AN immediate arms embargo on Israel. When I met Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf last month and he unequivocally backed such a move, the case was already overwhelming.
ISRAEL’S genocidal onslaught on Gaza is a moral ambomination and a human catastrophe...
BOTH Humza Yousaf and I are geriatric millennials, and it’s difficult not to conclude that our politics were profoundly shaped by many of the same events, not least the Iraq war and the so-called ‘war on terror’, or the financial collapse and the resulting slash-and-burn austerity.
IN the midst of total war, most do not die because of the violence. Take Yemen, an impoverished nation devastated by war involving multiple combatants, including a Western-backed Saudi military onslaught. It’s estimated that around 377,000 Yemenis were killed between 2015 and 2022. But note that 60% are believed to have been killed because of indirect causes, such as food insecurity and lack of accessible health services.
THERE are moments when the curtain is abruptly pulled aside, when the brutal truth about political power in Britain becomes impossible to ignore.
WHY would those enraged by Israel’s genocidal war against Gaza want to protest against an opposition party in Scotland?
WHEN you read the histories of past atrocities, there is a recurring phenomenon which should never stop disturbing us. How did so many people who otherwise regarded themselves as normal, decent, humane and “moderate” so willingly
OVER the last decade, as insurgent political movements have surged across the world – some progressive, some profoundly reactionary and frankly terrifying – the response from critics has often been one of denial.
THERE are two dead certs in politics: one, that an election beckons this year, and two, that it will end with Keir Starmer as prime minister. His handful of genuine devotees, who surprisingly exist, may delude themselves into believing that Starmer’s inevitable arrival in Number 10 will be down to his clear vision and unswerving principle, mixed with his renowned charm and intoxicating charisma. In truth he will win by default, because no governing party in British democratic history has so thoroughly self-immolated as the Tories.
We are living through a crime of historic proportions.
