Scottish Labour's leaders cannot keep blaming Westminster for the collapse at the ballot box, says VINCE MILLS
OCTOBER 31 is Halloween. The day when our blood runs cold as we move on from golden summer weeks into the wintery days to come.
It’s that time when our world is haunted by the ghouls, zombies and assorted monsters who emerge from their darkened hiding places.
How appropriate then that the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has chosen that day to emerge from his office deep in the darkened bowels of the Treasury to reward the bankers who themselves have done even more damage to the human spirit than Halloween’s most spooky apparitions.
The electorate see no evidence of the government’s promises of change, and the good jobs and decent pay that people are crying out for. Bold action is needed right now, warns SHARON GRAHAM
Ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections, ROZ FOYER warns that a bold tax policy is needed to rebuild devastated public services which can serve as the foundation of a strong, fair economy
RMT’s former president ALEX GORDON explains why his union supports defence diversification and a just transition for workers in regions dependent on military contracts, and calls on readers to join CND’s demo against nuclear-armed submarines on June 7



