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1918 and The Repeating of British Electoral History
One of the finest pieces of analysis on the general election campaign emerged from Alex Massie in The Spectator this week. The article contains various points of interest but one that got me stroking...
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Scott-ish Identity and The Referendum
The passage of time often transforms our perspective of past events, places and people. As the one year anniversary of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum comes hurtling closer and closer to us I...
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Jeremy Corbyn won’t stop the SNP’s rise, he will solidify it
As the Labour leadership election draws to a close it looks increasingly likely that far-left’s candidate Jeremy Corbyn will be the man to replace Ed Miliband. Corbyn’s pitch to Labour members and...
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By-Election Autopsy: Scottish Tories On The Rise At Labour and the Liberals’...
Despite not stirring much excitement amongst the general public the seven council by-elections held in Scotland last Thursday were actually of some importance. The results that come in can give us an...
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Scottish Labour Declare Autonomy (Again)
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale proclaimed Monday marked a “new chapter in Scottish Labour’s history” on Twitter with the signing of a joint statement with Jeremy Corbyn on her party’s autonomy....
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Scottish Labour: Not A Branch Office But Out Of Office
Demonstrating the party’s new found autonomy Scottish Labour today declared their opposition to the renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system. Not only is this in contrast to the current position...
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Corbynism in a Cold Climate
One of the promises of Jeremy Corbyn’s reign was the turning of the Nationalist tide in Scotland. Leading Scottish Labour left winger Neil Findlay MSP prophesied that the SNP would “fear a Corbyn led...
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Scottish Nationalism and Catholicism
I have decided to write this article on the back of comments made on Twitter by pro-independence activists supporting the closing of Catholic schools and the wider discussion sparked by Common Space...
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Revealed – The Scottish Government and NATO’s Communications
It was currency unions not military unions which fuelled debate in the final weeks of the independence referendum. Every now and again, however, defence would be raised as a referendum issue. On every...
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Scottish Labour’s tax plans will hurt most Scots and their own campaign
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale set out her party’s plans today to stop the need for government spending cuts with income tax rises. Under her plans the Scottish Rate of Income Tax would rise by...
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