Tories

The SNP would have won 221 seats in England and Wales

16/05/2015 thomas 14 Comments

The SNP’s huge victory in the General Election saw some truly incredible swings. It made me wonder what would have

04/02/2015 thomas 7 Comments

Lord Ashcroft’s 16 constituency polls today confirmed that the national opinion polls are correct (if anything, the swing is larger

26/01/201514/09/2018 thomas 23 Comments

Before the fall of the Iron Curtain, left-wing parties in Europe typically had left-wing policies, such as being in favour

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.

27/06/201403/05/2017 thomas 26 Comments

It’s now certain that Jean-Claude Juncker will become President of the European Commission. The European Council (the heads of government

02/06/201414/03/2017 thomas 41 Comments

I used to work in the Scottish branch of multinational corporation that — like so many others — has its

02/10/201302/10/2013 thomas 7 Comments

The Scottish political scene is rather odd when compared to the political spectrum one tends to find in independent democratic