Why haven’t I changed my mind on Independence? Because my head and my heart say no
While time wasting on Facebook I’ve noticed people who I consider thoughtful have been sharing why they have…
Scotland
Can Scotland help England to be One Nation?
There are those in the Scottish Labour Party who are always happy to blame the 2007 introduction of…
Labour must find a way of working with Cameron to save the union
This morning David Cameron made a much trumpeted speech on the importance of the union ahead of Scotland’s…
Might some Labour MPs boycott Scottish Labour conference?
Could Labour MPs be about to boycott Scottish Labour’s conference in May over plans to devolve tax raising…
Scotland cannot stay on pause in 2014
It’s now less than 9 months until Scotland makes the huge decision of whether to remain part of…
Labour triumphant in Cowdenbeath by-election – and with an 11% swing from the SNP
There was a big win for Labour in Scotland last night, as the party not only won the…
5 things that Labour must get right in 2014
By Marcus Roberts and Mark Ferguson The year might be a week old, and MPS may have been…
Still part of the Union?
The biggest British political event of 2014 is, potentially, the vote on Scottish independence onSeptember 18. I say…
A People’s Railway for Scotland
A new report by rail expert Professor Paul Salveson, commissioned by ASLEF, the Co-operative Party and the Socialist Environment and…
Tory attacks on Darling aren’t bizarre – they’re calculated
Reports in this morning’s papers (including this one in The FT(£)) suggest that there’s been some fairly systematic…
