Mhairi Black

IT was only a few weeks ago that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stood up at the Tory Party conference and vowed to lead a government of integrity and accountability – that his premiership would be marked by change in the Conservative Party.

I AM sure that everyone can agree that the news coming from Israel and Gaza over the last month has been barbaric, to say the least.

TO have been a fly on the wall in the Scottish Labour branch office when Keir Starmer announced proudly on the BBC that a Labour government would not be getting rid of the two-child benefit cap.

AS the UK continues to suffer through a self-made cost of living crisis – with interest rates going through the roof, unrealistic mortgages and prices for basic necessities continuing to rise –  we have out-of-touch Tory and

IT’S 2023. Food prices continue to soar, and profits continue to be made by big business while working people suffer the consequences of Brexit and the cost of living crisis. In 2016, the Leave campaign promised lower food prices with Brexit. Now, more than three years later, we are having to contend with record levels of inflation sending the cost of basic food items up by as much as 80%.

AT First Minister’s Questions this week, the Scottish Labour branch manager, Anas Sarwar, asked Humza Yousaf: Which is better for Scotland: A Labour government or a Tory government?

THE Bank of England’s chief economist told people in the UK earlier this week to just accept they are poorer. A historic drop in living standards and the advice is to just get over it.

THE focus of the SNP remains and will remain firmly on the priorities of the people of Scotland.

WELL, there you have it, folks – the SNP have more than 70,000 members. Still more members than all the other major political parties in Scotland combined ...

WHEN the First Minister made the announcement that she was standing down from her post I, like so many others, was gutted.