Labour

Holyrood Labour Westminster 

Death through hexangulation

13/11/2014 thomas 4 Comments

I moved to Scotland in 2002, so I don’t have any memories of the creation of the Scottish Parliament —

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Labour SNP Westminster 

Can the SNP realistically take East Renfrewshire?

03/11/2014 thomas 26 Comments

Of all the seats that the SNP would like to win in May 2015, surely East Renfrewshire must be the

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Labour LibDems Tories 

The Better Together Party

28/10/2014 thomas 13 Comments

At the moment the front-runner to take over the leadership of Labour’s Scottish Branch Office appears to be Jim Murphy.

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Labour Westminster 

The only thing that matters for UK Labour

25/10/2014 thomas 35 Comments

When Johann Lamont announced that she was going to step down as leader of Scottish Labour, she also pointed out

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alternativestoindependence England Labour 

The impossibility of UK federalism

21/06/2014 thomas 9 Comments

I had decided to stop talking about federalism, for the simple reason that it’s not on offer and is a

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alternativestoindependence culture featured Labour No campaign 

The weakening of the Scottish institutions

15/06/201414/03/2017 thomas 10 Comments

It might come as something of a shock to people who know me, but for once I agree with Gordon

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devo-max history Labour 

Real home rule

04/06/2014 thomas 4 Comments

I’ve been wondering for a while whether modern Scottish Labour Unionists are right when they invoke the struggle for home

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