Azeem Ibrahim

Scottish devolution has failed

When the Scottish parliament was established in 1999, it was intended to represent the best of modern governance. The Labour architects of devolution, Donald Dewar foremost among them, argued that giving Scotland its own legislature would bring decision-making closer to the people, address chronic policy failures, and strengthen the Union by removing the grievances that

Is Jeremy Corbyn a friend of all Muslims?

Both domestically and internationally, Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn presents himself as a friend to Muslims, aware of and sympathetic to the problems they face. And superficially his presentation is valid. In stark contrast to his problems with the Jewish community, Corbyn does seem at ease with Muslims – he supported the community after Islamophobic attacks