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By Campbell Gunn, 3x1 Strategic Adviser WE’VE now had two party leaders’ TV debates in the run-up to next week’s general election. In the first, neither Prime Minister Theresa May nor Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn took part. Hours before the second debate, Mr Corbyn thought better of his position, and took his ...

With the UK General Election fast approaching we have analysed the four major parties' manifestos and pulled together an easy, at-a-glance infographic outlining their main, top level policy commitments for easy comparison. Please click the below image for a closer look at the infographic and to download. For more information on the full range ...

By Campbell Gunn, Strategic Adviser, 3x1 Group   POLITICS was brought to a halt this week with the Manchester bombing atrocity. Grief and anger over the murders was felt particularly in Scotland, with the death of a young girl from the Isle of Barra, highlighting the fact that the evil of terrorism extends ...

By Lindsay McGarvie, Director, 3x1 Group With just four weeks to go till the General Election, politicians the length and breadth of the country are out kissing babies, opening fetes and tweeting like mad, all in pursuit of every potential vote. So I’ve run the rule over how the main party leaders ...

By Lindsay McGarvie, Director 3x1 Group SO Scotland’s electoral hamster wheel has had another frenetic spin with yesterday’s local council vote. And just as elsewhere in the UK the big loser is the Labour Party, with the Tories the major winner. Inevitably these local elections are expected to be an indication of ...

By Campbell Gunn, 3x1 Strategic Adviser IN the excitement over the announcement by Theresa May of the surprise general election on 8 June, the local council elections, due next week, have been almost forgotten. These are important elections, with the 32 councils across Scotland controlling billions of pounds of spending, and control ...

By Lindsay McGarvie, Director, 3x1 Group WESTMINSTER is a difficult place to keep a secret. The bars and tearooms of the mother of parliaments has always been a hotbed of whisperings, briefings, leaks and gossip. There was a time when secrets existed in politics. When reshuffles and budgets were closely guarded to ...

The summer of 1998, Scotland have the honour of playing Brazil in the opening game of the World Cup in Paris, the Spice Girls classic ‘Viva Forever’ is knocked off the number 1 spot by Boyzone classic ‘No Matter What’, and a cub reporter makes tentative steps on the road ...