This edition of the Fabian Review looks ahead to next year’s Scottish elections, featuring Katherine Sangster, Michael Shanks MP, Roz Foyer, Paul O’Kane MSP and Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP. In conversation with Chris Carter, Anas Sarwar MSP reflects on the Hamilton byelection and the road ahead. Elsewhere, Jeevun Sandher MSP sets out a plan to save democracy through strength.
Also in this issue: Jatinder Hayre on the legacy of Sure Start; Margaret Mullane MP on infrastructure; Adam Hurst on unifying working people; Harpreet Uppal MP on left-behind towns; Simone Miles on allergy specialists in the NHS; Madeleine Sumption on the fiscal impacts of immigration; Catherine Fookes MP on the campaign for the Senedd; David Coats on workers’ rights; Steve Race MP on electoral reform; Alessandra Barrow on masculinity in the armed forces; Chris Harris on the education bill; Stephen Beer on state reform; Bev Craig on Labour in local government; and Uditha Devapriya on Fabianism in British Ceylon.
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Vibe shift
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Simple regression
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Strong Labour
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Clean break
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