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Why the left should back independence

Alan McCombes — 2011-07-08T23:39:52Z

The prospect of independence for Scotland - of a break-up of the British state is a prospect that should be supported by all socialists, as the Scottish Socialist Party's Alan McCombes explains in this article, updated from 2005.

- IV438 - July 2011 / Scotland

The day Scotland's rainbow parliament turned grey

Alan McCombes — 2007-05-12T13:36:30Z

By any standards this was a massacre for the left. The red-green presence in Holyrood, represented by the Scottish Socialist Party, the Greens and Solidarity was slashed from 15 to two.

- IV389 - May 2007 / Scotland, New parties of the left

Scottish Socialists Face Up to Disappointing Result

Alan McCombes — 2005-05-10T19:03:15Z

Leading SSP member Alan McCombes analyses how the socialist vote was squeezed in the May 5 General Election.

- IV367 - May 2005 / Scotland

Neither celebration nor despondency

Alan McCombes — 2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

The European election in Scotland had none of the high drama or excitement of the Holyrood election [to the Scottish assembly] last year. Both the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) and the Greens had hoped to make a breakthrough into the European Parliament. Several polls had predicted that the UK Independence Party would take 11 per cent of the vote. But when the votes were finally tallied up, there was virtually no change in the arithmetic of the Scottish contingent of MEPs.

- IV360/1 - Autumn 2004 / Scotland

A sea change in Scottish politics

Alan McCombes — 2001-03-10T00:00:00Z

Less than two years after the first elections to Holyrood, Scottish politics has undergone a sea change. With a British general election on the horizon in a few weeks or months, Alan McCombes looks at present and probable future developments.

- IV329 - March 2001 / Scotland