UK politics and the UK political system are broken. Every week political discourse finds new lows of invective fuelled by a failing Tory Government wanting to weaponise division, racism and…
20 Mar, 2024
Scotland
13 Oct, 2023
Is Scottish Labour back – and does it have a future?
Scottish Labour and British Labour are on a roll. It might not be seen as a positive by many in the SNP and for independence, but this is good news…
27 Mar, 2023
Humza Yousaf and leading the SNP after Sturgeon
As the SNP pass the Independence torch from Nicola Sturgeon to Humza Yousaf, now is a moment to consider the nature of leadership of the party, the cause of independence…
17 Feb, 2023
What Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation means for Labour in Scotland
Amid all the uncertainty thrown up by Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation, one thing is beyond doubt: this is a huge political moment and a real turning point - not just for…
17 Mar, 2022
What do we do about Gordon Brown’s take on Scotland and Britain?
Photo by World Economic Forum on flickr. CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0 Gordon Brown is a defining figure in the history of modern Scotland: a presence for many of us through our adult…
01 Feb, 2021
The British Confederation of States
The desire for Scottish ‘independence’ may now be irresistible but the opinion polls suggest an outcome still in the balance. What would independence mean in practice? Joining the European Union,…
10 Sep, 2020
What comes after Richard Leonard for Scottish Labour? Time for an Independent Labour Party
Scottish Labour once seemed to have an ironclad grip on Scottish politics, winning election after election, and seeing off opponents whether it was Tories, SNP or the occasional Lib Dem.…
17 Dec, 2019
Scottish Labour, Self-Government and the SNP
The 2019 UK general election confirmed the divided nature of politics, the demise of British-wide politics and the emergence of a four-nation political system. The Tories were elected on a…
17 Oct, 2018
New publication: The Causes and Cures of Brexit
Two and a half years ago the UK saw the biggest democratic revolution of a generation. The vote for Brexit had been a long time coming. Millions of our fellow…
26 Jun, 2015
Downfall: The Rise and Fall of the House of Scottish Labour
The story of the Scottish Labour Party was, until recently, one of the defining stories of Scotland over most of the 20th century. First there was its rise - the…