's austerity programme. This was no standard mar...
Monday, 21 March 2011

Poll Predicts SSP Holyrood Advance

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The latest YouGov poll on voting intentions for the Holyrood elections has the SSP on 4% for the Regional List Vote. Perhaps the most striki...
Sunday, 20 March 2011

US Government denies visa to Malalai Joya

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The United States Government have denied a travel visa to Malalai Joya, former member of Afghanistan's parliament. She was set to begin ...