Alistair Carmichael: crying abuse is a loser’s argument
Alistair Carmichael is back. Trying to tarnish a whole movement by the acts of a minority. It’s a low form of politics but it’s the only form he knows.
Alistair Carmichael is back. Trying to tarnish a whole movement by the acts of a minority. It’s a low form of politics but it’s the only form he knows.
2015 General Election / UK Politics
by R J Hainey · Published May 1, 2015 · Last modified April 15, 2016
Bad for Labour , good for the SNP and great for David Cameron The above lamentation from Jim Murphy on the current position of Scottish Labour in the opinion polls tells us all we need to...
2015 General Election / Podcasts
by autonomyscotland · Published April 15, 2015 · Last modified January 9, 2016
Mairi and I went along to discuss the General Election with SNP National Secretary Patrick Grady. He is the SNP candidate for North Glasgow. We went to discuss the results of a survey we at Common...
by autonomyscotland · Published February 4, 2015 · Last modified January 9, 2016
What was the poll about? Today the results are out for the Ashcroft constituency poll looking at voter intentions for the next general election. The poll only looked at 16 constituencies. All of the constituencies they...
2015 General Election / Humour / Scottish Politics
by R J Hainey · Published February 2, 2015 · Last modified January 9, 2016
Yesterday I rose relatively early in anticipation of a bumper day of sport. I had given myself just enough time to cook a couple of bacon/fried egg doublers for breakfast. I went to the fridge for...
2015 General Election / Scottish Politics
by R J Hainey · Published January 28, 2015 · Last modified January 9, 2016
The most ardent group of Yes voters were young, male and working class. I was one of them, although sadly, at least in terms of age, I am drifting out of that category. Many of us...
2015 General Election / UK Politics
by R J Hainey · Published January 23, 2015 · Last modified January 9, 2016
I am conflicted over whether or not I should vote for the Green party in the next General Election. I really should, I’m a paid up member and I like their policies the best. They are...
2015 General Election / Scottish Politics
by R J Hainey · Published January 6, 2015 · Last modified January 9, 2016
Here is an interesting tweet from the Labour party the day before the referendum: In fact, in the last weeks of the campaign this was one of the key things we heard from Brown, Darling, Lamont,...
Scottish Labour / Scottish Politics
by R J Hainey · Published October 30, 2014 · Last modified January 10, 2016
The revelation that Jim Murphy is favourite to take over as the leader of Scottish Labour is great news for the Yes Coalition. It will increase the movement’s chances of decimating Labour in May and shows...