Can Corbyn Conquer The SNP?

The following was written by Tracy Cooney | @tigs88    When I first voted there was no debate or big decision to be made. I lived in Scotland and was working class so Labour it was, the party of the working class, the party of the people. I never knew anyone to have deviated from this…

Why I Support Trident and the End of the World

The following was written by @mikeypie12     I am deeply myopic. It must be said. I used to have a firmly anti-Trident stance. This however was not through anything so noble as a stringent desire for world peace. I may be myopic, but I’m also a pragmatist, and asteroids are cheaper in times of austerity. Here…

Who Cares? | By @AlanMaddison20

The following was written by Dr Alan Maddison | @AlanMaddison20    In his conference speech John McDonnell described Michael O’Sullivan, a man with severe mental illness, who took his life after he was found ‘fit for work’ in a government assessment. The coroner concluded that his death was triggered by this assessment and the subsequent loss…

Do we have to wait until 2020 to get rid of the Tories?

Petition: Repeal the Fixed-Term Parliament Act 2011 The following is from Chris Blackmore @RebetikoWalrus   https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/108447/ In 2011, the coalition made up of the Conservative party and the Liberal Democrat Party passed the Fixed Length Parliaments Act 2011. The effect of this is that there can only be General Elections every five years, and that means…

Socialism – a personal perspective

The following was written by T_J_D @elephantlass    You are probably familiar with the usual definition of Socialism as: ‘a social and economic system characterised by social ownership and/or social control of the means of production and co-operative management of the economy, as well as a political theory and movement that aims at the establishment of…

Jeremy Corbyn: A View from Scotland

The following was written by @AlienInAttic    Jeremy Corbyn has done a significant amount to restore some kind of credibility to the Labour Party after it had been destroyed by Blair and subsequent Labour leaders have failed in their attempts to recover. The Labour Party used to have a clear identity and provide clear opposition to…

An open letter to the disappointed Blairites.

The following was written by @chelleryn99     Dear disappointed Blairites  We appreciate you are disappointed and no one would hold that against you. You’ve made it clear throughout the campaign you didn’t want Jeremy to win. It would look a bit odd now if you told the world he was the best thing since sliced bread.…

The Rebel Effect

The following was written by @mikeypie12    I try my utmost to avoid newspapers. Sometimes they’re unavoidable, and I give in to the affliction of wishing to read them. Yesterday was one of those days, I read an article in The Guardian that propagated the theory that workers-rights are about to undergo something of a renaissance…

Welcome to Tory Britain

The following was written by Tracy Cooney • @tigs88    Inflation is the calculated increase in the price of goods over a sustained period of time. This means that as inflation rises, you get less for your pound.  There are 2 indexes used to determine inflation. The consumer price index (CPI) and the retail price index…

Time to sow the seeds of change

The following was written by Michelle (Chelley) Ryan • @chelleryn99 My home growing up, was a two bedroom local authority terrace which I shared with my mum, dad and older sister. My mum worked part time as a cleaner, and my dad was a metre reader for the electricity board. We only had one annual holiday…