Labour Party – Susan Dalgety

Labour: Things have to get better if we are to win again

Earlier this year I wrote a piece arguing that Jeremy Corbyn was the wrong person to lead the Labour Party. At the start of this unexpected General Election campaign I thought Jeremy Corbyn would lead us to a terrible defeat. And at the conclusion of the poll, I still think Jeremy Corbyn is the wrong […]

by Susan Dalgety

Why Edinburgh Labour should not do a city deal with the SNP

I am writing this on the road, heading to Salzburg, then Slovenia, so my main source of political intelligence is social media. It would appear the 12-strong Labour group of councillors in Edinburgh are considering joining 19 SNP councillors in a coalition to run the city council. Now I am not against coalitions per se. I […]

by Susan Dalgety

Remembering 1 May 1997: Things can only get better

1997 was a vintage year. I met Eric Cantona. I saw Bowie at the Barrowlands. I got married. Oh, and on Thursday May 1st, Labour won a landslide victory, ushering in thirteen years of a Labour government, ten under Tony Blair. Twenty years after that sunny day, when things really did get better, it is […]

by Susan Dalgety

#GE17: A chance to tell Nicola Sturgeon we’ve had enough

#GE17 is a chance for Scots to tell Nicola Sturgeon they have had enough of her nationalist obsession.

by Susan Dalgety

Corbyn doesn’t work for Labour

My recent column in the The Scotsman where I argue Jeremy Corbyn is the wrong leader for the Labour Party. Two political leaders gave big speeches earlier this week. One, at the end of his career as an elected politician, was graceful, thoughtful, optimistic for the future of his country. The other was Jeremy Corbyn. […]