On ten years of membership
Paul Cruikshank joined the Labour Party ten years ago today. Here he reflects on those ten years, the changes that have happened in the party, and his hopes for...
GERS spin doesn’t work
Jim O’Neill says the SNP spin over this week’s GERS figures can’t mask the blunt reality they show. No, I’m not talking about a football team from Sunny...
For the many, not the few
Peter Gregson says Labour members who support proportional representation can use their votes in internal elections to help push Labour towards adopting the policy. Labour Party members can...
A party in desperate need of change
Barrie Cunning, former Scottish Labour candidate for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, says today’s disunited Labour Party is failing to provide effective opposition to a weak and divided government. ...
Labour must be the party of equality again
Cate Vallis, who is standing for election to the National Policy Forum, says the Labour Party’s decision not to adopt the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism flies in the face...
Happy birthday, NHS
Jim O’Neill assesses the health of the NHS in Scotland as we celebrate its 70th birthday. It is now 70 years since Nye Bevan had to “stuff doctors’...
FMQs Review: Sturgeon wrong-footed after Gillian Martin comments
Kieran Cowan reviews the final First Minister’s Questions before summer recess. FMQs opened with the stunning development that Gillian Martin had been dropped by the Government from her...