Ian Murray Articles

Labour’s modest gains in Scotland have set the party on course for future success, believes Duncan Hothersall The headlines of the general election result in Scotland are by now well known. The Scottish National party’s all-conquering moment seems to be over, and the...

‘The route back into power for Labour in Scotland lies firmly in the constitution’. These were the words of Jackie Baillie at a fundraiser for Eastwood CLP that I recently attended. Jackie was only one of three Scottish Labour constituency MSPs to be elected in May...

One day, parliamentary democrats will win the battle for Labour, writes Jamie Reed It has been an exceptional year for the Labour party. Only 12 months ago, faced with a Conservative majority government for the first time in a generation, the party sought to chart a...

Stephen Bush investigates how Labour succeeded in the 10 gains it made from the Tories last month If failure is a learning opportunity, Labour did enough on election night to open a free school. But there were some cheering successes amid the overall gloom, and not...