What do we need to make our world come alive?
The people want guts, passion and vision argues AIDAN SKINNER Like Love, Labour is a many-splintered thing. Never mind the narrow TB-GB divisions, more a 21st century question of style over substance...
View ArticleWe’ve come too far to retreat now
Opponents of gay marriage need to examine their own prejudices, not oppose equality, writes AIDAN SKINNER Most of the time, debate is a wonderful thing. It lets you work through your argument, if...
View ArticleTowards an evidence-informed Labour Party
Labour can convince only if it ditches its knee-jerk approach to policy-making, says AIDAN SKINNER Frequently lauded as “most sophisticated electorate in the world” (mostly by ourselves, it has to be...
View ArticleAll in it together
AIDAN SKINNER thinks we need to breathe life into our local parties and that all-member CLP meetings are they way to do it. Refounding Labour’s been and gone and the Scottish Review is still to...
View ArticleCrusading, not just spending
There is much more to Labour than being the party of higher public spending, and we need to remind ourselves of that if we are to form transformative governments in the future, argues AIDAN SKINNER...
View ArticleOpen Scotland
Aidan Skinner Campbell says we must rouse ourselves from the impotent astonishment that arises from recent events, and build together an open future for all. Two days ago, the SNP and the Greens...
View ArticleFringe review: “Bullet Buffet”
Aidan Skinner Campbell has been to the theatre. He was not impressed. “Bullet Buffet”, Fringe Venue 1314, Alva St, Edinburgh Descending the steps into the basement venue, hastily converted to give...
View Article500 Days
On 4th September 2016 the First Minister announced the formation of a Growth Commission. Its long-awaited report will, we are told, set out the currency plan for an independent Scotland. Aidan Skinner...
View ArticleFederalism In One Union
Ahead of Scottish Labour conference, Aidan Skinner sets out a blueprint for a form of federalism which could provide the structures and opportunity to enable Scotland and the UK to re-engage with the...
View ArticleFederalism In One Union
Ahead of Scottish Labour conference, Aidan Skinner sets out a blueprint for a form of federalism which could provide the structures and opportunity to enable Scotland and the UK to re-engage with the...
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