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THE mood music for the SNP is night and day from this time last year. But the First Minister won’t be taking the votes for granted just yet. What...
As Scottish Labour wrap up its conference, the stakes have never been higher. Working people across Scotland are crying out for change - real,...
No one goes to their work to be abused. That includes teachers. Last week, teachers within an East Dunbartonshire school took industrial action over...
I suspect the Scottish Government will be feeling pretty pleased with themselves this week. Last week they tied up deals with both the Lib Dems and...
Since we've just celebrated Burns Night, I'll start by quoting the man: the best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft a-gley. For those who are a bit...
LAST Friday, in Glasgow, our biggest teaching union the EIS launched an updated version of its Education for Peace policy. A response no doubt, to...
What else is there left to say about James Watt? The notorious punk-IPA, former Brewdog supremo hit the headlines again last week as he seeks to...
New Year is a good time to take stock of the recent past and make new resolutions for the future. So, let’s take stock of wages for workers across...
I count myself as one of those fortunate to be looking forward to Christmas. With a busy job, there’s always an element of the last minute....
When did the discourse that governs our society turn into a game of punching down rather than building up? Instead of embracing outward-looking,...
Budgets cannot be all things to all people. But neither should they be. Budgets are the economic prospectus that uphold and fund the policy...
As we hurtle headfirst into the festive period, we’re looking for tidings of comfort and joy. It’s a decision for us all whether we embrace the...
It is now 50 years since the SNP famously used the phrase “Its Scotland’s Oil” in its successful 1974 General Election strategy. The actual “Its...
We’ve had our fair share of comebacks recently. Oasis are getting the band back together. Primal Scream are back for a new album. Labour have...
It is 400 days since the Hamas attack on Israel, killing hundreds with hundreds more taken as hostage. “A day when the world united in grief for...
The Budget from the Chancellor of the Exchequer was 14 years in the making. Good things come to those who wait, but we could hardly wait any...
Here’s an opening line for some detractors who accuse me and the wider trade union movement as being cheerleaders for the Labour UK Government: the...
Last week, the Labour UK Government published their long-awaited Employment Rights Bill. It’s the legislative manifestation, or at least part of...
Last week, finally, legislation came into force to ensure that employers in the hospitality sector are legally obligated to pass on all tips to...
THE Labour Party and the wider Labour movement had waited 15 years for this moment. Last Tuesday, a Labour Prime Minister took to his feet to...
Towns and villages across Scotland are tinged with poignant remnants of the past. Last week was one of those occasions where a town falls silent...
The towers will fall silent. The humming will cease. Where once a billowing tower of smoke dominated the Forth Valley skyline, there will be a...
Let me say at the outset that governments can’t be all things to all people, nor should anyone envy the financial position in which the Cabinet...
“The worker must have bread, but she must have roses too." This adage, much loved by the trade union and women’s rights movements, tells a...
As the last Labour Government left office in 2010, a note was scribbled. On headed paper, Liam Byrne said to his successor David Laws: “Dear chief...
Children. Just children. Dancing to Taylor Swift. Content and in their happy place. Murdered in an act of senseless, unfathomable violence. No...