I have written to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Michael Matheson MSP asking him to put in place a review of the effectiveness of Police Scotland and the impact on local communities since the removal of the local Police Forces. In Fife we have seen the closure of local Police Stations and an increase in […]
The announcement by Harriet Harman on a BBC chat programme that Labour will not oppose the Tory attack on Tax Credits has left Labour members confused and angry. We must unite in our condemnation of her stance which as so many are now saying #notinmyname. For many, being in work is not a safeguard against […]
Membership within the Labour Party has been in decline over a number of years and the contrast with the SNP is not just the difference in numbers, but the amount of young people distancing themselves from our party and embracing something different. When I joined the Party as a teenager one of the selling points of […]
The below was sent out as an email letter to all members on 24 June. My Background I grew up in Kelty, Fife where my Dad was a miner and my mum worked in factories and when she was not working there she was working in the fields picking potatoes or planting trees to earn […]
Speaking last weekend at a conference of Labour members in Fife, Scottish Labour MSP Alex Rowley called for support for ‘a transformation of Labour and how it functions within the UK, with the party in Scotland having an autonomous voice for Scotland’. Mr Rowley said; “Scottish Labour should build a new partnership and work with […]