Green Party deputy leader MOTHIN ALI, who will speak at the International Anti-War Conference in London on June 20, says Britain needs to rethink its priorities – and its allies
WITH the SNP wasting time in Holyrood debating what flags should fly in Edinburgh, we are faced with a Tory majority that can now implement any policy it wants when we need to develop a real strategy for democracy not just in Scotland but across Britain.
Debating flags is a distraction of epic proportions, when we need to be talking about real class issues.
Since the ’80s the country has become deindustrialised. Labour had 13 years in power and did nothing to rebuild or even protect the industrial areas destroyed by Thatcher. At its peril it ignored these industrial areas and did nothing to redress the balance of power or wealth.
As Scotland heads to the polls, the main parties offer variations on the same script, says MATT KERR
Last weekend’s inaugural conference mixed warmth, unity and ambition with the unmistakable echo of old arguments. MATT KERR wonders whether the fledgling party’s difficulties can be overcome
All the areas that cause working people to feel insecure have to be addressed, through a return to unashamedly pro-worker politics, if the horror of a Farage government is to be avoided, writes IAN LAVERY MP
On the release of her memoir that reveals everything except politics, Sturgeon’s endless media coverage has focused on her panic attacks, sexuality and personal tragedies while ignoring her government’s many failures, writes PAULINE BRYAN


