Serco, privatisation and Alex Salmond's SNP
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The SNP government in Holyrood has announced the privatising of ferry services connecting the Orkney and Shetland islands with the mainland.
Scotland
Scottish gains for SNP and Labour
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Labour and the SNP were the winners in last week’s Scottish council elections.
The legacy of Agnes McLean
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Publicity for this year’s Glasgow May Day demonstration and rally refers to the celebrations including “a tribute to Agnes McLean.”
Salmond, Murdoch — best of mates
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SNP leader Alex Salmond’s best-of-pals relationship with Rupert Murdoch and his son has been thrust into the limelight by the Leveson inquiry.
Scots strike for NHS pensions
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Thirty Unison members working in the Central De-Contamination Unit in Ayrshire Central Hospital (Irvine) staged a 48-hour strike on 13-14 March as part of the union’s ongoing campaign in defence of NHS pensions in Scotland.
Fight the SNP from the left
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The deadline for submissions to the Westminster government’s consultation on the conduct of the referendum on Scotland’s constitutional future passed on Friday 9 March.
Pensions strikes in Scotland
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NHS workers in Scotland will begin rolling strikes from 12 March as part of the ongoing battle over pensions.
Glasgow's Labour rebellion
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Glasgow City Labour Group’s 15-strong majority collapsed to just two — one of which was the vote of an independent councillor — in the vote on the council’s 2012/13 budget earlier this month.
Scotland: please explain!
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The editorial in Solidarity 231 seems to say:
1) We are against independence for Scotland because we favour larger units, etc.
Scottish Defence League threat in Glasgow
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Around 80 people turned up to a city-centre protest staged by Unite Against Fascism (UAF) in Glasgow on 4 February.