Tag: election

By a Newsnet reporter  Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont has launched her party’s local election campaign by immediately conceding defeat to the SNP.  The extraordinary...

By Martin Kelly The SNP has published its manifesto for Glasgow for the local council elections on May 3, with a promise to put...

By a Newsnet reporter  New Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont is facing calls for openness following Saturday’s triumph when she emerged as the winner...

by G.A.Ponsonby First Minister and Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond has issued a polling day message to people thinking of voting SNP...

by G.A.Ponsonby The Labour party are expected to launch a series of personal attacks on Alex Salmond as more opinion polls have confirmed...

Over recent days, the Labour party has come under fire from both the Green Party and the Conservatives. In a press release issued yesterday,...

by G.A.Ponsonby Ed Miliband has been accused of being ignorant of Scotland’s renewable potential and of trying to foist dirty nuclear power stations...

by G.A.Ponsonby Perhaps the most pertinent comment from the first Leaders’ Debate was on Twitter. “Bit of advice for Iain Gray: Don't click...

by G.A.Ponsonby The SNP and Labour have both marked International Women’s Day by setting their sights on Scotland’s female vote.  With the Holyrood elections...

By Ken McNeil The announcement by committed Unionist and Conservative, Sir David Murray, that he believes that the election of an SNP government would be...