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Exactly 70 years ago, Labour Chancellor Hugh Dalton was forced to resign, after some details of his Budget were published in an evening newspaper a few minutes before his speech. Mr Dalton had briefed a journalist on his plans as he was going into the chamber. These are changed days. Last ...

Written by Campbell Gunn, 3×1 Strategic Adviser and former Senior Special Adviser to First Ministers Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond The media can sometime make politics seem more exciting than it really is. After all they need to sell papers….. or get more clicks on their websites. So last week’s Scottish Budget was ...

Written by Campbell Gunn, 3×1 Strategic Adviser and former Senior Special Adviser to First Minister’s Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond One thing has emerged with clarity from Theresa May’s Brexit speech this week – the prospect of a second independence referendum is now far more likely than it was just a few ...

Oddly, yesterday’s UK High Court ruling essentially forcing Prime Minister Theresa May to seek the consent of MPs before triggering Article 50 seems to have restored a sense of normality to Scottish politics.  So used have we become to hearing about the various Brexit machinations between Edinburgh and London, the ...

There’s no doubt that Jeremy Corbyn has pulled off quite a remarkable feat last Saturday in securing the Labour leadership. But who’s who in Team Corbyn?  3x1’s Public Affairs team have put together a short note on the faces and personalities in the new Labour frontbench. Click here to download a copy. To find ...

 Written by Chris Young Try as we might, the spectre of last year’s referendum is proving tough to shake off as the General Election battle moves into its 3 final weeks of frenetic fighting. This week saw Britain’s main parties put their electoral offers to the country with the launch of manifestos ...

 Written by Chris Young For all the talk that an SNP victory in Scotland at next month’s General Election will be a de-facto passport to a second referendum, in practice, the reality may be somewhat different. The party has been clear that the issue of a second referendum is off the table ...

Written by Cameron Grant   It was a tale of two of Scotland’s most prominent politicians of the modern era this week as Alex Salmond and Gordon Brown, in their own inimitable ways, reflected on past achievements and looked forward to the forthcoming General Election campaign. Bristling with confidence, Scotland’s former first ...