WEEKLY WANKER #081: JOAN MCALPINE
The heady days of 2013, when we were dreaming of a better Scotland and getting pished with this week’s nominee, seem a long way away. I’ve always respected Joan McAlpine, […]
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Govanhill: how a square mile of Glasgow was weaponised by the right
Govanhill takes in just one square mile of the south of Glasgow, its rows of sandstone tenements bounded by railway lines, stations and in Queen’s Park, one of the city’s […]
REVEALED: Colleges Scotland Hire Secretive SNP-linked Lobbyists in Battle Against Lecturers
A secretive lobbying firm with high level links to the SNP has been hired by Colleges Scotland, it has been alleged, as further education lecturers strike into their fourth week in a […]
How Labour Lost Glasgow
by Red Spex Labour losing control of Glasgow City Council is massive. Lots of us on the left have felt sympathetic to Corbyn for the last couple of years (despite […]
Will Scotland’s Transport Network Get Any Better in 2017?
Scotland’s transport woes have rarely been out of the headlines this year. What does 2017 hold: will things get better? Can they get any worse? RAIL As life returns to normal next week […]
Victory! Renfrewshire Council Rejects Plan for New Detention Centre
Guest post by Red Spex Anti-detention campaigners yesterday won a sensational victory at a meeting held by the planning committee of Renfrewshire Council. Although this meeting was only the first […]
We have to turn the tide on Scotland’s rising drug deaths
Shocking new figures released yesterday expose the extent of Scotland’s growing public health emergency. A record 706 drug related deaths were recorded in Scotland in 2015, according to figures from […]
