by Colin Fox So now Brexit is set for October 31st. Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit impasse just runs on, and on, and on. With the second ‘deadline’, April 12th, for leaving the EU having expired anti-climatically without fanfare, just as March 29th did before it, Britain now faces the farcical prospect of contesting elections […]
It’s been said that ‘Brexit’ is the biggest crisis the British ruling class has faced since Suez. Ironically, that was also about the diminishing of Britain’s power in the world. Britain, the former colonial superpower in the Middle East – which had liberated North Africa from the Nazis in 1956 – was ignominiously outmanoeuvred by […]
Speakers Gerry Carroll, People Before Profit MLA from Belfast Róisín McLaren and Colin Fox, SSP Joint National Spokespeople George Kerevan, Leading SNP socialist & former MP Will Britain leave the EU on March 29th or not? Whilst MP’s seem paralysed by indecision working class people suffer poverty pay, further insecurity, falling living standards and declining […]
What does Brexit mean for us? Should we support independence? Who’s defending our rights? Join the Stirling University Scottish Socialist Party to discuss these important issues as we approach the ever-foreboding Brexit day which is casting uncertainty across all areas of UK politics. Whether you’re an expert at all things political, or really have no […]
by Colin Fox I spoke on behalf of the Scottish Socialist Party at a public meeting hosted by the Communication Workers Union in Inverness last week. The St Andrews Day event on ‘Brexit, Independence and Workers Rights’ heard me remind people November 30th is also the anniversary of John Maclean’s birth. I pointed out that […]
Public meeting by the Communication Workers Union Highland AMAL. Speakers confirmed are Drew Hendry of the Scottish National Party, MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, Colin Fox – national co-spokesperson of the Scottish Socialist Party and Carl Maden of the CWU National Executive. […]
Commenting on Philip Hammond’s budget SSP spokesman Colin Fox said; “This is a pre-Brexit giveaway budget designed to put pressure on dissident MP’s Remainers and Brexiteers alike on the spot ahead of a likely Westminster vote in December.” “Chancellor Philip Hammond promises to find £20bn more for the NHS over the next 5 years, £2bn […]
Amid claims of a ‘Remain coup’ in diluting Brexit plans, SSP national spokesman Colin Fox said: “Prime Minister Theresa May has survived another debilitating day ‘in the Brexit trenches’ after ‘Leave’ Ministers David Davis and Boris Johnston dramatically resigned from her cabinet over what they saw as further dilution of Britain’s negotiating position with the […]