This letter first appeared in the Greenock Telegraph on 19th August 2016
Sir,
The Health Board have now confirmed that they are proposing to close birthing facilities at Inverclyde Royal…
Public Sentiment is Everything
Over 150 years ago, in Ottawa, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln recognised something that is as true in politics today as it was then. Addressing the crowd in the first of seven debates against his opponent for the US senate, Lincoln observed:
Scottish Solutions for Scottish Problems
Almost exactly eleven years ago, Donald Dewar stood at the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth and talked of Labour, in control of the Scottish Parliament, delivering “Scottish Solutions for Scottish Problems.” Looking at the overhaul of the Scottish Labour Party announced on…
One week on
Just over a week ago, I started my campaign to be Inverclyde Labour’s next General Election candidate. I really appreciate all the support I’ve received so far. You can see what people have had to say below.
Between now and the selection meeting on June 1st, I’m looking forward to…
Last week, Elon Musk launched a rocket that could take a man to Mars.
Review: Brown’s book reminds us why we need to organise to deliver our ideas
This review first appeared on Labour List.
In the closing chapters of his new memoir, Gordon Brown writes that “in politics, nostalgia is a self-indulgent exercise”. Unfortunately, for many who will read Brown’s account of…
Three challenges for Labour
Since the elections in May, a fair amount of ink has been spilled by journalists, MPs and party members on what the Scottish Labour party needs to do to recover. The review of the Party will hopefully take us some of the way towards having a party in Scotland that is fit to fight over the coming…
The problems faced by the Scottish Labour Party aren’t unique
If you were involved in Thursday’s election, and the long wait for results after, today you’re probably starting to feel human again. Your body clock is returning to normal, you’ve managed to resist the sugar cravings and have a Haribo-free 24 hours and your brain…
How do we deal with young rioters?
We’re now just two weeks on from the start of the riots that brought chaos to the centres of many English cities, and while everyone is still struggling to provide a definitive answer to the question of why the riots took place, we’re beginning to get a clearer picture of who was behind…
In the Greenock Telegraph today, I raised the issue of the increasing number of people in…