Given that the absolute maximum share of the UK vote Labour might conceivably get is 36%, it is extraordinarily arrogant for Miliband to insist on the right to impose his full manifesto. Tactically, of course, he is trying to panic Scottish voters into supporting Labour lest they lose the chance …read more

Ed Miliband on tonight’s question time said that he would not form any government reliant on the SNP for support. A Tory government is preferable to a Labour government tainted by the Scottish people’s chosen representatives. The effect of this … Continue reading …read more

You’re probably going to see this misreported in the press quite a lot tomorrow. We thought we should get the whole thing up for the record, to avoid confusion. We were as stunned as everyone else for a moment. On the Question Time special earlier tonight, Ed Miliband appeared to …read more

As far as we know, this is the final major set-piece interview that Jim Murphy will have to give before the general election. As Sally Magnusson of Reporting Scotland makes an admirably dogged but ultimately unsuccessful effort to get a straight answer on just about anything out of Labour’s regional …read more

POLICE are appealing for information to help find a missing Manchester man. …read more

‘Peak SNP’ and how Scotland and the UK are changing

Gerry Hassan

New Statesman, April 28th 2015

Scotland is everywhere in the news only a few months after the indyref. Scotland and its politics are being widely discussed and portrayed not just north of the border, but by UK media and politicians, as …read more

The Sun comes out for the Tories, whilst the Sun also comes out for the SNP, what are we to make of it all? This week’s FMQs and the last minute pre General Election Polling, all gets discussed with our special guest Derek Bateman.

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This from the Barrastinian will have you dancing all the way to the polling booths … Beyond Fear and Lothian by The Barrastinian on Mixcloud Filed under: Music Tagged: Barrastinian, GE2015, Mixcloud …read more

Positive to the last, Scottish Labour go down punching. Watching Scottish Labour in the death throes of this election campaign has been a remarkable sight, like watching a wasp trying to fly through the open half of a window who just can’t seem to comprehend what the problem is and …read more

By Gavin Falconer If the people of Scotland opt for independence in the course of the next few years, historians will debate the causes behind it, ranging from the decline of the British Empire to the rise of the EU… Read More › …read more

On the left, Jim Murphy campaigning for the Scottish Labour leadership a few months ago (the backdrop is distinctive, placing the pic sometime last November). On the right, Jim Murphy on STV tonight. Don’t tell lies, readers. It drains your soul. …read more

by Christian Wright Timely warning for the colonial establishment in an excellent article by Alex Massie in the Spectator. This was penned in response to an article in the Times (“The Australian” reprint is non-paywall) by the noble lord, Baron Finkelstein of Pinner. … Continue reading …read more

Remember that lovely British solidarity you were told by Labour to vote No for? You probably need to read this, folks. …read more

MORAY’S only ice rink will get a new lease of life later this year as councillors today (Wednesday) backed a major investment. …read more