In Scotland, everyone hates Labour
The symptoms of the size of the task ahead for those who wish to secure any kind of…
Peter Russell
Social democracy with a Scottish face
No-one can say that Jim Murphy has not made a good start as Leader of the Scottish Labour…
What should Scottish Labour do?
There is much talk in the Scottish media about a crisis in Scottish Labour. Some of it is…
Scotland – why ‘no’ is a Labour vote
A couple of weeks ago, I was asked to write 300 words for Better Together on why I…
Why the Scottish Tories are more significant than you think
One of the big differences between English and Scottish politics is the Tories. Indeed, many outside Scotland will…
Why is Scotland’s Health Secretary facing a vote of no confidence?
On the face of it, the Alex Neil scandal is quite straightforward. In 2009, before Neil, the SNP…
More notes from the trenches on the No campaign
Since my earlier post Trench Warfare 2014appeared, two main lines of argument have emerged. The first of these…
Trench warfare 2014: Scottish independence
It might be distasteful to some to use an analogy so redolent to the First World War, but…
Devolution is what Scottish Labour does
Herbert Morrison once said that “socialism is what the Labour Party does”. In other words, Labour is a…
A message for rUK – the SNP is a centre-right party
I found myself one Saturday evening recently arguing the toss on Twitter with Billy Bragg about the Scottish…
