Commenting on Boris Johnson’s surprise move to suspend Parliament for 23 days—from early September to mid October—SSP National Co-Spokesperson Colin Fox said: “Set aside dusty debates about parliamentary precedents, conventions and even the role of the Queen as head of state. The political manoeuvre Boris Johnston pulled today is a ruthless bid for power by a new […]
by Colin Fox The European elections in Britain were held in absurd circumstances and the results reflected it vividly. Three years after voting to leave the EU, Britain was compelled to send 73 MEPs for another five! The election was a rerun of the 2016 Referendum, only more polarised and bitter. Parties with a hard […]
Commenting on the May resignation SSP National co-spokesman Colin Fox said: “Theresa May’s Premiership is over and will forever be haunted by her Brexit failures. Yet her resignation as Prime Minister changes very little in the crisis convulsing UK politics. Whoever takes over as Tory leader faces the same Westminster arithmetic, their is no majority […]
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 […]