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Author: Alastair Osborne

Grassroots Labour Opinion

We will always be European

December 30, 2019December 30, 2019 Alastair Osborne

Alastair Osborne points out the many ways in which Brexit does not spell the end of our European identity, and argues for active measures to reassert our internationalist outlook. I

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Grassroots Labour Opinion

Don’t react ‒ resist

December 17, 2019December 17, 2019 Alastair Osborne

Alastair Osborne warns against the folly of Scottish Labour reacting to last week’s bad election result with ill-considered support for a second independence referendum. We used to joke that Ayr

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Grassroots Labour Opinion

Equal Marriage and Abortion Rights in Northern Ireland

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 Alastair Osborne

Alastair Osborne looks back at the process which eventually delivered key equality laws in Northern Ireland, and questions the reasons some gave for abstaining on the vote. It was the

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Grassroots Labour Opinion

Wired to the moon

July 25, 2019July 25, 2019 Alastair Osborne

Alastair Osborne reports from an alternate future in an independent Scotland where the anniversary of the first moon landing is being marked quite differently from today. Who would have thought

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Grassroots Labour Opinion

John Smith 25 years on

May 12, 2019May 12, 2019 Alastair Osborne

25 years since the death of John Smith, Alastair Osborne strips the myths from the man and remembers the reality of his contribution, the pain of his loss, and the

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Grassroots Labour Opinion

Referendum – Yes or No

December 21, 2018 Alastair Osborne

Alastair Osborne says referendums should never be used to sneak through a change that splits the country in two, but only to validate a genuine and lasting shift in national

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Grassroots Labour Opinion

Inside No. 9 – A tale of blood and Brexit

February 20, 2018 Alastair Osborne

Alastair Osborne looks behind the door of Brexit HQ and sees a little comedy and a lot of horror.   BBC’s Inside No. 9 is a dark comedy with each

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