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Scotland 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 the fundamental issues to move forward as a healthy party, fit to govern. Last weekend, proposals from the Review of the Party in Scotland were...
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Playing the SNP’s game

Let the Scottish people decide, says Judith Fisher

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How Scottish Labour can start again

So, disaster. We can dress it up, yes, our share of the vote actually held pretty steady, and, in seats like Aberdeen Central, went up by nine per cent, but the outcome is a thumping defeat whichever way you look at it. By highlighting the dangers of the ConDem coalition cuts and asking voters to vote based on which party was better placed to stand up for Scotland, we discovered that the voters felt the SNP were either better placed, or more disposed, to do this effectively.  

 

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Hedging on independence

Yesterday the SNP finally published their manifesto after a last-minute rewrite. It is understandable that they would be nervous. Their infamous 2007 manifesto, which features over 100 now broken promises, has come back to haunt them again and again as they have failed to keep their word over the past four years on schools, on housing, on transport.

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Scottish Labour in flux

Sep 13, 2011 |

The Scottish Labour party remains in flux. The way forward is coming into focus, but we need to face up to and address...