JOHN SMITH’S WIDOW BACKS IAN MURRAY
9 May 2017
JOHN SMITH'S WIDOW BACKS IAN MURRAY
The widow of former Labour leader John Smith has backed Ian Murray's bid for re-election in Edinburgh South.
Elizabeth Smith, an Edinburgh South resident, said that Ian Murray speaks up for ordinary people – the very reason John Smith got into politics.
John Smith served...Read More »
Only Labour can beat the SNP - Dugdale
Yesterday, I kicked off our General Election campaign in Rutherglen.
Like most communities in Scotland, families here are currently represented by the SNP at Westminster.
Margaret Ferrier, like so many of her colleagues, promised to ‘stand up for Scotland’ yet has done nothing but seek division and campaign for an unwanted second...Read More »
Labour will guarantee the rights of EU nationals
9 May 2017
Labour has challenged the Tories and the SNP to gurantee the rights of EU nationals living in Scotland
Today is Europe day, and Kez Dugdale has confirmed that EU nationals will have their rights guranteed by a Labour government.
Now it's time for Ruth Davidson to do the same
Kez said:
“The...Read More »
It’s official: Sturgeon surge is now the Sturgeon slump
Official figures published today have confirmed that the Sturgeon surge has turned into a ‘Sturgeon slump’.
Labour’s General Election campaign manager James Kelly said Nicola Sturgeon can no longer claim to speak for all of Scotland having secured less than a third of votes in last week’s council elections.
The Electoral Management...Read More »
LABOUR WILL ONLY AGREE TO ANTI-AUSTERITY COUNCIL POWER-SHARING DEALS
6 May 2017
LABOUR WILL ONLY AGREE TO ANTI-AUSTERITY COUNCIL POWER-SHARING DEALS
Labour’s Scottish Executive Committee (SEC) today agreed that Labour council groups will only agree to anti-austerity power-sharing deals in local government.
The SEC, which includes leader Kezia Dugdale, deputy leader Alex Rowley, MSPs, trade union representatives and constituency representatives, agreed that...Read More »