Labour Hame – A place for open debate about progressive politics …
WEBAug 19, 2024 · A dangerous hangover. Labour Hame editor Duncan Hothersall says third sector organisations in Scotland are doing their noble causes untold damage by remaining hitched to one side of the constitutional debate. Saturday’s edition.
Ten wasted years – and an opportunity – Labour Hame
WEB2 days ago · Ten wasted years – and an opportunity. Ten years on from the independence referendum, Labour Hame editor Duncan Hothersall reflects on a success that we failed to celebrate, a decade of constitutional doldrums, and an opportunity to finally move on. There’s a picture of me at the Edinburgh independence referendum count …
About – Labour Hame
WEBLabour Hame was set up in the aftermath of the 2011 Scottish general election by Tom Harris MP, Kezia Dugdale MSP and others who care deeply about Scottish Labour and want it to succeed. It was conceived of as a place to talk – somewhere where all the theories about what was wrong, and all the ideas that might make things right, could be ...
Partygate: launchpad for the next Labour government?
WEBJan 29, 2022 · Eight weeks of relentless media exposure of industrial-scale partying in Whitehall and No 10 whilst the country was in lockdown has triggered an outpouring of public anger which threatens to topple not only Boris Johnson but the electoral prospects of the Conservative Party itself.
All together now? – Labour Hame
WEBJul 5, 2019 · Jim, you downplay the fact that the thousands marching are overwhelmingly working class, probably former Labour voters( like myself ) I suspect the Labour Party couldn’t muster a few hundred if they were to organise a march- even with their “Better Together “ allies.
Labour and the Brexit effect – Labour Hame
WEBMay 10, 2021 · Labour and the Brexit effect. Richard Rawles argues that the internal battles raging again in the Labour Party over electoral calculations and the way forward are in danger of hiding a possible solution by over-simplifying our disagreements. In many circles it seems to be the prevailing wisdom that the reason for Labour’s terrible General ...
Rebuilding Labour – Labour Hame
WEBJan 3, 2020 · Christmas and New Year is a time for reflection, and clearly Labour Party members have had more to reflect on this Christmas than usual. The combination of a brutal election result and lots of time at home has resulted in a constant stream of analysis and counter-analysis of the result, the party and the leadership.
Opinion – Labour Hame
WEBRobert Hoskins (@hoski67) of Cathcart CLP says after years of the SNP driving wedges, one of the biggest benefits of electing Labour MPs and MSPs will be to heal the
Labour and the ‘traditional working class’ – Labour Hame
WEBJul 4, 2019 · One of the features of Lexit (the left-wing case for Brexit) discourse has been the fetishising of a group that tends to be referred to as “Labour’s heartlands” or “the traditional working class.”
Coming full circle – Labour Hame
WEBFeb 2, 2022 · That general election in 2010 was also the last time I voted Labour, after a decade and a half of support since Tony Blair was first elected. Fast forward one year to 2011 and for the rest of the decade I was to be an SNP voter and supporter, a Yes voter and, for a very brief stint counted in months and days, an SNP member.
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