Anas Sarwar’s achievement in leading Scottish Labour to a seismic defeat of the SNP in the UK election is immense, but is only the first step on the road to him becoming First Minister in 2026, writes LabourHame editor Duncan Hothersall is now on Bluesky instead. labourhame.com/the-end-of-the…

"This isn’t Starmer’s rising tide lifting Scottish boats – it’s a victory made in Scotland, over five years of hard slog, led by a man who has done what had felt impossible for a succession of Scottish leaders since 2011. It is a remarkable achievement." labourhame.com/the-end-of-the…

In case you missed it: "The end of the beginning: Scottish Labour’s 2026 campaign starts now" Anas Sarwar’s achievement is immense, but is only the first step on the road to him becoming First Minister in 2026. Me on LabourHame. labourhame.com/the-end-of-the…

The SNP’s suspension of John Mason isn’t really about the latest offensive thing that the MSP for Glasgow Shettleston has written on Twitter, it’s about where the SNP finds itself in 2024, writes LabourHame editor Duncan Hothersall is now on Bluesky instead. labourhame.com/john-mason-and…

"The SNP is increasingly left only with totems rather than principles. Such is the inevitable fate of a party whose sole constitutional principle is independence." labourhame.com/john-mason-and…

As Angus Robertson apologises over his meeting with the Israeli deputy ambassador, Duncan Hothersall is now on Bluesky instead examines the background to the tension between the leadership and membership of the SNP on this and similar issues, through the prism of John Mason's career. labourhame.com/john-mason-and…

'Even this far out, the 2026 Holyrood election looks like a head-on collision with reality for the SNP, a crash they seem unable to steer away from.'  labourhame.com/john-mason-and… via @labourhame

New: Robert Hoskins reflects on the ten years since the independence referendum, the reality of where the SNP now find themselves, and how their own logic effectively tells us independence is impossible. labourhame.com/sturgeons-law-… #indyref #Indyref2

"To say that the party which exists to achieve independence is in disarray would be as much of an understatement as when the leader of Glasgow City Council said that the city could do with 'a little spruce up'." - Robert Hoskins on 10 years since #indyref. labourhame.com/sturgeons-law-…

Ten years on from #indyref, LabourHame editor Duncan Hothersall is now on Bluesky instead reflects on a success that we failed to celebrate, a decade of constitutional doldrums, and an opportunity to finally move on. Ten wasted years and an opportunity: labourhame.com/ten-wasted-yea…

"Scottish politics is no longer stuck in the post-referendum doldrums. That’s what we can celebrate today. There is hope in the air for a day when not every issue is talked about in terms of the constitutional divide, and that day cannot come soon enough." labourhame.com/ten-wasted-yea…

Final punt time. where the referendum the SNP so desperately wants to > support for independence has zero chance of ever being granted. Sturgeon’s Law would kill the independence dream labourhame.com/sturgeons-law-… via @labourhame

Nick Hopkins, a long-time Labour member and specialist in work on poverty, welfare reform and financial inclusion, sets out his anger and frustration at the UK Labour government’s decisions on, and political approach to, Winter Fuel Payments. labourhame.com/broken/

"My life has been bound up with mitigating the impact of governments on those with least. For a Labour Chancellor to take a decision to make people poorer craps on every bit of work I have done in the last decade and a half." labourhame.com/broken/

I wrote about this when he was first suspended: labourhame.com/john-mason-and…

New on LabourHame: Former Scottish Labour candidate for the Highlands and Islands and former Scottish Labour spokesperson for Transport, Connectivity and the Islands, John Erskine, welcomes the first UK Labour budget in 14 years. labourhame.com/a-budget-for-t…

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