Comment 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 12th May, 2015, 2:32 pm
Comment 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… Peter Russell 13th January, 2015, 1:22 pm
Comment What should Scottish Labour do? There is much talk in the Scottish media about a crisis in Scottish Labour. Some of it is… Peter Russell 24th October, 2014, 1:14 pm
Comment 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… Peter Russell 3rd September, 2014, 6:02 pm
Comment 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… Peter Russell 20th June, 2014, 11:13 am
Comment 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… Peter Russell 21st May, 2014, 11:11 am
Comment 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… Peter Russell 7th May, 2014, 10:42 am
Comment Trench warfare 2014: Scottish independence It might be distasteful to some to use an analogy so redolent to the First World War, but… Peter Russell 8th April, 2014, 1:38 pm
Comment Devolution is what Scottish Labour does Herbert Morrison once said that “socialism is what the Labour Party does”. In other words, Labour is a… Peter Russell 20th March, 2014, 3:01 pm
Comment 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… Peter Russell 10th March, 2014, 12:50 pm