It’s Time to Declare a National Food Emergency
Today in Britain, 7.3 million people don’t have enough to eat. It is the great moral scandal of our time – but the government is determined to look the other way.
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Tommy Kane is the former senior political advisor for Scotland to the Leader of the Opposition's Office (LOTO). He is a member of Tribune's advisory board.
Today in Britain, 7.3 million people don’t have enough to eat. It is the great moral scandal of our time – but the government is determined to look the other way.
Scottish Labour’s performance in the election has received praise, but the bright spots can’t disguise the party’s overall decline – and its policy of writing off working-class SNP voters remains a costly mistake.
Ballots open today for the Scottish leadership election. Anas Sarwar represents the failures of the Labour establishment — while Monica Lennon offers a roadmap to a democratic socialist future.
This week, Keir Starmer committed Labour to exploring greater powers for the Scottish parliament – but in rejecting outright the idea of a referendum, he undermined what little good will the party might have earned.
The Labour Together report provided all the evidence that the party needs to pursue a broad coalition in Scotland – before concluding that it should back a narrow unionist approach anyway.
The only path to recovery for Scottish Labour lies in respecting the right of the people to decide their constitutional future – but the party is determined to make the next ten years look the same as the last.
To rebuild in Scotland, Labour has to convince people of its vision of a better society while rebuilding its links to the working-class communities it has lost – neither of those are possible as a Better Together tribute act.