SPEAKING TO THE Scottish Labour conference days after Scotland's longest serving first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, announced she was standing down, leader Anas Sarwar struck an optimistic note. He moved to reassure voters that the party, which had struggled since its ouster from government in 2007, was ‘grown up, reaching out and ready for government’.1 Scottish Labour, in … [Read more...] about Labour’s road to victory runs through Scotland?
Brexit, SNP and Indy
Membership of the EU forms one of the core pillars of the SNP’s vision of independence.The Scottish government’s white paper, published before the independence referendum in 2014, warned a No vote could lead to Scotland leaving the EU against its will.Following the failed referendum on independence in September 2014, the party maintained its position that independence … [Read more...] about Brexit, SNP and Indy