The Labour seesaw perched on the edge of Brexit cliff
The Labour Brexit strategy is still problematic, only delayed. However, if they were successful in stalling Brexit, it may help those who want indyref2.
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This destroys Corbyn’s claim that the SNP do nothing about austerity
While the SNP are far from perfect, they have done more to mitigate Tory austerity than any other party, and here is the evidence to prove it.
The SNP is far more radical than Corbyn’s Labour
I understand why the left might be dissapointed by the SNP and attracted to Labour. That said, a strong SNP is a better lever for real change.
Great Repeal Bill: Labour must secure a meaningful Brexit veto
It is welcome that Labour is going to alter the Great Repeal Bill. However, this will be in vain if they don’t win parliament a meaningful Brexit veto.
Labour are unelectable with or without Corbyn
Corbyn does have a chance of being PM if his party get behind him. However, there is a good argument that Labour are unelectable with or without him.
Labour’s Corbyn Crisis illuminates a key democratic barrier
The spectre of Labour trying to oust Corbyn highlights a major problem with politics.There is no space nor tolerance for anyone even slightly different.
Could Corbyn kill the Indy Movement?
We spent a lot of time last year talking about the demise of the Labour Party. How New Labour had eschewed their founding principles in favour of electioneering and spin. How their core support had deserted...
The problem with Vote SNP get Tories
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...
Project Fear 2: This Time It’s Personal
This week the Labour newsletter, the Daily Record, have run a story about a poor NHS nurse/actress who was allegedly abused for appearing on a political leaflet. It’s a brilliant piece of propaganda, on one hand...
Ashcroft Poll results for Dummies
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...
Labour and Home Rule: Then and Now
We have spoken about New Labour spin previously on this blog. However, referring to the speedy implementation of the new Scotland Bill as Home Rule really takes the biscuit. The question is, will this deliberate misuse...
Conflicted: Should I vote Green or SNP?
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...
Labour, have no conviction on NHS
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,...
Big Society in Scotland must horrify Dave
All this gibberish a few years back from David Cameron about Big Society seems to be coming to fruition in a way which would horrify him. People all over Scotland have come together in the last...
Fighting for Independence, we missed that we had already gained more power
The referendum results programme temporarily stole my soul. Slowly, over 8 hours all of my hopes and aspirations for Scotland seeped away from me. Every undecided I had persuaded, every hour I had researched, every word...
Yessers, we should be proud of our efforts. What Next?
Well done to everyone who was involved in the Yes Campaign. The goodwill, hope and determination displayed by you all was awe inspiring. Autonomyscotland was formed on a whim one Saturday morning by a couple of...
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