Former GMB official Richard Leonard succeeds Kezia Dugdale in Scottish Labour leadership
AN ALLY OF UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been overwhelmingly elected as the new leader of Scottish Labour.
Richard Leonard was elected with 52 per cent of Scottish Labour party members in a leadership contest against the centrist candidate Anas Sarwar.
CommonSpace columnist and Common weal head of policy Ben Wray says Scotland must take a seat at the debate on the future of economics
IT'S been an interesting week. The Labour party conference revealed a more secure and confident leadership, with no fear of pushing further into clear red water.
CommonSpace columnist Yvonne Ridley says the SNP should intensify its support for Palestine
THIS has not been a good week for the pro-Israeli lobbyists who have invested millions in recent years on all expenses paid trips to Tel Aviv and donations to some election campaigns for groups of MPs based in the Westminster Parliament.
CommonSpace’s David Thomson reports on the keynote speech from Jeremy Corbyn as Labour ends its conference in Brighton
THE LABOUR LEADER has announced plans to bring in rent control as part of a “radical programme of action” on housing, should his party take power at Westminster.
Jeremy Corbyn told the Labour party conference in Brighton on Wednesday [27 September 2017] that following on from “the chilling wreckage of the Grenfell Tower” it will be launching a review of social housing policy which includes building, planning, regulation and management.
Writer and activist Alasdair Clark says Scottish Labour must ensure its next leader follows the path laid by UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn
SINCE 2007 it is undeniable that Scottish Labour has lost its foothold in Scottish politics.
The country which gave us many of the greatest Labour giants fell out of love with the party. It stood looking over the edge, risking that it disappeared into irrelevance for a long time.
Former deputy leader Anas Sarwar has announced he is standing against Richard Leonard to be Kezia Dugdale’s successor
ANAS SARWAR this morning announced his candidacy for the Scottish Labour leadership, confirming heavy speculation that he would join the race to face off against the only other confirmed candidate, Central Scotland MSP Richard Leonard.
Sarwar’s campaign will be co-chaired by Pauline McNeill, a fellow Glasgow MSP and Scottish Labour’s shadow minister for housing and social justice, and East Lothian MP Martin Whitfield.
Kezia Dugdale made the surprise announcement that she is stepping down last night, after two years as Scottish Labour leader
KEZIA DUGDALE has resigned as leader of Scottish Labour effective immediately, days before the beginning of a new session of the Scottish Parliament, describing the decision as “best for me and best for Scottish Labour”.
Dugdale’s deputy, Alex Rowley, will serve as interim leader until a leadership election can be held.
Delivering the annual Thomas Muir lecture, the SNP MP for Edinburgh East argued in favour of securing a fresh mandate for a second referendum in the next Scottish parliamentary election
TOMMY SHEPPARD, the SNP MP for Edinburgh East, has advocated using the next Scottish parliamentary election to secure a fresh mandate for a second independence referendum, arguing against the idea of holding another vote prior to the completion of Brexit.
Shaky Tory Government and Scottish gains could help Labour – but then what?
PROFESSOR JOHN CURTICE, a leading expert in voting behaviour, has said that a Tory collapse during Brexit negotiations is Labour’s best shot at government, but that its own uncertainties around Brexit and Scotland leave the party vulnerable.