Brian Finlay
Features and AnalysisBrian Finlaylgbt, gay rights, lgbt+, lgbt rights, section 28, homophobia, transphobia, trans rights, conservatives, theresa may, thatcher, government

Why Section 28 Still Matters

This week marked 18 years since the Scottish Parliament repealed Section 28 north of the border, but LGBT+ people still face widespread discrimination and continue to be affected by policies implemented by an aggressively intolerant Conservative government in coalition with DUP homophobes. Brian Finlay reflects on this legacy and what lessons can be learned going forward...

Features and AnalysisBrian Finlaylgbt, gay rights, lgbt+, lgbt rights, section 28, homophobia, transphobia, trans rights, conservatives, theresa may, thatcher, government
Why Section 28 Still Matters
Features and AnalysisBrian FinlayThatcher, Margaret Thatcher, Tories, Conservatives, Zero hours, precarious work, new labour, monument, westminster, neo-liberalism

On Thatcher's Bloody Monument

Centrist and right wing commentators have feverishly debated the merits of erecting a statue of Margaret Thatcher at Westminster in the past few weeks. Writer and Greens activist Brian Finlay offers his emphatic repudiation: why would we erect a monument to Thatcher when we're living through one?

Features and AnalysisBrian FinlayThatcher, Margaret Thatcher, Tories, Conservatives, Zero hours, precarious work, new labour, monument, westminster, neo-liberalism
On Thatcher's Bloody Monument