We need more than shroud-waving and casual abuse to beat Salmond
What’s our problem with an independent Scotland? This is the simplest and most overlooked question facing the UK’s…
Scotland
Alexander on “Devo Plus” for Scotland – and Labour’s candidate problems
Speaking at Scottish Labour conference today, Douglas Alexander will urge Labour to consider the transfer of further fiscal…
To be or not to be – that is the only question worth asking
During the recent Scottish Labour leadership contest, a friendly journalist asked me my views on so-called “Devolution Max”…
The Westminster consensus on Trident is dead
The forthcoming Scottish referendum on independence has thrown up a new angle on the debate over Trident replacement.…
I support Scotland as part of UK, says Miliband
Miliband to make major speech on Scottish independence
In a speech in Glasgow this morning, Ed Miliband is expected to speak of his “humility” about the…
More on Scotland and devo max
I propose the following basic elements in a new constructive policy on Scotland for the Labour Party: 1.…
Do we want humourless, inoffensive MPs?
Today there’s understandable anger that Tom Harris has been forced to resign from his role as a “Social…
The Scottish independence referendum: two points of controversy
The UK political parties have suddenly woken up and discovered an imminent threat to the integrity of the…
What is our answer to the English question?
The stunning success of the Military Wives choir is a wonderful and quintessentially English story. Their story is…
