All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
SNP Cabinet Minister Fiona Hyslop declared on Monday morning that the election results showed “a tale of two countries.”
They don’t though. It was a good night for nationalism north and south. The parties of the social status quo did well, the party of real change did badly.
This is no real surprise — when politics is dominated by flag-waving and constitution-mongering, getting the case for doing things differently an airing, much less a hearing is a struggle. As the workforces at the Caley railway works and BiFab are discovering.
The new Scottish Parliament looks set to continue a cycle of managerial tinkering while public services face the axe, writes STEPHEN LOW
Every Starmer boast about removing asylum-seekers probably wins Reform another seat while Labour loses more voters to Lib Dems, Greens and nationalists than to the far right — the disaster facing Labour is the leadership’s fault, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
On the release of her memoir that reveals everything except politics, Sturgeon’s endless media coverage has focused on her panic attacks, sexuality and personal tragedies while ignoring her government’s many failures, writes PAULINE BRYAN


