UNITY NOT DEVOLUTION
UNITY NOT DEVOLUTION
We have republished this pamphlet from 1977. It has stood the test of time as an analysis of devolution and its threat to the future of the British working class.
Scotland
Scotland
Workers demand safety in Scotland
30 March 2020
Unions are rapidly reaching agreements to protect workers and maintain vital services in the face of the coronavirus epidemic.
New leaflet: Unity, not separatism
Once again the SNP is calling for a second referendum on Scottish “independence”.
Scots votes for foreign citizens
The Scottish Parliament has voted to allow foreign nationals to vote in Holyrood as well as local council elections.
The Making of a Nation - new leaflet from the CPBML
10 February 2020
If there is a second Scottish referendum, will Scots vote for global capitalism, or for independence through the unity of the British working class? A new leaflet explores the issues.
Separatism's failure
Despite the increase in their number of MPs, the Scottish National Party still does not command the support needed to win the second Scottish independence referendum it craves.
Scottish union campaign hears from Irish anti-EU campaigner
19 November 2019
The Unite HQ in Glasgow was the setting for a trade union meeting involving current and former officials of the RMT union and others that heard from Anthony Coughlan, a veteran of decades of struggle against the EU in Ireland.
'Independence'-obsessed SNP fails in its day job
Beset by failure in running Scotland, at the SNP party conference in October leader Nicola Sturgeon was forced to bring forward her plan to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence in 2020…
Glasgow railyard closes as SNP looks idly on
Workers from North Glasgow’s famous “Caley” railyard have left their workplace for what looks to be the last time – and have condemned inaction by the SNP administration.
BiFab workers protest at EDF in Edinburgh
5 July 2019
With their jobs under threat after contracts they could meet have been sent abroad, workers from the BiFab construction yards in Fife protested at the head office of the energy giant EDF in Edinburgh.
Brexit wreckers thwarted in Scotland
The SNP’s minority administration in Edinburgh is conspiring in the attempt to foil Brexit and the struggle to achieve sovereignty and independence for the whole of Britain. But it’s not doing well…
Cold winds for offshore jobs
The lack of Scottish jobs in its burgeoning offshore wind farm sector has been highlighted.
Glasgow 1919 – the legacy
Glasgow in 1919 was at the heart of British working class activity, but it’s worth separating the myth from the reality…
Cold wind blows for jobs in offshore power
9 April 2019
Despite politicians’ promises, new contracts for wind farms in the seas off Scotland are not going to Scottish yards.
SNP and Greens try to stop Brexit, fail at home
The Scottish separatists have become Britain’s “can’t do” party. They can’t push through separation, and they haven’t been able to stop Brexit. And their stewardship of the Scottish economy is increasingly rejected…
Anger over yard closure
The Scottish transport secretary refused to face union delegation fighting for the retention of skilled railway work in Scotland.
Protest at Scottish budget
Members of several unions gathered at the Scottish Parliament on 12 December to protest against that day’s annual budget announcement from the minority SNP administration.
Devolution – a failed idea from a failed era
While the separatists pledge their continued devotion to dependence on Brussels, devolution belongs in the era of the EU – and an independent Britain needs to ditch it…
Separatist antics fail to derail Brexit
Uniting Britain and defeating separatism are essential for securing our nation’s independence. And as class struggle spreads in public services, transport and energy, support for separatism weakens…
Scotland: a budget designed to divide
Tax plans in the budget issued by the devolved government in Edinburgh mark a split in the united approach to taxation in Britain.
Union City Glasgow
24 September 2017
Winning the 2014 Scottish referendum to keep Britain united set the scene for Brexit. Union City Glasgow was launched last weekend as a campaign to celebrate that anniversary.
Glasgow janitors' dispute ends in victory
20 August 2017
Janitors in Glasgow’s primary, nursery and additional support schools have won a pay rise – and the principle of one janitor, one school.
Transport Police break up goes ahead
29 June 2017
The SNP has pressed on with plans to break up British Transport Police despite widespread opposition from rail unions to police chiefs. This attempt to reinforce separatism went ahead despite union warnings that it would damage and not protect policing in Scotland.
Police break-up slammed
Following the suicide bombing in Manchester in May the rail union TSSA has demanded that the SNP halt its plan to merge British Transport Police Scotland with Police Scotland.
Scotland: Unity concert scheduled
A Concert for Unity in Glasgow is set to help boost the renewed campaign to finally defeat separatism
No to the break-up of Britain!
The SNP and the Yes campaign supporters have been the cheerleaders for EU membership and the concept of “Scotland in the EU”. Yet working class unity across Britain is essential to our future…
Court puts devolved governments in their place
26 January 2017
In a significant judgement, the Supreme Court has rejected the claim by the devolved governments that their “legislative consent” was needed before triggering Article 50.
No progress without unity -- and independence for Britain
31 October 2016
After the SNP lost the 2014 vote, many in Scotland joined the SNP. In England too, many joined Labour and the Lib Dems after the EU referendum. These are reactionary currents.
Still one nation
A YouGov poll in July indicated that Britain’s decision to leave the EU has not cut Scottish support for remaining within the UK, undermining the SNP’s push for a second referendum.
Bluff and bluster from Holyrood
29 June 2016
Conveniently forgetting that over a million people in Scotland voted to quit the EU, SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon now is now threatening to veto our leaving. She must know she can’t.