Pauline Bryan, Baroness Bryan of Partick

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]

Official parliamentary portrait, 2019

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]

References
  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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