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Sturgeon Resigns!

by our Scottish political affairs correspondent

Whilst a few hundred Scottish Unionists pranced around Edinburgh waving Union Flags, Nicola Sturgeon’s followers were left bemused and confused at her sudden departure from the Scottish political arena. But whilst friend and foe line up to pay tribute to her nine years at the helm of the Scottish National Party, the power brokers in the nationalist camp are already cutting deals to advance the cause of those they hope will take her place.

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Growing resistance to austerity regime

by New Worker correspondent

On Tuesday the Office of National Statistics (ONS) confirmed what many of us have suspected for a long time, that the number of working days lost to strikes is highest since the bad old days of Margaret Thatcher drew to their miserable close. To be more precise, in 2022 some 2.4 million working days were lost. To find a higher number we have to go back all the way to 1989, when 4.1 million days were lost. To exceed 1989 will take a great deal of effort but as can be seen below from our selective samples, it is perfectly possible. It is certainly necessary with real pay falling dramatically.

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