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Why Scottish Labour should rethink its candidate selection plans
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Why Scottish Labour should rethink its candidate selection plans

By Martin McCluskey MP

The Scottish Labour Party’s executive committee is meeting on Saturday to decide how the party’s regional list will be selected for next year’s Holyrood elections. Today, all but three Labour MSPs are drawn from the regional list and the…

Jackie Baillie elected as Scottish Labour deputy leader
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Jackie Baillie elected as Scottish Labour deputy leader

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Jackie Baillie has been elected as Scottish Labour’s new deputy leader in a victory for Corbynsceptics. The MSP for Dumbarton won against Labour left Glasgow councillor and former parliamentary candidate Matt Kerr. Voting closed at noon on…

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Scotland: Labour in third place with final results in

By Peter Edwards

Labour has slumped to third place in the Scottish elections but the SNP have narrowly been denied an overall majority in Holyrood, in a move that has left Kezia Dugdale "heartbroken" Dugdale led Scottish Labour to 24 seats, a fall of 13…

Campaign round-up: Eight days to go
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Campaign round-up: Eight days to go

By Sarah Pine

It’s eight days until voters go to the polls – here’s a quick look at how the elections are shaping up across the country. Message of the day “This is a manifesto in the best traditions of the Labour Party. This plan for a Labour Government…

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Five reasons Labour won’t come third in Scotland this May

By Richard Angell

The team of spin doctors around Seumas Milne are colluding with Ruth Davidson's Scottish Tories in the expectations game for Jeremy Corbyn's first real electoral test in May. Both of them want people and the media to think that Scottish…

Scottish Labour announce list candidates for May’s election
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Scottish Labour announce list candidates for May’s election

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Scottish Labour have announced their list candidates rankings for May's Holyrood elections. With the election taking place through Additional Member System (AMS), there are two types of candidate, constituency and list. Given current…

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