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A coalition would solve Labour’s short-term number problem and could damage Sturgeon’s plans in the long term.
As the Scottish Nationalists gear up for a big win on May 7, the contribution of one man is in danger of being overlooked
A minority Labour administration might govern the UK despite finishing runner-up in both England and Scotland.
Politicians promising to expand free childcare is no bad thing, but it is difficult to deliver in practice
The SNP has changed the way Scottish people think about politics, something no party has achieved for decades.
Labour’s Scottish position could not be any more grim. Here are some suggestions for the long road back to contention.
Labour and the Lib Dems have clashed over whether crime is going up or down. Which is it?
Labour leader Jim Murphy is raising concerns that a big victory for Nicola Sturgeon will mean another referendum. Here’s why they’re wide of the mark.
Miliband’s plans to stop landlords hiking up rents won’t fix the housing supply problem.
Labour’s Ed Miliband says that advantaged pupils are much more likely to go to university. Is he right?
Everyone is assuming that the DUP would do a deal with the Tories after the election if the option arose. Everyone may be wrong.
The main parties are still a long way from getting full marks when it comes to tackling women’s financial disadvantages.
Ruling out a Labour arrangement with the Scottish nationalists will matter little after the election.
Our immigration expert evaluates the manifestos of 16 political parties, to see how their policies on immigration stack up.
Not much of the SNP manifesto would make Labour choke, and some rougher areas just got smoother.
People forget that the SNP backed a minority Labour government in 1976-79 and was undermined by a rogue MP contingent. Nicola Sturgeon may soon have to face the same problem.
Miliband is resisting, but he may need the SNP. Here’s what could be on Nicola Sturgeon’s wish list.
The growing labour movement in China, as fragmented and repressed as it is, offers hope for workers everywhere as an example of organising against incredible odds.
Recent polls have put Labour and the Conservatives in what seems to be an unshakable dead heat. The latest Ashcroft poll puts them both on 33%. This takes the parties back to exactly where they were in…
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