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Author: Peter Russell

Grassroots Labour Opinion

A new Act of Union

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 Peter Russell

Peter Russell argues for a new Act of Union to fix the malaise which has infected devolution in the era of referendums and nationalism, and to improve the politics of

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Grassroots Labour Opinion

Dear Richard

June 7, 2019June 7, 2019 Peter Russell

Peter Russell writes to Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard offering his support and setting out a proposed strategy to create a Scottish Labour Party that will be relevant and influential

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Xenophobia and Independence

November 29, 2013 Peter Russell

PETER RUSSELL puts on his tin hat   Our very good friend Kate has now retired from her job, which was with a small NGO that did irreparable good by

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Scots Myths (3) – ‘The Scots are more left wing than the English’

October 30, 2013October 30, 2013 Peter Russell

PETER RUSSELL continues his series of posts exposing some of Scotland’s many political fallacies   “Scotland is social democratic, but England is a Tory country,” was first current in the

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Russell: Scots Myths (2) – The Highland Clearances.

August 29, 2013 Peter Russell

The first Scots myth sets to right the perception  of Nationalists that Scotland has no influence in UK General Elections. Follow-ups on LabourHame[1]  illustrate how historical election results are seen  through

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Russell: Scots Myths (1) – ‘Scotland Always Gets The Government That England Votes For.’

July 25, 2013July 25, 2013 Peter Russell

After the 2011 SNP Conference,  it was reported that its activists possessed an unshakeable confidence that they would easily win an independence referendum. This was obviously not based on their

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The rise of UKIP – not just a joke, not just a protest.

May 20, 2013 Peter Russell

The week before the County Council elections on 2nd May, I was staying with members of my family in the Crofton Ward of Fareham, near to where I grew up.

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