Tag: murray leith
Scottish Parliament Election preview: Labour’s setting sun in the West
The West of Scotland is, in common with the rest of the country, a region where Labour has lost seats at a considerable rate, with 2016 likely to continue the trend. Here, Murray Leith rounds off Democratic Audit’s Scottish Parliament election previews, suggesting that Labour’s sun is setting in the West. Similar PostsEuropean elections 2019: […]
Scottish Parliament Election preview: The end of Labour’s fortress in Glasgow?
Glasgow, sitting within ‘Red Clydeside’, has long been a Labour citadel, with the party historically weighing rather than counting the vote, such was their dominance. But elections in 2007 and 2010 showed that the City is nowadays willing to look elsewhere politically, with the independence referendum of 2014 accelerating the shift in support from Labour to SNP. […]
The possibility of the SNP joining a Westminster coalition offers several intriguing possibilities
Following the last General Election, Labour were encouraged to pursue a ‘Rainbow Coalition’ of different nominally progressive parties, including the Scottish National Party. With the next election far from certain in terms of outcome, it is possible that such a scenario could present itself again. Here, Murray Leith assesses what would happen were such an event […]
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