By focusing on the perils of independence, we discovered that ‘divorce is an expensive business’ had long...
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Judith Fisher Articles
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...
SNP threat to education support
The SNP have already made significant cuts in the programme, substantially cutting the thresholds for eligibility....
We must harness the opportunity for radical policy
In my last piece, I highlighted the necessity for Scottish Labour to generate substantial and inspirational ideas in...
Scotland in the ConDem nation
Going into coalition with the Tories is not a strategy likely to increase the popularity of the Lib Dems in Scotland....
The view from Scotland
Whilst comparisons with the 2005 results may appear to indicate that no seats have changed hands, the reality of two...
Losing the wrong battle
The economy, social security, international development, defence. All big issues in an election, all reserved (pretty...
The budget’s impact in Scotland
In the main, he succeeded. The £2 billion raised by taxing bankers' bonuses will help fund a £2.5 billion...
Response to Jim Murphy faith speech: no faith in those values
A few weeks ago I participated in a panel organised by the National LGBT Forum on ‘Race, Religion and Belief'. I...
SNP cut will reopen Scots brain drain and harm poorer graduates
Scottish Enterprise have announced the axing of a scheme with a proven track record of getting thousands of graduates...
With a series of meaty policy announcements Scottish Labour are increasingly looking like a government in waiting
This month saw the publication of The Literacy Commission Report in Scotland. The Commission, set up by the Scottish...