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From my column in today's @ScotNational.
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Coll McCail
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Coll McCail
@MccailColl
Socialist || @progintl, @theskotia & elsewhere || [email protected]
Glasgow, Scotland Katılım Nisan 2019
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It’s a sad consequence of Scottish nationalism’s intellectual weakness that appeals for urgent action on a host of issues manifest increasingly in rhetoric and messaging which plays down and overlooks the power of the devolved parliament to intervene in our economy.
Stephen Flynn@StephenFlynnSNP
Few in Aberdeen will be shocked by this, but there will be fury that more uncertainty is being piled on to our city and its world class workforce. The workforce, our collective energy security and our economy needs protected by those who hold the levers of power in London.
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(The final point is important: The key lesson of BP's withdrawal is that the Scottish economy should not live or die by the whims of fossil capital, and yet the company already owns 5% of ScotWind capacity — the domestic industrial potential of which has been squandered.)
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(2/2) The result is Swinney’s meaningless ramble about the “super tax” — ultimately a defence of profiteering — to disguise the absence of meaningful progress on the energy transition.
Remember Scotland lost a further £6bn from ScotWind, including to BP, only this week.
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(1/2) BP’s decision is doubtless significant but it’s striking how quickly our politicians’ responses abandon reality.
The company has long recognised that the North Sea is in decline and retreated accordingly. Our governments, meanwhile, have ignored that trend.
John Swinney@JohnSwinney
🧵 1/ BP’s decision to sell its North Sea business marks a time of real uncertainty for workers, their families and communities across the North East. The skills and experience of this workforce are vital to Scotland’s future prosperity and our energy security.
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Had fun speaking to @BBCRadioScot ScotCast about the debate surrounding to Scotland’s 48% tax.
Thanks to @mmgeissler for having me on. bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m…
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Enjoyed this conversation, particularly the segment discussing whether it’s possible to imagine a future for Scottish Labour or if that point has long since passed (naturally, this led to a broader discussion about social democracy today). Thanks to @ConterScot for having me on.
Conter@ConterScot
The Exchange: Coll McCail @David_Jamieson7 and @Jonathon_Shafi speak to @MccailColl about the ongoing crisis in Scottish Labour - set in the context of the wider collapse of social democracy. 🎧 Listen here: patreon.com/conterscot/pos…
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1971. Jeremy Corbyn with fellow members of Shropshire Committee Against Racialism (SCAR) and Swarm Singh Sangha, President of the Indian Workers' Association.
In 1977, he helped organise anti-fascist resistance to the National Front in Wood Green.
Taj Ali@Taj_Ali1
Thank you @jeremycorbyn for this generous endorsement of my new book: ‘Come what may, we’re here to stay: the story of South Asian resistance in Britain.’ Available to pre-order now!
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(2/2) At the time, Sturgeon's SNP and the Scottish Greens lauded the auction. Both have been very quiet ever since.
ScotWind remains a generational failure with huge consequences for our energy transition. There should be some accountability for that.
buff.ly/eP7f0UD
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(1/2) Today, the Herald reports that the share of ScotWind cash to be spent in Scotland has tumbled once more by a further £6bn. Multinationals are opting to invest in cheaper foreign supply chains.
This was entirely predictable. Many warned about it in 2022 but were dismissed.
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Andy Burnham's appointment of Anas Sarwar reveals the shallowness of his efforts to "end neoliberalism", says Coll McCail (@McCailColl).
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Each pitch, for example, could have been made at any of Scottish Labour’s many post-referendum leadership contests. There’s an evident intellectual vacuum thus far. Mind you, that’s not limited to one party.
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Where?
Surely the thread which runs through the respective pitches for leadership thus far — and Daniel Johnson’s op-ed today — is the distinct absence of politics, with the premium placed firmly on operational fixes and handwringing.
euan mccolm@euanmccolm
he seems the obvious choice to me. there’s some substance, there.
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BREAKING 🇦🇱 Albanian police have arrested leading members of @ProgIntl member Lëvizja Bashkë, the political party at the core of the mass-movement demanding Edi Rama's immediate resignation.
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“Vietnam has served to illuminate the present decrepitude of Western socialism.”
The Foreign Secretary’s father had it right in 1967: marxists.org/archive/miliba…
Ed Miliband@Ed_Miliband
The closest of allies. United through shared interests, history and culture 🇬🇧🇺🇸 It was a pleasure to meet @SecRubio today in Manila as we continue to work closely to deliver jobs, security and growth for people on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Lily Lynch (@lilyslynch) at the NATO summit:
'Absent the propaganda of a youth-driven drone tech revolution in war, Ukraine looks in a remarkably similar situation to Russia: two countries hurtling toward demographic oblivion, in a conflict directed by a profiteering political elite and fought in part by the unwilling, the coerced, the foreign and the old.'
newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/…
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Only public ownership and control can solve Scotland's bus procurement challenges, says Coll McCail (@mccailcoll).
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@Williamgallus @Jonathon_Shafi No worries, William! Will drop you a DM.
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Hi Coll. Sorry didn't have opportunity to chat after my meeting with @Jonathon_Shafi last week. It would be good to say hello.
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In the latest episode of News From Nowhere, Coll McCail (@mccailcoll) and Samuel Rafanell-Williams assess Andy Burnham's policy agenda.
🎙️ Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts: buff.ly/WHjI8v9
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