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New on Labour Hame:Dr Jekyll and Mr Hiding-to-nothingDuncan Hothersall, Editor of Labour Hame, speculates about a sabote...
18/07/2025

New on Labour Hame:

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hiding-to-nothing

Duncan Hothersall, Editor of Labour Hame, speculates about a saboteur hiding in the heart of government, and perceives the patience of Labour members wearing thin.

Duncan Hothersall, Editor of Labour Hame, speculates about a saboteur hiding in the heart of government, and perceives the patience of Labour members wearing thin. I was on the radio yesterday, as …

Robert Hoskins of Glasgow South CLP examines recent polling and widespread claims about the demographic inevitability of...
18/04/2025

Robert Hoskins of Glasgow South CLP examines recent polling and widespread claims about the demographic inevitability of Scottish independence. He is unconvinced.

One could be forgiven for thinking that Independence is just around the corner if the response of former SNP MP Joanna Cherry KC to the latest poll which gives Yes a whopping 12% lead is anything t…

New on Labour Hame: Duncan Hothersall reviews Anas Sarwar's speech to Scottish Labour conference today in Glasgow.
21/02/2025

New on Labour Hame: Duncan Hothersall reviews Anas Sarwar's speech to Scottish Labour conference today in Glasgow.

Anas Sarwar spoke for 52 minutes today at Scottish Labour Conference in Glasgow, to a gathering of supporters who seemed at times unsure whether their rapture was entirely appropriate given the loo…

Kirsty McNeill, the Scottish Labour and Co-operative MP for Midlothian and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State fo...
07/02/2025

Kirsty McNeill, the Scottish Labour and Co-operative MP for Midlothian and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, sets out four major challenges facing Scotland after two decades of nationalist government, and how we can address them.

Kirsty McNeill, the Scottish Labour and Co-operative MP for Midlothian and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, sets out four major challenges facing Scotland after two decades …

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18/11/2024

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A place for open debate about progressive politics in Scotland.

John Erskine, a former Scottish Labour candidate for the Highlands and Islands and a former Scottish Labour spokesperson...
03/11/2024

John Erskine, a former Scottish Labour candidate for the Highlands and Islands and a former Scottish Labour spokesperson for Transport, Connectivity and the Islands, welcomes the first UK Labour budget in 14 years.

John Erskine, a former Scottish Labour candidate for the Highlands and Islands and a former Scottish Labour spokesperson for Transport, Connectivity and the Islands, welcomes the first UK Labour bu…

Nick Hopkins, a long-time Labour member and specialist in work on poverty, welfare reform and financial inclusion, sets ...
17/10/2024

Nick Hopkins, a long-time Labour member and specialist in work on poverty, welfare reform and financial inclusion, sets out his anger and frustration at the UK Labour government’s decisions on, and political approach to, Winter Fuel Payments.

Nick Hopkins, a long-time Labour member and specialist in work on poverty, welfare reform and financial inclusion, sets out his anger and frustration at the UK Labour government’s decisions o…

Ten years on from the independence referendum, Labour Hame editor Duncan Hothersall reflects on a success that we failed...
18/09/2024

Ten years on from the independence referendum, Labour Hame editor Duncan Hothersall reflects on a success that we failed to celebrate, a decade of constitutional doldrums, and an opportunity to finally move on.

Ten years on from the independence referendum, Labour Hame editor Duncan Hothersall reflects on a success that we failed to celebrate, a decade of constitutional doldrums, and an opportunity to fin…

Ten years on from the independence referendum, Labour Hame editor Duncan Hothersall reflects on a success that we failed...
18/09/2024

Ten years on from the independence referendum, Labour Hame editor Duncan Hothersall reflects on a success that we failed to celebrate, a decade of constitutional doldrums, and an opportunity to finally move on. There's a picture of me at the Edinburgh independence referendum count at Ingliston in the early hours of 19 September 2014. I am deliriously happy. I can remember what went through my head as the results came in and it became clear that the people of Scotland had voted convincingly to remain in the UK....

Ten years on from the independence referendum, Labour Hame editor Duncan Hothersall reflects on a success that we failed to celebrate, a decade of constitutional doldrums, and an opportunity to fin…

Robert Hoskins reflects on the ten years since the independence referendum, the reality of where the SNP now find themse...
16/09/2024

Robert Hoskins reflects on the ten years since the independence referendum, the reality of where the SNP now find themselves, and how their own logic effectively tells us independence is impossible.

Robert Hoskins reflects on the ten years since the independence referendum, the reality of where the SNP now find themselves, and how their own logic effectively tells us independence is impossible…

John Mason MSP has spent his entire parliamentary career courting controversy, but has always passed candidate vetting, ...
19/08/2024

John Mason MSP has spent his entire parliamentary career courting controversy, but has always passed candidate vetting, got reselected as a candidate, and kept the whip. Until now. He was given a pass by the SNP leadership for participating in anti-abortion demonstrations outside reproductive health clinics; for opposing LGBT rights and saying gay people shouldn't have s*x; for arguing that young-earth creationism should be taught in school science lessons; for telling a wheelchair user to support a different team when they complained of poor access to a football ground; and for putting lives at risk by ignoring Covid advice....

John Mason MSP has spent his entire parliamentary career courting controversy, but has always passed candidate vetting, got reselected as a candidate, and kept the whip. Until now. He was given a p…

Anas Sarwar's achievement in leading Scottish Labour to a seismic defeat of the SNP in the UK election is immense, but i...
05/07/2024

Anas Sarwar's achievement in leading Scottish Labour to a seismic defeat of the SNP in the UK election is immense, but is only the first step on the road to him becoming First Minister in 2026, writes Labour Hame editor Duncan Hothersall. Scotland has woken up to a new political reality today. Across the country, to an extent nobody predicted, the message of change, of moving on from the constitutional deadlock of the last seventeen years, has finally delivered a huge Scottish majority of Labour MPs as part of the UK landslide which has sent Keir Starmer to Number 10....

Anas Sarwar’s achievement in leading Scottish Labour to a seismic defeat of the SNP in the UK election is immense, but is only the first step on the road to him becoming First Minister in 202…

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