After the election, we suggested five ways of securing the Party’s electoral position. Eight months on, how is the Government doing?
If Putin hoped that Brexit would detach us from our alliances, there’s no evidence of that happening so far, and much to the contrary.
In his new book, John Lloyd makes the case for maintaining the Act of Union of 1707, and exposes the dark passions which motivate the SNP.
The former First Minister is a diminished figure, but could still be a potent leader of the Nationalists’ fundamentalist wing.
Also: Struggle to succeed Corbyn puts spotlight on Labour divisions over Scotland; and Jack has even more reasons to refuse Sturgeon’s referendum demands.
Leaving the EU will see new opportunities and challenges for the United Kingdom as a whole – and the Party needs to fight back in Scotland.
“If Boris Johnson thinks saying no is the end of the matter then he is going to find himself completely and utterly wrong.”
“In this General Election we have just seen what happens when politicians try to overturn a referendum result.”
She would ask Labour to agree that a referendum on Scottish independence is not a matter for Westminster, as a condition to support a minority government.
In 2017, 51 MPs were returned with majorities of less than a thousand. That’s 51 results potentially determined by an extra hour on the doorstep,
In this marginal seat there is as yet no sign of an SNP surge, and they may just be losing support to Labour too.
“I don’t believe we should equate the two things,” the First Minister argues.
I fear that we would lose too many good colleagues to a Remain coalition in the south, and would not pick up enough Leave-voting seats in the midlands and the north.
ConservativeHome is very dubious that, assuming a poll is deliverable, the Party can win a healthy majority without already having delivered Brexit.
He will be the Prime Minister who will either lose Scotland, or kill nationalism. There is no longer any in-between option.