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From almost the very start the Nats have understood the new politics of post devolution Scotland much better than us. I say “almost” be...

In a democratic system, politics is all about winning. Since September 18 th the Nats have talked a good game. We’ve heard of all ...

And so the world moves on and yet things are not quite the same. I wrote before the Referendum vote about how a certain sector of the Y...

I want to start by talking about real life. Because all of us, all of us engaged in politics. find real life sometimes embarrassing. ...

This will be my last blog about the Referendum. I'll continue to blog from time to time, but probably not so regularly, about politics. ...

In 2007 Wendy Alexander, recently elected as leader of the Scottish Labour Party in the aftermath of our first defeat by the SNP, decided th...

This is almost certainly my last blog before the big vote itself. I’m conscious that I’m now in a slightly odd position intellectua...