Five days after the Brexit result was announced, and less than two months after the Holyrood vote, we have a full Scottish Parliament poll, conducted by Survation for the Daily Mail. I apprec...
http://www.betternation.org/2016/06/amidst-brexit-chaos-holyrood-poll/
Since the contemporary Scottish Parliament’s inception the spectacle of First Minister’s Questions has played the same role in my life as flossing my teeth has*. I do it/ watch it most of the...
http://www.betternation.org/2016/06/ive-got-more-facebook-friends/
There’s been a moderate amount of mumping and moaning from the wilder fringes of Nat-dom online about the Greens’ candidacy in Edinburgh Central. Those were our 4,644 votes, they say, and we...
The Sunday Herald had a striking story yesterday about the Information Commissioner’s office declaring they would not make a decision during the election period. RISE candidate James McEnaney ...
SPOILER ALERT AND FULL DISCLOSURE: I love the FM and am also a Scottish Green OTHER IRRELEVANT INFORMATION: I love a macaroni pie So, boom – that was the week in politics, or more or less anywa...
It’s been a long year since I voted to set up a new country more or less from scratch, and unsurprisingly there’s a lot of chat about having another go. What are the triggers? Who gets to dec...
http://www.betternation.org/2015/09/why-independence-requires-the-snp-to-lose-their-majority/
There has been some very optimistic chatter about Green collaboration with RISE recently. I understand why, superficially, given there will be some things we’ll definitely agree on with them (e...
I’ve got a little more unsolicited advice for Labour today. *booing* Actually, I’ve got one more piece after this as well, but then I’ll try to leave it for a while. *sustained booing, att...
http://www.betternation.org/2015/08/ball-and-chain-labour-and-the-union-link/
A guest post today from Stuart MacLennan on the Labour Party: leadership and policy. Thanks Stu! In the couple of months that have passed since the election, I find myself increasingly desponden...
http://www.betternation.org/2015/07/an-appealing-alternative/
A long read today on the history and future of the Labour Party by Tommy Kane. Thanks Tommy! Earlier this month the well known political commentator Peter Kellner contentiously challenged the L...
http://www.betternation.org/2015/06/labour-in-scotland-past-present-and-future/