The process of electing a leader of the Scottish Labour Party is now in full swing, with all three candidates having...
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Judith Fisher Articles
Scottish Labour in flux
The Scottish Labour party remains in flux. The way forward is coming into focus, but we need to face up to and address...
Playing the SNP’s game
We’re going to have a referendum on independence. The SNP won the election, and at some point in this...
How Scottish Labour can start again
By focusing on the perils of independence, we discovered that ‘divorce is an expensive business’ had long...
Hedging on independence
This time their approach has been rather different. In fact, it would not be far from the truth to characterise the...
Gearing up to Holyrood 2011
The manifesto outlined Scottish Labour's top five pledges to women.The first is to improve the flexibility and...
Equal marriage in Scotland?
A 2010 Equality Network survey of the LGBT community found that 85 per cent of respondents believe marriage should be...
Cuts in Scotland
The government's illustrative spending plans are normally outlined for three years, a formula particularly important...
SNP all snowed in?
In 1997 a referendum was held which asked two questions: did we want a Scottish parliament; and should that parliament...
Burdening local authorities
The choices already made by the SNP government have left them relatively few options: universal free prescriptions...
Less education for more money?
The SNP's track record on education can only be described as dismal.Since the party came to power in 2007,...
Independence back up the agenda?
It may be, however, that this appears the only option left open to the struggling SNP. After all, when you are a party...