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Ahead of the Scottish election on May 6, the former Scottish Labour leader explains what’s at stake – and what could happen next.
With Labour in danger of coming fourth in Scotland, they could have done without fresh independence trouble.
Three stage-managed cheers for Keith Brown – the left is getting restless over independence.
Scotland voted for its own parliament in September 1997, but has yet to make its mind up about the biggest issue of all.
Even though they won the election in Scotland, the result will be portrayed as a loss for the SNP. So where does it leave Nicola Sturgeon on a second independence referendum?
Why Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale’s federalist ploy is not the right way forward.
Scottish first minister tries to keep party faithful happy while starting long courtship of the no voters.
How to shift those stubborn opinion polls?
Brexit uncertainty, English xenophobia and a recession brewing - no wonder Scottish Labour is thinking about switching sides.
Scotland remains sick man of Europe despite devolution. Here’s what is going wrong.
Everyone is trying to claim the Holyrood result furthers their own position. It’s all noise.
The new normal for Nicola – minority rule once more.
Why the ruling classes may think twice about landownership in Scotland.
Spoiler alert: we already know the winner.
Haggis and Irn Bru have long since been usurped by politics as the greatest Scottish peculiarity. Here’s a bunch of nuggets on that subject that are all too often overlooked.
Len McCluskey needs to snap back to reality, if he wants to see Labour in government.
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.
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.
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