Time for a people’s bus service
John Ruddy says re-regulation of Scotland’s bus services could deliver a whole range of benefits for passengers, but we could go even further and deliver a truly radical shift...
Another view on Monklands Hospital
Brenda Morgan-Klein says Scottish Labour needs to learn lessons from its recent high-profile campaigning on Monklands Hospital. The recent Scottish Labour campaign on Monklands Hospital (MH) in NHS...
Beware the philosopher’s stone
Sheila Gilmore, former MP for Edinburgh East and recently selected as Labour’s candidate in the next election, says many of the problems with Universal Credit were known from the...
Swinney no more
Jim O’Neill responds to the extraordinary behaviour of John Swinney and the SNP following their defeat in parliament on primary school testing. Now we have it finally. The...
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...