2025.4 – Reflections on #ScotLab25
My reflections on Scottish Labour Conference 2025; the question being asked of us ahead of 2026, and whether we are offering a clear enough answer. Continue reading 2025.4 – Reflections on #ScotLab25
Category: Scottish Politics
What’s Soft and Yellow?
What’s the difference between a block of butter and the SNP voter base?
While both are soft and yellow – I don’t like my butter thinly spread. [Sorry, Ed.] Continue reading What’s Soft and Yellow?
You need a Pain in the Arse…
My name is Paul Cruikshank and I am a Rules Lawyering, question asking, “Umm Actually”ing, Pain in the Arse…
…but I think you’ll find that’s a good thing, actually. Continue reading You need a Pain in the Arse…
Who’s like her – damn few…
Nicola Sturgeon resigning as First Minister was surprising for many; but also presents some real problems for the SNP going forward – but they have echos of what brought Sturgeon to power in the first place. Continue reading Who’s like her – damn few…
A Good 2 Weeks; A Long 2 Years
The last 2 weeks have seen a massive shift of opinion in Scotland and across the UK; but the 2 years before the next General Election are where Labour needs to put in the real work to make sure they win! Continue reading A Good 2 Weeks; A Long 2 Years
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
Rebuilding Labour
After the devastating 2019 General Election result both in Scotland and across the UK, what does this tell us about 2017 and 2019, what challenges must Labour face, and how should it approach them in the future? Continue reading Rebuilding Labour
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…
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