I was delighted to be selected to be the Scottish Labour candidate for the seat where I live, Dunfermline & West Fife, likely to become Dunfermline & East Ochils after boundary changes. It it is a very winnable seat in a General Election, but also could be a...
The quote penned by novelist James Lane Allen “Adversity does not build character, it reveals it” applies about as clearly to the past two years of politics as perhaps at any time of the past. It is therefore worth reflecting on what the responses over the past two...
Recently, I was listening to the final episode of my favourite podcast, Talking Politics, which is ending after six educational years. As the team of Professor David Runciman and the incomparable Helen Thompson neared the end of the recording, they listed the things...
As a local council candidate, what strikes me speaking to people is that everyone, regardless of age, gender, background or political affiliation, wants to make their community and country, however they identify that, better. We know the divisiveness of the...
You will all know the joke about Scotland being the only place where a double positive makes a negative? “Aye, right.” Said out loud in most parts of Scotland, we know what that means but it doesn’t travel well and is likely to confuse. Another phrase that got me...
Firstly, yes, this is a very long sub-tweet. As I have said before, Scottish Labour can continue on a path to recovery and relevance by supporting people’s aspirations and by reaching out to build as broad a coalition as possible. To do that we need to talk about...
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