Gillian Mackay: “Labour’s decision to block Monica Lennon from even getting on the ballot sends a deeply disappointing message about who…”

Scotland’s future is too important to be held back by party boundaries.

We need representatives chosen by voters, accountable to voters and removable by voters, just as any normal democracy does.

Whole neighbourhoods have been reduced to rubble and Palestinian families have had their homes, schools, hospitals and communities destroyed.

The answer is simple: abolish the unelected House of Lords and replace it with an elected chamber.