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Donald Dewar Articles

Lessons to be learned from Scotland

The BBC has been leading its news that the election in Holyrood has been a disaster for Scottish Labour. Even I, as a serial Labour loyalist, cannot pretend that the result has been good for us. However, there are more conclusions to be drawn and lessons to be learned...

The nationalists only have to win once

Being a member of the Labour party can feel a bit like round after round of self-flagellation at the moment. But spare a thought for us Scots. Not for us the luxury of five years for a full rethink and rebuild. The Scottish National Party juggernaut rolls on and the...

Remembering Gareth Williams

The Labour party has too often lost major figures at the peak of their careers – from Hugh Gaitskell and Tony Crosland to John Smith and Donald Dewar. Ten years ago, on 20 September 2003, added to their number was Gareth Williams, Lord Williams of Mostyn, Labour’s...

What now for Labour in Scotland?

What could help Scottish Labour out of the funk it has fallen into? Looking to our counterparts across the pond might be part of the answer, as the SNP themselves did after 2003.