Westminster

Between Scylla and Charybdis

Lord Ashcroft’s 16 constituency polls today confirmed that the national opinion polls are correct (if anything, the swing is larger

I moved to Scotland in 2002, so I don’t have any memories of the creation of the Scottish Parliament —

Of all the seats that the SNP would like to win in May 2015, surely East Renfrewshire must be the

When Johann Lamont announced that she was going to step down as leader of Scottish Labour, she also pointed out

As many other people, I’m absolutely appalled by the announcement that the BBC and the UK’s other main broadcasters will

It’s very clear that the best way to ensure that Westminster keeps paying attention to Scotland and to the promises

The Unionist MPs from Scotland (such as Jim Murphy, Gordon Brows and Alistair Carmichael) dominated Better Together strongly because they

Burnham’s crack in the constitutional dam – Wee Ginger Dug
True cost of Brexit on UK trade revealed as calls to rejoin single market grow | The Independent
Some thoughts about the public finances in an independent Scotland | Ewan's Substack
Burnham's real message to the UK: "there's no money." So what should Scotland do about it?
Brexit & Brexitism: The Burnham chapter begins