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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"We are not the party of Donald Dewar and Wendy Alexander any more... We have long-since become a party of permanently grumpy opposition, which follows public opinion rather than leading it, which cowers under attack rather than holding its head high, which fears the mob instead of facing it down."
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Dear Michael
Labour Hame editor Duncan Hothersall writes to the new Scottish Labour leader Michael Marra about the desperate need to change the party’s direction of travel. Dear Michael, Congratulations o…
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LabourHame @labourhame.com · 20/09/2026
New on @labourhame.com: Labour Hame editor Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social writes to the new Scottish Labour leader Michael Marra about the desperate need to change the party’s direction of travel.
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Dear Michael
Labour Hame editor Duncan Hothersall writes to the new Scottish Labour leader Michael Marra about the desperate need to change the party’s direction of travel. Dear Michael, Congratulations o…
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LabourHame @labourhame.com · 28/08/2026
New on @labourhame.com: Martin Hutchison analyses Scottish Labour’s May 2026 election defeat, concluding that it reflected the durability of the Yes coalition, the rise of Reform, weaknesses in UK Labour’s record, a fundamentally mistaken Scottish Labour campaign strategy and a spectacular own goal.
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Defeat 26
Martin Hutchison analyses Scottish Labour’s May 2026 election defeat, concluding that it reflected the durability of the Yes coalition, the return of former Labour voters to the SNP, the rise…
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"Over the next month, Marra and Fagan will compete to become the next leader of Scottish Labour, setting out their solutions to what they see as the problems facing the party in the wake of its fifth consecutive election defeat. Unfortunately, they are answering largely the wrong questions."
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Moving the dial on the constitution
James Gray, Political Education Officer of Edinburgh Southern CLP, says the candidates for leadership of the party need to grasp the nettle of the constitution if Scottish Labour is to have any hop…
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LabourHame @labourhame.com · 21/08/2026
New on @labourhame.com: James Gray, Political Education Officer of Edinburgh Southern CLP, says the candidates for leadership of the party need to grasp the nettle of the constitution if Scottish Labour is to have any hope of broadening its appeal.
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Moving the dial on the constitution
James Gray, Political Education Officer of Edinburgh Southern CLP, says the candidates for leadership of the party need to grasp the nettle of the constitution if Scottish Labour is to have any hop…
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LabourHame @labourhame.com · 17/08/2026
"And as its vote and its power diminished, so too did its conception of its own purpose. Every election defeat was followed by the promise of change, but the only change that ever seemed to come was an increase in disdain from a voting public which simply couldn’t understand what the party was for."
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Existential
As nominations close in the Scottish Labour leadership election, Labour Hame editor Duncan Hothersall finds a party that has so lost its sense of moral purpose that it only feels able to offer its …
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LabourHame @labourhame.com · 17/08/2026
New on @labourhame.com: As nominations close in the Scottish Labour leadership election, Labour Hame editor @dhothersall.bsky.social finds a party that has so lost its sense of moral purpose that it only feels able to offer its members a choice between so what and who cares.
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Existential
As nominations close in the Scottish Labour leadership election, Labour Hame editor Duncan Hothersall finds a party that has so lost its sense of moral purpose that it only feels able to offer its …
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Labour is in government. It has the opportunity, and frankly the moral imperative, to take the lead here. It should announce an orderly departure from X, with a clear timetable, and alternative sources of information for those who have relied on the Nazi child abuse platform until now.
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Labour needs to get off X. Now.
Labour Hame editor Duncan Hothersall, a former Twitter addict, says that while he completely understands the motivation of staying on a platform where vital communities of support and engagement ha…
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Heather Clark @heatherjc.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I hope this reaches our politicians. I've written to my MP, Edinburgh Council and plan to contact MSPs and more institutions today.
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LabourHame @labourhame.com · 07/01/2026
New on @labourhame.com: Labour Hame editor @dhothersall.bsky.social, a former Twitter addict, says that while he understands the motivation of staying on a platform where vital communities of support and engagement have been built and prospered, it is now morally unjustifiable to remain on X.
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Labour needs to get off X. Now.
Labour Hame editor Duncan Hothersall, a former Twitter addict, says that while he completely understands the motivation of staying on a platform where vital communities of support and engagement ha…
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LabourHame @labourhame.com · 13/09/2025
Interesting email arrived this morning. I checked - there are precisely TWO mentions of Peter Mandelson on Labour Hame, and BOTH of them are criticisms!
A screenshot of an email to info@labourhame.com. The email subject is "Perhaps" and the message is:

Perhaps you should delete all the glowing references to Lord Mandelson on your blog. 
Or are you campaigning for Reform now?
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
"I do think most members appreciate that while our common cause stems from shared principles, government requires pragmatism. But pragmatism has to deliver, otherwise it starts to appear simply to be the absence of principles." Me for @labourhame.com today. www.labourhame.com/dr-jekyll-an...
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hiding-to-nothing
Duncan Hothersall, Editor of Labour Hame, speculates about a saboteur hiding in the heart of government, and perceives the patience of Labour members wearing thin. I was on the radio yesterday, as …
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LabourHame @labourhame.com · 18/07/2025
New on @labourhame.com: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hiding-to-nothing Duncan Hothersall, Editor of Labour Hame, speculates about a saboteur hiding in the heart of government, and perceives the patience of Labour members wearing thin. www.labourhame.com/dr-jekyll-an...
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hiding-to-nothing
Duncan Hothersall, Editor of Labour Hame, speculates about a saboteur hiding in the heart of government, and perceives the patience of Labour members wearing thin. I was on the radio yesterday, as …
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LabourHame @labourhame.com · 26/04/2025
New on @labourhame.com: Stuart Clark is standing to be Labour’s candidate in Renfrewshire North and Cardonald in the 2026 Scottish election. www.labourhame.com/time-to-put-...
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Time to put Scotland’s interests first
Stuart Clark is standing to be Labour’s candidate in Renfrewshire North and Cardonald in the 2026 Scottish election. Scotland needs a new direction. After nearly two decades of SNP misrule, S…
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wickedhighlander.bsky.social @wickedhighlander.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Pretty good article with evidence. Have you also thought that yes/no questions (which the electoral commission said are biased against no) are unlikely to be used again and neutral questions produce a much bigger majority to the pro UK side?
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LabourHame @labourhame.com · 18/04/2025
New on @labourhame.com: Robert Hoskins of Glasgow South CLP (@hoski67.bsky.social) examines recent polling and widespread claims about the demographic inevitability of Scottish independence. He is ... unconvinced! www.labourhame.com/is-independe...
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Is independence inevitable?
Robert Hoskins of Glasgow South CLP examines recent polling and widespread claims about the demographic inevitability of Scottish independence. He is unconvinced. One could be forgiven for thinking…
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Me for @labourhame.com on Friday at #ScotLab25: Anas Sarwar told a credible story in his speech today, but it was undermined by a baffling, dangerous segue into populism and an embrace of moral panic politics which is unlikely to help his prospects of becoming FM. www.labourhame.com/a-new-direct...
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A new direction?
Anas Sarwar spoke for 52 minutes today at Scottish Labour Conference in Glasgow, to a gathering of supporters who seemed at times unsure whether their rapture was entirely appropriate given the loo…
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LabourHame @labourhame.com · 21/02/2025
New on @labourhame.com: @dhothersall.bsky.social reviews Anas Sarwar's speech to Scottish Labour conference today in Glasgow. www.labourhame.com/a-new-direct...
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A new direction?
Anas Sarwar spoke for 52 minutes today at Scottish Labour Conference in Glasgow, to a gathering of supporters who seemed at times unsure whether their rapture was entirely appropriate given the loo…
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Blair McDougall MP @blairmcdougall.com · 15/02/2025
Righteous anger here from Jack McConnell on how the SNP have squandered the early promise of devolution. But there's also a challenge to us all here to reinvigorate Scottish politics. Worth a read: www.thetimes.com/article/8231...
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Scotland has been weakened: here’s how to fix it
As Holyrood elections approach, the former first minister warns of a depleted nation and urges politicians to be fearless
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Trump's USAID freeze is about to make $500 million in food aid go bad. Someone blew the whistle, so Trump fired them. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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USAID inspector fired after revealing nearly $500m in food aid was about to spoil
Report from inspector general’s office criticized Trump administration’s attempt to drastically cut USAID
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Amid a catastrophic housing and homelessness crisis—with seven evictions filed every minute and rent now unaffordable for a record half of all U.S. tenants—what was Scott Turner’s first act as HUD Secretary? To make it easier for federally funded shelters to turn trans people away.
Headline reading: "Scott Turner Is Ordering the Housing Department to Limit Transgender People's Access to Shelters" — The Department of Housing and Urban Development's directive to stop enforcing its Equal Access Rule would limit transgender people's ability to access housing programs and shelters.
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LabourHame @labourhame.com · 08/02/2025
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The SNP has hoarded power in Edinburgh and then governed through a series of bodies dependent on £6.6 billion of public money, meaning the buck never has to stop with them. And it has meant that this quango class – many of whom are fantastically able and public spirited – operate at one step removed from either communities or the elected representatives who serve them.

All of which means our public services have remained essentially unreformed for years, without the driving imperative that comes from knowing you are answerable to parents, to patients and to passengers.
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LabourHame @labourhame.com · 25/11/2024
Bluesky Scottish Labour folk - please say if you want to be added to this starter pack, or if there is anybody obviously missing. It's getting quite hard to keep up with who has joined! Thanks! go.bsky.app/xzvrgG
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LabourHame @labourhame.com · 07/02/2025
New on Labour Hame: Kirsty McNeill, the Scottish Labour and Co-operative MP for Midlothian and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, sets out four major challenges facing Scotland after two decades of nationalist government, and how we can address them.
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Lifting Scotland
Kirsty McNeill, the Scottish Labour and Co-operative MP for Midlothian and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, sets out four major challenges facing Scotland after two decades …
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LabourHame @labourhame.com · 29/11/2024
"Labour is just like the Tories" exhibit #43096.
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LabourHame @labourhame.com · 25/11/2024
Bluesky Scottish Labour folk - please say if you want to be added to this starter pack, or if there is anybody obviously missing. It's getting quite hard to keep up with who has joined! Thanks! go.bsky.app/xzvrgG
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Ian Murray @ianmurraymp.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I remember campaigning with John in the Inch in my constituency. We came across a 50th party in a garden. He walked straight in and was soon holding court, telling anecdotes but also getting our message across. A brilliant man. Condolences to his family and friends. Rest in peace.
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LabourHame @labourhame.com · 21/11/2024
As Stephen Flynn falters in his climb to the top, one from the vaults by @dhothersall.bsky.social about the journey the SNP has been on, and how perilous that climb is now that they are, in the words of a commenter, "entirely a party of gesture and pretence". www.labourhame.com/john-mason-a...
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John Mason and the SNP’s curious morality test
The SNP’s suspension of John Mason isn’t really about the latest offensive thing that the MSP for Glasgow Shettleston has written on Twitter, it’s about where the SNP finds itself…
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
🔴The 'Two Tier' Journalism Exposed by the Farmers Protests The glowing coverage handed to the hugely wealthy figures protesting against inheritance tax reforms has shown clearer than ever before who really has a voice in the British media and who doesn't www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-two-ti...
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The 'Two Tier' Journalism Exposed by the Farmers Protests
The glowing coverage handed to the hugely wealthy people leading the campaign against inheritance tax reforms shows who has a voice in the media and who doesn't
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Cat Headley @catheadley.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
This from @kennyfarq.bsky.social on Stephen Flynn’s “inelegant” (in the words of a former WM SNP colleague) manoeuvres towards his thinly veiled ambition of being SNP party leader at Holyrood does not miss. (Behind a paywall,sorry) www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
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Arrogant Stephen Flynn must build bridges if he is to be SNP leader
The party’s Westminster leader announced his bid to sit in the Commons and Holyrood in a high-handed way that revealed much about his future ambitions
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LabourHame @labourhame.com · 19/11/2024
There are almost certainly lots of accounts missing from this which should be there. Please do shout if you want to be added or if you know of folk who should be. go.bsky.app/xzvrgG
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LabourHame @labourhame.com · 19/11/2024
Thought it might be a good idea to post here some recent articles from labourhame.com to give new followers an idea of what we do. We're always open to new submissions, check out the "Contribute" tab on the website...
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LabourHame @labourhame.com · 18/11/2024
This list is growing nicely. If you're a Scottish Labour person and you'd like to be in this starter pack but aren't yet, please message and it'll be done. (Also if you want removed just say.) go.bsky.app/xzvrgG
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LabourHame @labourhame.com · 16/11/2024
A Scottish Labour starter pack, under construction, because there wasn't one. Please shout to be added (or subtracted!). go.bsky.app/xzvrgG
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