Changing shapes of Scottish politics

When the SNP was euro-sceptic ... when left-wingers were shaping Scotland's civic nationalism ... what Winnie Ewing and Enoch Powell (kind of) had in common (and what they didn't have in common) ... the latest issue of the Socialist History journal carries an extended interview with Malcolm Petrie, free to view by clicking here.

Petrie is Senior Lecturer in Late Modern Scottish History at the University of St Andrews, and the author of two excellent books from Edinburgh University Press on our country's political and social history in the twentieth century.

From the divergent campaigning styles of the Communist Party and Labour in the 1920s, to reflections on the recent evolution and shifts in Scottish nationalist politics, the interview will be of interest to many visitors to the Democratic Left Scotland website.

Published 25 May 2025