Scottish Parliament Articles

Scottish Labour should be unambiguously pro-union and anti-hard Brexit, argues Blair McDougall After a bruising, unexpected and unnecessary leadership contest Scottish Labour’s new leader Richard Leonard will have the whole party behind him as he faces three big...

Identity, constitutional and ‘bread-and-butter’ issues all matter —In May, I was one of three Labour members of the Scottish parliament returned from a local constituency, in an election where we fell to third place. I am frequently asked how I won, and what we can...

The old adage that one day of a Labour government is better than an eternity of Tory rule is as valid today as it ever was. But if socialism is – as Nye Bevan famously said – the language of priorities, and politics the art of the possible, the only way we are going...

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...