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General Election 2010

A chance for something different »

You have a choice at this election. A choice to back a government in Westminster that will do what’s right for Scotland, for young people, and for you. You can sit back while Labour and the Conservatives fight over whose turn it is this time, con...

Wed 21 Apr 2010 by Nick Clegg | Read more »

Not making any promises »

As the general election looms, people all around the country are looking towards politicians to answer the questions they have about their issues. People are worried about the economy, jobs and the state of public services, and that’s what our p...

Wed 21 Apr 2010 by Thomas Graham | Read more »

Edinburgh graduate sacked as PPC after Twitter faux pas »

An Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA) representative has been sacked as a parliamentary candidate following a series of offensive comments on the social networking website Twitter. Stuart MacLennan—who was the Labour Party candida...

Tue 20 Apr 2010 by Joe Pike | Read more »

Vote For Students campaign could have significant effect on outcome of election »

Student votes could have a major influence in deciding the outcome of the general elections according to the National Union of Students (NUS). The NUS has warned that as much as 90 percent of voters oppose a rise in student top up fees. So far 62 Sco...

Mon 19 Apr 2010 by John Hislop | Read more »

Labour MP steps aside in Edinburgh South »

The race in the Edinburgh South constituency has been thrown open after Labour candidate and sitting MP Nigel Griffiths announced he will not stand at this year's general election. Griffiths, who has held the seat for 23 years, told party activists th...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Nick Eardley | Read more »

Conservatives ponder further cuts to Scottish MPs »

The Conservatives have reiterated policy plans to cut 10 percent of MPs and set a fixed UK electoral quota as part of their parliamentary reforms. Should he become the next prime minister, David Cameron plans to push for a constituency boundary review...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Matthew Moore | Read more »

SNP claim the most votes in 2009 »

The SNP have laid claim to being Scotland’s most popular party after getting more votes than any other party in all elections held in 2009. Out of a total of nearly one million votes from European Parliament elections and by elections for Westmi...

Wed 20 Jan 2010 by Joe Pike | Read more »

Lib Dems downgrade tuition fees pledge »

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has announced that the party will abandon their headline manifesto promise to eradicate university tuition fees. The party now plans to phase out the fees over six years at a cost of £7.5 billion. The plans wo...

Wed 20 Jan 2010 by Joe Pike | Read more »

Scottish councils plan general election vote count for next day »

Councils across Scotland are debating whether to move the vote counting in the forthcoming general election to the following day instead of the traditional overnight counts. The Interim Election Management Board (IEMB), which assesses the best ways to...

Wed 20 Jan 2010 by Honor Eldridge | Read more »

Where the Party's at »

When the Tories were slowly imploding in the run up to our first landslide victory in 1997, former minister Alan Clark called me to bemoan his party's fate. As my diaries show, this fellow diarist phoned me rather a lot, more th an his party whips a...

Wed 20 Jan 2010 by Alastair Campbell | Read more »

Leave the odd one in »

In Scotland, the forthcoming general election will unfold in a very different way to the rest of the United Kingdom. It seems almost inevitable that the Conservatives will command a majority in the House of Commons, with diminished Labour representatio...

Wed 28 Oct 2009 by Nick Eardley | Read more »

Labour: Scotland's best bet »

The controversy about the appearance of Nick Griffin on the BBC has sparked a discussion across the country about how best to counter the vile and repugnant opinions of the BNP. There are no grounds for complacency in Scotland. Although the BNP vote wa...

Wed 28 Oct 2009 by Jim Murphy | Read more »

Scottish Sun refuses to endorse Tories »

The editor of the Scottish edition of tabloid newspaper The Sun has said he will not be offering his backing to David Cameron’s Conservative Party. The decision follows the declaration of support for the Conservatives, published by the newspaper...

Wed 14 Oct 2009 by Joe Pike | Read more »

Edinburgh South MP stands by tuition cap »

Following calls for a review by the government on tuition fees in England and Wales this year, Nigel Griffiths, Labour MP for Edinburgh South, has told The Journal he intends to stand by the current cap. Mr Griffiths defended the cap on tuition f...

Wed 14 Oct 2009 by Alison Leighton | Read more »