The Scottish Labour leader’s resignation was inevitable. You can’t lose your seat and your entire Scottish beach head and seriously argue to the contrary.
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Experts provide a rolling response, live as the results come in for the 2015 general election.
One of the consequences of the SNP’s rise is that the new UK government will have very few seats in Scotland. This looks set to become a hot potato after the election.
Labour’s Jim Murphy and the Conservatives’ Ruth Davidson clashed over targets for sanctioning people on benefits. Who was right?
As the Scottish Nationalists gear up for a big win on May 7, the contribution of one man is in danger of being overlooked
One of Scottish Labour’s problems is that its most talented politicians prefer to be in Westminster rather than Holyrood. The reverse is true for the Scottish Nationalists. However, there are exceptions…
New figures show that Labour is considerably further behind the SNP with an age-group that is planning to turn out in force on May 7.
So the bookies were right. The new leader of Labour in Scotland is indeed Jim Murphy. The challenge from Neil Findlay (less so Sarah Boyack) wasn’t enough to produce an upset. Not only is the future of…
Polling is shortly to close in the battle to become the next Scottish Labour leader, the result of which will be announced on December 13. Given the party’s position in the polls, whoever takes on this…
While the dust settles on the proposals just published by the Smith Commission into extending new powers to the Scottish parliament, attention now turns to the final key political event north of the border…
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling
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Lecturer in Politics, University of Aberdeen
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Lecturer in Politics, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Honorary Research Fellow in Politics, University of Stirling
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Professor of Political Science, University of the West of Scotland
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Affiliate Research Associate, School of Political and Social Sciences, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Politics, University of Warwick
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Head of Politics, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, The University of Edinburgh
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Professor of Politics, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Scottish History, University of Dundee
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Manchester
