Labour’s defeat by the Scottish National Party in the Glasgow East by-election is a devastating blow to the party and leaves Prime Minister Gordon Brown one of the walking dead, writes Niall Green.

As the residents of Glasgow East go to the polls today, Niall Green examines the dire poverty and despair that forms the backdrop to the election.

Scottish lawyer Aamer Anwar is due to appear before the High Court in Edinburgh in January 2008 on charges of contempt of court, relating to statements he made following the conviction of his client on terrorism charges in September, reports Niall Green.

Elections to the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood in May saw more than 146,000 votes discounted, writes Niall Green — the largest number of rejected ballots in UK electoral history.

Mohammed Atif Siddique, a 21-year-old student from Scotland, was found guilty on September 18 of two charges under the Terrorism Act 2000 and one under the Terrorism Act 2006. The conviction demonstrates how far democratic rights have been eroded and legal norms abandoned, writes Niall Green, with Siddique convicted even though he has done nothing that breaches common law or endangered the lives of others.

Alex Salmond has backed the call from the DUP/Sinn Fein to slash corporate tax rates - effectively advocating a redistribution of wealth from the poor to the rich, argues _Niall Green_.

_Niall Green_ describes a new report from _Save the Children_ that documents the extent of severe child poverty in the UK and challenges the adequacy of our welfare system.

The trial of seven British soldiers was pursued as a ruse to present British imperialism as maintaining its obligations to prosecute war crimes, while ensuring that nothing would come of the case.

Leaked documents reveal the illegal pre-war bombing campaign against Iraq.

Britain and new eastern EU members at loggerheads over budget.