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This period in Glasgow ’ s colourful past remains a significant landmark for those on the left in Scotland.

The legend of the Red Clydesiders can still be politically motivating.

At the 1989 Glasgow Central by-election, the Scottish National Party ( SNP ) candidate Alex Neil called himself and the then SNP MP for Govan, Jim Sillars, the " new Clydesiders ".