David Nicholson spoke to BETH WINTER about her bid to become a Senedd member as an independent running on a community grassroots campaign
SOME years ago at a Labour Party conference, I stumbled into a trade union leader brandishing a coconut on the terrace of Brighton’s Grand Hotel. “This one’s for Jim Murphy” (pictured), the general secretary growled.
Just what is it about the former Scottish Labour leader that provokes such passions?
I should really be praising him, as he’s clearly been reading Landin in Scotland. Last week, I documented the efforts of several “ghosts of Scottish Labour past” to cling onto their influence.
ALAN MORRISON recommends a consummate, heart-warming collection about a working-class upbringing in the industrial north-east
Our political sphere, stripped of its popular component by decades of neoliberalism, sits apart from the public, writes COLL MCCAIL citing a telling parallel with the writings of French revolutionary Abbe Sieyes
Durham Miners’ Association general secretary ALAN MARDGHUM speaks to Ben Chacko ahead of Gala Day 2025



