Grandmother of soldier killed in Afghanistan joins the SSP.

Joan Humphries receives her SSP membership card from SSP co-Convener Colin Fox The Grandmother of Kevin Elliot, a Soldier from the Black Watch killed in August has joined the SSP, due to the party’s staunch opposition to the war in Afghanistan. Joan says, “Having toyed with the idea of joining the SSP for some time, [...]

Swiss ban minarets.

This poster was used by the anti-Minaret campaign in Switzerland Switzerland eh, the most peaceful country in the world – four hundred years of brotherly love and all they produced was a cuckoo clock and an overdraft for Pablo Escobar. Unfortunately today it looks like Switzerland isn’t as nice and neutral as folk thought it [...]

Fuckety-bye to The Thick of It

The first proper oh-my-days-I-can’t-believe-the-BBC-have-finally-come-to-their-senses-and-given-it-a-proper-run series of The Thick Of It is nearly at its end. Gone, of course, is Chris Langham’s bumbling Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship Minister, and in is the unknown and unrespected Nicola Murray, played with a degree of empathy not usually associated with the employees of DoSAC by her out [...]

Iraq whitewash #3456

Who would you want to investigate if the Government had lied about going to war in Iraq? Columbo? CSI? Jonathon Creek? If your answer was 4 Knights of the Realm and a Baroness, congratulations you have won and can now become the Government of the UK. The Government announced earlier this year, at long last [...]

STUC March Against Racism, Glasgow

The Scottish Trade Union Congress’ annual St Andrews Day march against racism in Glasgow is this weekend, and many SSY members will be going along. The march assembles at 10.30 on Saturday 28th November at St Andrews in the Square (off Saltmarket), and heads off at 11, marching through the city centre, followed by speeches [...]

glasgow city council <3 climate change

I did started getting pretty suspicious when I found out that they don’t even accept cardboard for recycling. And now, as if we needed any further evidence  that Glasgow City Council LOVE the global rise in temperatures caused by human activity that’s probably going to KILL US ALL, news reaches Leftfield that they’ve gone and [...]

New Website

The new ssy website is under construction, please bear with us until everything returns to normality.

Shock as Labour election candidate tells truth

Peter White, who is standing to be elected as a Labour councillor next year, has shocked the world when he told the truth on Facebook earlier this week. Regarding the Queen’s upcoming Diamond Jubilee in 2012, he stated: What is the point of celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of someone who is born into a position [...]

Scottish Defence League routed in Glasgow.

Image by John Lanigan Almost two months of organising against the Scottish incarnation of the fascist English Defence League paid off yesterday – the SDL were outnumbered 50 to 1 by anti-fascist demonstrators, unable to march and spent most of the day kettled in a pub in Glasgow. Earlier fears of the SDL marching on [...]

Harry Potter caught experimenting with magical herbs…

The Daily Mirror have continued in their fine tradition of providing us with important information about celebrities as a public service. This time, they’ve broken the news that Daniel Radcliffe, who plays teen wizard Harry Potter in some famous films, might have been caught smoking a joint. According to other party-goers, he was staggering around [...]

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