#MakeItMurray in Glasgow

If you’re a Scottish Labour member in Scotland, you will be very acutely aware you have just over 12 hours left to make you choice for the Regional List Selections for the upcoming Scottish Parliament Elections. I think that this, more than the Scottish Leadership Election, is the vote that will mould the party and decide whether over the course of he next Parliament we … Continue reading #MakeItMurray in Glasgow

THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF POLITICS, HUH? (PART 2)

It’s been a long weekend in Scottish Politics – so much so, I’ve had to split up my thoughts over 2 posts. Part 1 looking at the Green Party, and the SNP’s impending Civil War is available here. Here, I look at how Labour and the Tories face a similar problem in Scotland – but have taken 2 different paths to find the answer. The … Continue reading THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF POLITICS, HUH? (PART 2)

There’s been a lot of Politics, huh? (Part 1)

The Scottish Political landscape at the end of this week is, in some ways, unpredictably different from the start of it. In others – in perhaps the most predictable of ways – it is not. And, for once, it seems to have touched the 4 main parties in Scotland – while Willie Rennie has had, I’m sure, a lovely time. The Greens You may have … Continue reading There’s been a lot of Politics, huh? (Part 1)

Scotland’s Coronavirus

The Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been risible in the UK. This has been viable for all to see, has been explored by the media in great detail – and in that press conference, the UK Government sold it’s last shred of self-worth down the river to protect the Prime Minister’s brain. The result of this has been a Conservative polling lead of … Continue reading Scotland’s Coronavirus

Of Landlords and lawLords

…or why Human Rights are always Human Rights. It is often said that it is in times of crisis that we show our true selves. The selfish care for themselves first, while the caring going about looking after the most vulnerable. During the lock-down period, we’ve seen that, both in our local communities and at the national scale. Take the Scottish and UK governments, for … Continue reading Of Landlords and lawLords

The week that was…

…or what seems like the end of the beginning of the end of Scottish Labour. It seems that whenever there is news coverage of the Scottish Labour Party it is always negative. Some would be inclined to blame this on media-bias or an anti-Corbyn-agenda (the focus on Corbyn, perhaps, being part of the problem), but when you see what we give them…I don’t think there’s … Continue reading The week that was…

On 10 years’ Membership…

…this piece was originally posted on LabourHame on 8th September 2018. I am a child of the Labour Party. My Mum was CLP Secretary and my Dad was CLP Chair, and they spent their honeymoon leafleting for Donald Dewar in Glasgow Garscadden. So I suppose it was inevitable that politics would be in my blood. But it was my decision, not theirs, when I joined the … Continue reading On 10 years’ Membership…