Scottish Labour: No longer the branch office
Richard Leonard shows Scottish Labour will no longer have unpopular policies forced on it from England. They can now create unpopular policies themselves.
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The Empty Vessels
In the last week, both Scottish Labour and Tories have made big principled stances that crumbled when push came to shove.
Leonard can’t change Scottish Labour’s spots
Scottish Labour has a new leader but judging by his response to the new budget he is going to make the same mistakes as his predecessors.
Who cares if Richard Leonard is English, it’s his unionism that’s the problem
A lot of unionist commentators think Richard Leonard’s Englishness will stop him becoming First Minister. It won’t, but alienating half the voters will.
So much for ‘a modern form of Scottish home rule’.
Is Scotland a country and should the citizens of a country be able to determine their own fate? If your answer is Yes/Yes, Brexit should make you angry.
Iain Gray and Scottish Labour’s fracking U-Turn
In 2014, Iain Gray and Scottish Labour seemed to be pretty keen on fracking in Scotland. Now they are claiming responsibility for banning it.
Scottish Labour leadership contest: Same message, different suits.
Another set of Scottish Labour leadership candidates treating half the country with contempt and once more they will learn the hard way at the ballot box
Almost half of Yes/Leave voters ditched the SNP in GE2017
An analysis of GE2017 votes suggests that the SNP got their strategy wrong on the question of the EU, at least in the short term.
Jeremy Corbyn would be a great PM, so please don’t vote for Scottish Labour
I hope that Jeremy Corbyn becomes the PM and transforms the UK. If you want to help him then the worst thing you could do is vote for Scottish Labour.
Labour send mixed messages in East Renfrewshire
In East Renfrewshire, Labour are forming a pact with the SNP at the same time as telling people how to stop them getting power. Mixed messages anyone?
Scottish Labour’s Sturgeon Slump explained: There wasn’t one.
In the last few days I have observed shameless Labour supporters getting excited about a Sturgeon Slump. A slump they find by comparing apples with pears
The unionists should stop talking about independence & get on with the day job
The unionist local election strategy seems to be designed to alienate those who are pro independence while insulting the intelligence of everyone else.
Why Scottish Labour are a joke issue 234: Ian Murray MP
Ian Murray MP continues Labour’s slow death spiral by vowing to fight against the democratic fulfilment of the will of the Scottish people
The Greens & SNP found consensus – time for a Yes movement truce
This week the Greens and the SNP reached a compromise. Time for a broader Yes movement truce for the sake of the ultimate goal.
The problem with Dugdale’s federal UK plan is Labour are unelectable
In the spirit of compromise, a truly Federal UK isn’t the worst plan ever. The problem is that Labour don’t have the power or conviction to deliver it.
On Labour, a federal UK and Article 50
Labour get stick from Nationalists with regards to their Federal UK proposals and their attitude to Article 50. Some of that stick is a bit unfair.
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