Following is a statement from SSP International Secretary Bill Bonnar in regards to recent jail sentences served to Catalan parliamentary leaders: The Scottish Socialist Party strongly condemns the jail sentences handed out to Catalan parliamentary leaders by a court in Madrid. In a show trial reminiscent of those carried out under the criminal dictator General […]
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 […]
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 […]
UK Supreme Court rules on Brexit Article 50 Britain’s decision to leave the EU is being scrutinised today by the highest constitutional court in the land. And in doing so the case has exposed the sham that is UK democracy, writes Colin Fox. Eleven unelected Supreme Court ‘Justices’ will rule on whether the UK Government […]
by Ken Ferguson As the Tories unveil their assault on vital services, democratic rights and trade unions amidst the establishment pomp of the Queen’s speech, the need for resistance to this no-mandate government grows ever more urgent. And the sweeping left gains in Spain’s regional elections by Podemos and related forces following the election of […]