Dugdale is right to reject a separate Scottish Labour Party

All a unionist party does by dissolving its British connections is signal to the electorate that the SNP are right.

Sanjoy Sen: In next year’s Scottish elections, we must be hot on Labour’s tail

Opportunities for Scotland’s Conservatives lie ahead – if the right organisation and resources can be found.

WATCH: Jim Murphy resigns as leader of Scottish Labour

“We cannot have our leaders selected, or deselected, by the grudges and grievances of one prominent man. The leader of the Scottish Labour Party doesn’t serve by the grace of Len McCluskey.”

A letter to Labour

I know you don’t want to hear from your opponents right now, but it would be really lovely if you could grant me a few requests.

Henry Hill: Are Cameron and Davidson set to clash over scrapping the Human Rights Act?

Also: Knives out for two more Labour leaders – Murphy in Scotland and Jones in Wales.

Lord Ashcroft: My latest poll of marginals shows Jim Murphy losing his seat to the SNP

Nicola Sturgeon’s party would win seven out of these eight seats on these figures. Douglas Alexander, Charles Kennedy, Jo Swinson – all would be out of the Commons.

Brian Monteith: Scottish Labour promise a spending binge…the rest of the UK would pay for

Labour have fed the SNP by laying the blame for every calamity at the door of Westminster.

Iain Anderson: A Conservative-SNP deal may be the only option for both parties

The Strathclyde Commission’s proposals have paved the way for one.

Peter Duncan: Five factors that will count in Scotland next May

Jim Murphy’s performance. The SNP’s new members. Salmond’s demands. Turnout. And the new devolution proposals.

The strange death of liberal interventionist Labour

By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter How would Tony Blair have voted on Thursday night had he still been an MP?… Read more »

Launching the Do Not Underestimate Labour Association

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Conservatives have had some fun at Ed Miliband's expense this week. Today's Sun revelled in… 7 January 2012