Pauline Bryan, Baroness Bryan of Partick

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Pauline Christina Bryan, Baroness Bryan of Partick is a Scottish writer and socialist campaigner. She was nominated for a life peerage by the Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, in May 2018.[1][2] On 20 June, she was created Baroness Bryan of Partick, of Partick in the City of Glasgow.[3]

Bryan is part of the Red Paper Collective, a group of Labour activists who aim to provide an alternative from the perspective of the Labour movement to the "sterile nationalist v unionist debate" around the Scottish independence referendums.[4] Bryan reviewed Neil Findlay's book about his bid for the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party, Socialism & Hope: A journey through turbulent times, for the Morning Star in 2017. In her review Bryan wrote that the election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party "was a lifeline for the left. It rebuilt friendships and enthusiasm. ...By the 2017 election, we saw the beginnings of a renewed Scottish Labour Party and a renewed activist base who, regardless of what their MPs and MSPs thought, were committing themselves to a radical Labour Party".[5]

Bryan is a founding member of the Keir Hardie Society, and was the editor of the 2015 book What Would Keir Hardie Say?.[6] She is also a founding member of the Campaign for Socialism.[7]

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  1. ^ "Queen confers Peerages: 18 May 2018". gov.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. ^ Dan Sabbagh (18 May 2018). "May names nine new Tory peers to boost party after Brexit defeats". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  3. ^ "No. 62334". The London Gazette. 26 June 2018. p. 11316.
  4. ^ "About - redpaper.net". Red Paper. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  5. ^ Pauline Bryan (25 September 2017). "You can't be a pessimist and a socialist". Morning Star (British newspaper). Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  6. ^ "'What would Keir Hardie say?' – the new book edited by Pauline Bryan". Keir Hardy Society. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  7. ^ "History of the Campaign for Socialism — Campaign for Socialism". Campaign for Socialism. Retrieved 2018-11-26.

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