Was Alex Salmond inspired by Tony Blair’s winning 1997 campaign? NOEL FOY thinks so The recent SNP election campaign was ruthless and utterly unscrupulous. It was also clever, competent,
Labour has allowed itself to be painted as the UK’s guys in Scotland, says DUNCAN HOTHERSALL Unionism is not a Labour value. I say that not because I oppose the
Labour made a catastrophic mistake in giving up on the north of Scotland, says former SNP activist MALCOLM CUNNING It was 1973; I was young, innocent and had a
Unionists need to deploy emotive, as well as logical, arguments in support of the UK, says KEZIA DUGDALE MSP Three year ago, on my own blog, I wrote a
The problems created by devolution are tiny compared with those it solved, says TOM HARRIS Let’s start with some trivia. It was indeed Tam Dalyell who first asked the
JEFF BRESLIN should be a stereotypical Labour tribalist. So why isn’t he? When it comes to theoretical affiliation with the Labour party, I can really be as misty-eyed, traditional and
The new Scotland Bill doesn’t go far enough, and Labour should say so, argues JAMIE GLACKIN The Union isn’t all bad. Our political masters in the SNP take the opposite