George Kerevan

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Glasgow-born George Kerevan is an economist, documentary filmmaker, Edinburgh councillor for 12 years, and former SNP MP for East Lothian. He was associate editor of the Scotsman for a decade. His journalism has appeared over the years in the Spectator, New Statesman, Independent, Guardian and countless leftist publications not so reputable.

Glasgow-born George Kerevan is an economist, documentary filmmaker, Edinburgh councillor for 12 years, and former SNP MP for East Lothian. He was associate editor of the Scotsman for a decade. His journalism has appeared over the years in the Spectator, New Statesman, Independent, Guardian and countless leftist publications not so reputable.

Latest articles from George Kerevan

The Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Stone of Remembrance outside the City Chambers in Edinburgh

comment George Kerevan: Remembrance must not be mood music for return of conscription

I’M not a great fan of Remembrance Day commemorations – at least, not as they have evolved. In fact, I’m feeling increasingly uncomfortable with the current trend to romanticise the act of dying in wars perpetrated by the British state ...

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Many a Saltire was waved after the result of the 1997 devolution referendum was revealed

COMMENT George Kerevan: The Saltire atop Arthur's Seat is a reminder of a genuine radical

THE defining photo/image of the 1997 devolution referendum campaign is surely that of the Saltire being raised on the top of Arthur’s Seat in the early dawn, after the Yes result was announced...

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The real economic decisions will be made on November 5, when America votes in the presidential election

COMMENT George Kerevan: How a Trump win would undermine Rachel Reeves’s Budget game plan
HANG on to your economic hats. On Wednesday, Rachel Reeves will present her long-awaited Budget. Keir Starmer’s Labour Party will have to put up or shut up, after four months of faffing about and tying itself in political knots ...

The party has lost its leader, but it cannot lose focus on the ultimate prize he sought - winning independence for Scotland

George Kerevan: Alba must regroup and build on solid foundation built by Alex Salmond

WHAT is the future of the Alba Party following the passing of its founder and leader, Alex Salmond?

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Former first minister Alex Salmond speaking in the House of Commons, London in 2010.

COMMENT George Kerevan: Why the political ghost of Salmond will retain his seat at the table

ALEX Salmond is no longer with us. What will history make of him? If anything is certain, it is that Salmond’s political legacy will be debated and fought over for decades to come – and for a reason that goes far beyond his complicated, flawed personality ...

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The Grangemouth oil refinery will close in the second quarter of 2025

COMMENT George Kerevan: New oil war could be looming – what would that mean for Scotland?

THE world is trembling on the verge of a new oil war. The last global conflict over oil was back in 1973. It followed the Yom Kippur War, when Egypt successfully threw back the Israelis across the Suez Canal.

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Scotland was once the workshop of the world, writes George Kerevan

COMMENT Plan to shut museum an act of cultural vandalism by Starmer’s New Labour Army

BACK in 1984, Edinburgh elected its first majority Labour council – then and still the capital’s most radical civic administration ...

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Increasing housebuilding substantially is the most effective way of accelerating economic growth

comment George Kerevan: Keir Starmer’s 'big idea' is built on sand

KEIR Starmer has promised the Labour Party conference that he will “put rocket boosters” under the housebuilding programme in England. Alongside a commitment to make all UK electricity production green by 2030 – a stretch – this is Labour’s Big Idea. And like many a rocket booster, it is fated to explode on the launchpad ...

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Workers are seen outside the Petroineos oil refinery on September 12, 2024 in Grangemouth, Scotland.

COMMENT George Kerevan: Scotland needs economic action, not endless plans

ONCE upon a time there was a great industrial nation that made things for the world. There was a time when most of Europe’s aircraft engines were manufactured in that country. There was a moment

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The people of an independent Scotland might have enjoyed fireworks over Edinburgh as part of the 10-year anniversary celebrations, with president Brian Cox officiating

COMMENT George Kerevan: This is Scotland 10 years on... if Yes had won in 2014

IT was only a decade ago but how the world has changed. There are children at school today who never knew the old not-very-United Kingdom..

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