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Scottish election 2011 Articles

Challenging the SNP on protection of workers

Scotland under Labour had a proud record of acting to protect workers from violence, threats and abuse. In fact, we were ahead of the game when we passed the Emergency Service Workers (Scotland) Act 2005 to make it an offence to assault or impede persons who provide...

No strange death here

There are two theories about the fate of the many Tory voters who used to roam freely across the plains of Scotland. The most common theory also happens to be the least persuasive: that during the last Major government, they had a Damascene conversion and chose to...

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.

It’s the economy and Blue Labour, stupid

If you wanted a good post-election review and change of gear back down after months of campaigning into a conversation about the medium and longer term challenges for Labour, then the Progress conference on Saturday didn’t disappoint.

No strange death here

There are two theories about the fate of the many Tory voters who used to roam freely across the plains of Scotland....