A double bombshell for Scottish Labour
There is widespread support for another referendum; now Labour must persuade the electorate that May is not a proxy vote for independence
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Labour must not be trapped by Conservative thinking on Scotland
Worrying poll results should spur Labour on to make contingency plans for the event of a hung parliament
Senior Tory raises prospect of a deal with Welsh nationalists
After weeks of accusations that Ed Miliband is in Alex Salmond’s pocket, a senior Conservative is promoting a deal with a party that is actively seeking the break-up of the UK
Local Enterprise Partnerships should play a major role in a Labour government
Labour’s pledge to devolve £30bn to a series of localised public-private partnerships is a pretty good rebuttal to the line that the party doesn’t like business
Is a Unionist deal possible in Northern Ireland?
With the electoral landscape unlike anything seen before, both Labour and the Conservatives should also be looking at the possibility of a deal with the unionists
Labour needs to start talking to the SNP
Ed Miliband will need the votes of Scottish MPs if a Labour-led government is to work
Left Foot Forward poll: 34 per cent want a Labour majority
Last week we asked Left Foot Forward readers what outcome they’d most like to see at the General Election. We had 471 responses, and here’s what we found out
Screeching U-turns in Scottish politics
Members of all parties continue to contradict each other over their plans for future deals with the SNP
Politicians cannot beat fact-checking groups, so they should engage with them
It’s very clear that making the facts your enemy is a poor long-term strategy
Comment: Lessons from Labour’s history
Giving people more power has always been a central principle of the Labour party