George Kerevan @GeorgeKerevan
Journalist, economist, filmmaker, ecosocialist. Former SNP MP for East Lothian. Joined March 2010-
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'Alas, independence in recent years has been presented as something very abstract. But the way we raise support for it is by increasing popular hunger for self-management and popular control at all levels – starting now.' @GeorgeKerevan, via @ScotNational. thenational.scot/politics/24237…
The whole movement needs to get behind this call for a clear commitment in Labour’s general election manifesto to pardon and compensate the victimised miners.
The whole movement needs to get behind this call for a clear commitment in Labour’s general election manifesto to pardon and compensate the victimised miners.
Scotland’s Refinery is to close but UKGov will be supporting opening a new one in Belgium. It’s time the ScotGov heeded facts and defended the workforce and the plant. Supine acceptance of Ineos and UK spin is unacceptable. kennymacaskillmp.scot/battle-of-the-…
'The Scottish Government should be presenting a plan for growing the economy and mobilising business, trade unions and public opinion around it' Great piece from @GeorgeKerevan that the SNP leadership need to read & take on board. thenational.scot/politics/24237…
Independence should always be front and centre for SNP - not just at elections thenational.scot/politics/24237… - this is jam packed full of good advice from @GeorgeKerevan
✍️ 'By once again reminding Wales (and Scotland) about their political impotence, he might just have ignited a new front in the struggle for self-determination' @GeorgeKerevan on how Gordon Brown might have boosted the independence cause thenational.scot/politics/24191…
🗣️ 'Gordon, you may or not remember, was tasked by Sir Keir Starmer to come up with fresh ideas on devolution and reforming the creaking British political system' @GeorgeKerevan discusses how Gordon Brown might just have boosted the independence cause
@GeorgeKerevan Read more 👇 thenational.scot/politics/24191…
'The trouble is that one Tory minister’s definition of “extremist” is not the same as mine or yours. And if democracy is about anything, it is about the right to dissent.' @GeorgeKerevan, via @ScotNational. thenational.scot/politics/24175…
Excellent article by @GeorgeKerevan.... The National, - 19/02/2024 - Page 12 edition.pagesuite.com/html5/reader/p…
No canvassing, no hustings. "Life peerages give the new professional middle class an immediate entry into the political system." #HouseofLords @GeorgeKerevan thenational.scot/politics/24112…
@GeorgeKerevan Read the full column 👇 thenational.scot/politics/24112…
'Of course, left-wingers inside Labour always know they will be betrayed. But, in the classic fashion of the mad, they go on repeating their delusions in the impossible hope something will change.' @GeorgeKerevan, via @ScotNational. thenational.scot/politics/24112…
✍️ 'The real reason Labour will not abolish an unelected upper chamber is because it gives the political class fantastic powers over the governing apparatus' // @GeorgeKerevan thenational.scot/politics/24112…
Laura Trott, Chief Secretary of the Treasury has few political skills & talents. Pressed by Evan Davis on #bbcPM she struggles to defend a long list of Tory U-turns dismissing them as different from Labour & abt "difficult decisions."
@JamesJ25260 @carolvorders @campbellclaret The best overview of Sajid Javid’s eighteen year career as an investment banker, first at Chase Manhattan (1991-2000) then at Deutsche Bank (2000-2008) is this piece by @GeorgeKerevan. bellacaledonia.org.uk/2019/07/25/who…
🗣️ 'I think 2024 requires a bit of optimism, especially in the independence movement' @GeorgeKerevan says the new year gives us the chance to rekindle Scotland’s natural optimism
@GeorgeKerevan Read the full column 👇 thenational.scot/politics/24023…
'The real question is whether we give into England’s political predilection for doom and gloom, or whether the movement picks itself up, dusts itself down, and makes 2024 a year for recommitting to independence.' @GeorgeKerevan, via @ScotNational. thenational.scot/politics/24023…
🗣️ 'My view is that the media and politicians are too hung up on the Pisa exercise - it has become a political football here and everywhere' @GeorgeKerevan writes that a Tory minister fails to mention England cheated in Pisa tests...
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The whole movement needs to get behind this call for a clear commitment in Labour’s general election manifesto to pardon and compensate the victimised miners.
With Chris Kitchen of the NUM, I’ve written to Keir Starmer to raise the issue of unjustly criminalised miners from the 84/85 strike. @DurhamMiners @DurhamGala Starmer urged to pardon and compensate striking miners if he wins keys to No10 mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
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Independence should always be front and centre for SNP - not just at elections thenational.scot/politics/24237… - this is jam packed full of good advice from @GeorgeKerevan
✍️ 'By once again reminding Wales (and Scotland) about their political impotence, he might just have ignited a new front in the struggle for self-determination' @GeorgeKerevan on how Gordon Brown might have boosted the independence cause thenational.scot/politics/24191…
🗣️ 'Gordon, you may or not remember, was tasked by Sir Keir Starmer to come up with fresh ideas on devolution and reforming the creaking British political system' @GeorgeKerevan discusses how Gordon Brown might just have boosted the independence cause
@GeorgeKerevan Read more 👇 thenational.scot/politics/24191…
'The trouble is that one Tory minister’s definition of “extremist” is not the same as mine or yours. And if democracy is about anything, it is about the right to dissent.' @GeorgeKerevan, via @ScotNational. thenational.scot/politics/24175…
Excellent article by @GeorgeKerevan.... The National, - 19/02/2024 - Page 12 edition.pagesuite.com/html5/reader/p…
No canvassing, no hustings. "Life peerages give the new professional middle class an immediate entry into the political system." #HouseofLords @GeorgeKerevan thenational.scot/politics/24112…
@GeorgeKerevan Read the full column 👇 thenational.scot/politics/24112…
'Of course, left-wingers inside Labour always know they will be betrayed. But, in the classic fashion of the mad, they go on repeating their delusions in the impossible hope something will change.' @GeorgeKerevan, via @ScotNational. thenational.scot/politics/24112…
✍️ 'The real reason Labour will not abolish an unelected upper chamber is because it gives the political class fantastic powers over the governing apparatus' // @GeorgeKerevan thenational.scot/politics/24112…
Laura Trott, Chief Secretary of the Treasury has few political skills & talents. Pressed by Evan Davis on #bbcPM she struggles to defend a long list of Tory U-turns dismissing them as different from Labour & abt "difficult decisions."
@JamesJ25260 @carolvorders @campbellclaret The best overview of Sajid Javid’s eighteen year career as an investment banker, first at Chase Manhattan (1991-2000) then at Deutsche Bank (2000-2008) is this piece by @GeorgeKerevan. bellacaledonia.org.uk/2019/07/25/who…
🗣️ 'I think 2024 requires a bit of optimism, especially in the independence movement' @GeorgeKerevan says the new year gives us the chance to rekindle Scotland’s natural optimism
@GeorgeKerevan Read the full column 👇 thenational.scot/politics/24023…
🗣️ 'My view is that the media and politicians are too hung up on the Pisa exercise - it has become a political football here and everywhere' @GeorgeKerevan writes that a Tory minister fails to mention England cheated in Pisa tests...
'If Scottish independence is off the immediate agenda, then Scottish progressives need to think how to rebuild a national coalition by advancing real, practical solutions at a devolved level' // @GeorgeKerevan thenational.scot/politics/23949…
'Starmer’s honeymoon period in Number 10 is likely to be the shortest on record for the simple reason Labour have no programme whatsoever for government... Unless you count Ms Reeves’s predilection for Tory-style austerity.' @GeorgeKerevan thenational.scot/politics/23949…