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Is Scottish independence the only way to ‘renew democracy?’
PAULINE BRYAN objects to the narrow scope of the SNP's new paper which fails to include any alternatives to full independence or keeping the status quo
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Keir Starmer’s £120 million to Sudan cannot cover the government’s complicity in the RSF genocide or atone for the long shadow of British colonialism and imperialism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
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We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
THERE has been no summer break in Scotland for those engaged in party politics. The Scottish Conservatives have been caught up in the leadership election. The two candidates seem determined to rally support for independence by their obvious disdain for devolution.
In early July the Scottish Labour Party issued Better Government for the UK. It was announced as the first in a series of documents, but this first paper seems to have disappeared. It is possible that it was sidelined because, as Anas Sarwar said in his speech, Labour is now proposing a new senate where members should be directly elected, with a mandate to represent their nation or region.
The SNP government has so far produced two of what will be a series of papers under the collective title Building a New Scotland — the first was reviewed by Vince Mills in the Morning Star (No clarity on who really runs Scotland, July 5). This has now been followed by Renewing Democracy Through Independence.
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