Tag: Johann Lamont
Scottish Labour treated like a protected species on U-turns
By G.A.Ponsonby
What is Scottish Labour policy on the council tax freeze? I have to admit that I don't know. I don't think anyone does....
TV review: Labour’s circular firing squad holds forth
By Derek Bateman
BBC Scotland is like the family dug – there to be kicked and shouted at one day, embraced with treats the next...
Bateman: Alex Salmond and the Devo Max ballot question
Commentary by Derek Bateman
The admission by Alex Salmond in Newsnet’s television series that he had encouraged the creation of a second question in the...
Lamont silence condemned as Scottish Labour resist calls for Eric Joyce...
By a Newsnet reporter The Scottish Labour party are reported to be resisting moves to force ‘headbutt’ MP Eric Joyce to resign as the...
Pressure increases on Johann Lamont to publish leadership election details
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...
Dear Johann: A Seven-Step Recovery Plan for Scottish Labour
By Gerry Hassan, The Scotsman, December 17th 2011 Dear Johann Congratulations on being elected Scottish Labour’s sixth leader in twelve years; that’s nearly as...
Scottish Labour’s Deputy leader, a Scottish newspaper and the ‘fabricated’ rape-case
By G.A.Ponsonby It has run under the radar since Friday when two online news outlets, allmediascotland.com and Holyrood.com, both ran the story of the Evening...