Seven Suggestions for Scottish Labour to be the Party of Change

Monday, 22 April 2013 21:27
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By Gerry Hassan, The Scotsman, April 20th 2013

It seems to be the age of seven questions as Tony Blair once again acts as an uncomfortable sage for Labour and Ed Miliband.

With Labour meeting in Inverness this weekend and the party’s Devolution Commission interim report out, it is time for Scottish Labour to assess where it is and what it needs to do to change and to start shaping the political weather.

Here then are my seven observations and suggestions for you Johann:

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How the European Union is helping to protect children online

Monday, 22 April 2013 21:11
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By Tasmina Ahmed Sheikh
 
Tasmina Ahmed Sheikh is and SNP candidate in next year’s Euro elections. She is the only woman on the list of six. As National Women’s Officer for the Party, she is acutely aware of the need to open up politics for women and as a mother herself of the need to protect children online.
 
The Internet has opened up a vast resource of information to all of us, one that shifts and changes literally by the second.

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Co-op Party Chair breakfast bombshell for Labour delegates

Sunday, 21 April 2013 17:27
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  By Ken Ferguson
 
Whether New Labour croissants or the more traditional cooked fare, Labour delegates to their Inverness conference had some indigestible breakfast reading in Scotland on Sunday with the news that Co-op party chair Mary Lockhart intends to vote YES in next year’s referendum.
 
A Labour stalwart and supporter of the left wing Campaign for Socialism pressure group which presents - sometimes with some intellectual arrogance - the case for voting No and seeking an increasingly illusory British Road to Socialism, her decision is a blow for Labour but will be particularly stinging for the small, forces of the CFS.

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Devolved tax step in right direction

Friday, 19 April 2013 07:11
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By George Kerevan
 
I CHOKED in my porridge, metaphorically at least. According to the report from Labour’s (latest) internal commission on the future of devolution, there is a “strong case for devolving income tax in full” to the control of the Scottish Parliament.
 
As the commission included both Johann Lamont, Scottish Labour leader, and Margaret Curran, the shadow secretary of state, this suggests Labour might be getting serious about offering a counter bid to independence, or at least to the confederal version of Scottish autonomy being offered by the SNP. Could Mohamed and the proverbial mountain be about to meet somewhere in the middle?

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'Better Together' Campaign Increasingly Nixonian

Thursday, 18 April 2013 22:41
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By Mark McNaught

At first glance it may seem far-fetched to compare the campaign tactics of a disgraced late US President to an anti-independence campaign in Scotland.  They take place in different times, different countries, and in very different political cultures.

However, closer examination of Richard Nixon’s political tactics reveal several disturbing similarities with what we have recently seen from the 'Better Together' campaign.

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