Tag: Scottish Labour

Linda Holt May 18, 2026 1 Comment

ON SATURDAY The Times ran an interview with the Scottish Parliament’s new Presiding Officer, Kenny Gibson, under the headline: “I

Dean Thomson May 18, 2026 No Comments

I WAS IN PRIMARY SIX when my uncle Ian Davidson made me fall in love with politics. “You’re not messing

Brian Monteith May 15, 2026 No Comments

FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH, after first campaigning in Scottish elections since 1976 – some fifty years ago – and having

Ewen Stewart May 9, 2026 No Comments

THE UK MEDIA seem incredulous that the SNP, on the face of it at least, performed so strongly in yesterday’s

Brian Monteith April 24, 2026 No Comments

A YEAR OR SO AGO, the received wisdom of the established unionist parties was that the arrival of Reform UK

Patrick Benham-Crosswell April 22, 2026 No Comments

THE SPAT THAT HAS CLOSED the Straits of Hormuz has highlighted the UK’s vulnerability to imported oil and (particularly) gas.

Brian Monteith April 16, 2026 No Comments

MOST SEASONED OBSERVERS of political campaigning realise an individual poll is only ever a snapshot of a particular moment. Care

Brian Monteith March 6, 2026 3 Comments

THE TROUBLE with Labour is one of trust. Sir Keir Starmer has shown us that Labour cannot be trusted. So

Brian Monteith February 23, 2026 3 Comments

SCOTLAND needs Reform. How can anyone say anything different? There are two ways to look at it. At the very