Civil war rages in Labour party after Scottish leader walks out
Miliband supporters say Johann Lamont would have been sacked had she not resigned after her attack on the national leadership ...
View ArticleThe SNP has a formidable new leader in Nicola Sturgeon
Nicola Sturgeon, the new leader of the SNP, has described Alex Salmond as “a hard act to follow”. Which indeed he will be. But Ms Sturgeon is no less committed than he was to the creation of an...
View ArticleJim Murphy apologises to Scottish voters for Labour failings
A candidate for the Scottish Labour leadership has apologised to voters for the party's failings. Jim Murphy admitted that a "lack of vision" and failing to listen to voters had led to the party being...
View ArticleTalks on Scottish devolution to begin
All-party talks aimed at reaching agreement on what new powers should be devolved to Scotland in the wake of the independence referendum get under way today. For the first time, all five political...
View ArticleLabour faces prospect of losing more than 30 seats in Scotland at the next...
Labour is facing the prospect of political annihilation in Scotland at the next election, a new poll suggests today, losing more than thirty of its seats in Westminster to the SNP. The Ipsos Mori...
View ArticlePoll shows Labour on course for political collapse in Scotland
Labour is facing the prospect of political annihilation in Scotland at the next election and could lose more than 30 of its MPs, a new poll suggests today. The Ipsos Mori survey, commissioned by...
View ArticleProfile: Johann Lamont, former Scottish Labour Party leader
Johann Lamont has resigned as leader of the Scottish Labour Party with immediate effect. And in doing so she accused the UK party's leadership of treating Scotland like a "branch office". She also...
View ArticleUK Government is delivering the vow (UK Scotland Office)
(Source: UK Scotland Office) One month on from Scotland's democratic decision to remain part of the UK, Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael has said the UK Government has hit the ground running on...
View ArticleSNP's Sturgeon says UK withdrawal from EU 'must have' four nation backing
A referendum in favour of leaving the European Union would need to have the clear support of the UK nations, the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon has insisted. She said England, Scotland, Wales and Northern...
View ArticleScots Would Now Back Independence Six Weeks After Voters Said No: Poll
EDINBURGH, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - A new opinion poll for The Times newspaper has found a majority of Scottish voters would back independence if a referendum was held tomorrow, just six weeks after...
View ArticleSturgeon eager to build 'unity'
Nicola Sturgeon will work to build "unity and common cause" in Scotland when she becomes the country's first ever female first minister next month. The current deputy first minister will succeed Alex...
View ArticleNew Scots Leader Seeks to Handicap U.K. EU Referendum
The new leader of Scotland’s nationalists demanded that Britain should only be allowed to leave the European Union if all four nations making up the U.K. vote for an exit. “An in/out referendum on EU...
View ArticleJohann Lamont resigns as leader of Scottish Labour party
Lamont’s decision comes despite her part in the victorious no vote campaign during the independence referendum ...
View ArticleBBC invites Scottish party leaders to general election debate
BBC Scotland has written to the leaders of the main Holyrood political parties inviting them to discuss setting up general election debates. The proposed TV debates would involve the leaders of the...
View ArticleLabour’s breakdown in trust threatens general election ruin
Johann Lamont’s resignation this week has laid bare divisions within Labour about Scotland and the party leadership ...
View ArticleEd Miliband due at Scottish Labour dinner as new leader search continues
Labour's UK leader Ed Miliband is due to attend a fundraising dinner in Glasgow as the process of finding a new Scottish leader continues. The event at the Grand Central Hotel will be the first major...
View ArticleNicola Sturgeon’s ascent to the SNP throne is perfectly timed
New SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon during the referendum campaign. Photograph: Murdo MacLleod/Murdo MacLeod I suppose we’ll all just have to live with the epithet by which Scotland is now known throughout...
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