Paul Cruikshank
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2025.4 – Reflections on #ScotLab25
My reflections on Scottish Labour Conference 2025; the question being asked of us ahead of 2026, and whether we are offering a good enough answer.
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BLOG: 2025.4 - Reflections on #ScotLab25
My reflections on Scottish Labour Conference 2025; the question being asked of us ahead of 2026, and whether we are offering a clear enough answer.
My reflections on Scottish Labour Conference 2025; the question being asked of us ahead of 2026, and whether we are offering a clear enough answer.
Oh all the issues I have had with the string of Justice secretaries (including Agenla Constance) this..isn't one of them?
EXCLUSIVE: Angela Constance has been criticised over the decision to release Dundee sex offender William Cox on compassionate grounds.
SNP Justice Secretary released paedophile from prison months after conviction
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Oh all the issues I have had with the string of Justice secretaries (including Agenla Constance) this..isn't one of them?
The scars carried byt the Corbyn years by those who stayed are deep and will take a long time to heal. It's an often understimated factor when trying to assess personal-relationships in the Labour Party.
And yet, it could all backfire for Burnham.
Even if he gets through all the hurdles, there's no guarantee he'll be welcomed.
“Where was he in the Corbyn years?," says one MP. "I was in the trenches, dealing with all the abuse, with people in tears – and he swans off to be mayor of Manchester."
Even if he gets through all the hurdles, there's no guarantee he'll be welcomed.
“Where was he in the Corbyn years?," says one MP. "I was in the trenches, dealing with all the abuse, with people in tears – and he swans off to be mayor of Manchester."
January 25, 2026 at 11:34 AM
The scars carried byt the Corbyn years by those who stayed are deep and will take a long time to heal. It's an often understimated factor when trying to assess personal-relationships in the Labour Party.
OH MY GOD HARRIET YOU REMARKABLE WOMAN!!! #TheTraitors
January 14, 2026 at 8:10 PM
OH MY GOD HARRIET YOU REMARKABLE WOMAN!!! #TheTraitors
It will never end.
The next 5 years will simply be constant re-litigation and concequence of the last 5 years.
The next 5 years will simply be constant re-litigation and concequence of the last 5 years.
January 10, 2026 at 11:36 PM
It will never end.
The next 5 years will simply be constant re-litigation and concequence of the last 5 years.
The next 5 years will simply be constant re-litigation and concequence of the last 5 years.
He just announced an American Dictatorship in Venezuela! Astounding...but I'm not astounded!
January 3, 2026 at 4:46 PM
He just announced an American Dictatorship in Venezuela! Astounding...but I'm not astounded!
I would hope the Democrats would step up, but they won't.
They'll say he's flouting International and US Constitutional Law to distract from The Epstein Files.
They'll say he's flouting International and US Constitutional Law to distract from The Epstein Files.
Breaking news: Donald Trump said the US had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flown him out of the country after weeks of tension between the two nations ft.trib.al/Ulm525i
January 3, 2026 at 10:26 AM
I would hope the Democrats would step up, but they won't.
They'll say he's flouting International and US Constitutional Law to distract from The Epstein Files.
They'll say he's flouting International and US Constitutional Law to distract from The Epstein Files.
HAPPY "IT'S GREAT BEING SCOTTISH" DAY!
January 2, 2026 at 10:35 AM
HAPPY "IT'S GREAT BEING SCOTTISH" DAY!
Noone hates the Labour Party more than those that love the Labour Party.
One interesting nugget in this piece could explain the (otherwise baffling) appearance of Ramsay MacDonald in a 2024 Labour Party Election Broadcast
December 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Noone hates the Labour Party more than those that love the Labour Party.
Remember that today is essentially Conveyancers' Christmas Eve - so remember to be kind to your Solicitors today.
December 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Remember that today is essentially Conveyancers' Christmas Eve - so remember to be kind to your Solicitors today.
DO THE BLOODY DRAW PLEASE!!! #WorldCupDraw
December 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
DO THE BLOODY DRAW PLEASE!!! #WorldCupDraw
THE TROPHY LOOKS AWFUL!
Like Zombie hands crawling out the ground, fighting over the last Ferrero Rocher. #WorldCupDraw
Like Zombie hands crawling out the ground, fighting over the last Ferrero Rocher. #WorldCupDraw
December 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
THE TROPHY LOOKS AWFUL!
Like Zombie hands crawling out the ground, fighting over the last Ferrero Rocher. #WorldCupDraw
Like Zombie hands crawling out the ground, fighting over the last Ferrero Rocher. #WorldCupDraw
If Rod Stewart isn't invovled, I don't care. #WorldCupDraw
a man signing a document in front of a trophy that says scottish cup
ALT: a man signing a document in front of a trophy that says scottish cup
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If Rod Stewart isn't invovled, I don't care. #WorldCupDraw
Scotland since Tuesday:
time to break for an early lunch and watch re-runs of all the Scotland goals
November 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Scotland since Tuesday:
Transwomen are Men.
Transmen are Women...unless they look like men...in which case they are men...but cannot use services for men because they are women.
Gender is innate and sex is biological reality...unless it's about how you are percieved...in which case it isn't.
That's that cleared up then.
Transmen are Women...unless they look like men...in which case they are men...but cannot use services for men because they are women.
Gender is innate and sex is biological reality...unless it's about how you are percieved...in which case it isn't.
That's that cleared up then.
The EHRC guidance will allow anyone deemed too manly to be forced out of women's bathrooms, regardless of their identity or biology.
November 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Transwomen are Men.
Transmen are Women...unless they look like men...in which case they are men...but cannot use services for men because they are women.
Gender is innate and sex is biological reality...unless it's about how you are percieved...in which case it isn't.
That's that cleared up then.
Transmen are Women...unless they look like men...in which case they are men...but cannot use services for men because they are women.
Gender is innate and sex is biological reality...unless it's about how you are percieved...in which case it isn't.
That's that cleared up then.
What's the Win Condition for this horrific stuff from the Government?
When Reform are Happy?
When Asylum numbers fall?
What are we looking to actually achieve - because at the moment we just look performatively and needlessly cruel and callous.
When Reform are Happy?
When Asylum numbers fall?
What are we looking to actually achieve - because at the moment we just look performatively and needlessly cruel and callous.
November 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
What's the Win Condition for this horrific stuff from the Government?
When Reform are Happy?
When Asylum numbers fall?
What are we looking to actually achieve - because at the moment we just look performatively and needlessly cruel and callous.
When Reform are Happy?
When Asylum numbers fall?
What are we looking to actually achieve - because at the moment we just look performatively and needlessly cruel and callous.
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The UKSC unanimously holds that the Scottish courts adopted an unduly narrow approach to the admissibility of evidence which might be inconsistent with Article 6 ECHR in some cases BUT that neither appellant in this case had an unfair trial.
Full judgment to come shortly.
Full judgment to come shortly.
Being handed down next week: Keir and Daly v Scottish Ministers
UKSC judgment on whether Scottish courts’ rules relating to admissibility of sexual history evidence breach Art 6 ECHR
We know the answer is no, but written reasons to come next week
supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...
UKSC judgment on whether Scottish courts’ rules relating to admissibility of sexual history evidence breach Art 6 ECHR
We know the answer is no, but written reasons to come next week
supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...
Keir (Appellant) v His Majesty's Advocate (Respondent) (Scotland) - UK Supreme Court
1. Is the Scottish courts’ current approach to the admission of evidence concerning the complainer’s sexual history in trials for sexual offences liable to infringe defendants’ rights to a fair trial ...
supremecourt.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The UKSC unanimously holds that the Scottish courts adopted an unduly narrow approach to the admissibility of evidence which might be inconsistent with Article 6 ECHR in some cases BUT that neither appellant in this case had an unfair trial.
Full judgment to come shortly.
Full judgment to come shortly.
HOW THE HELL HAS HEANAGED THIS!! #TheCelebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
HOW THE HELL HAS HEANAGED THIS!! #TheCelebrityTraitors
Petition for everyone to have the chance to borrow Celia Imrie for a day for motivational purposes. #CelebrityTraitors
October 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Petition for everyone to have the chance to borrow Celia Imrie for a day for motivational purposes. #CelebrityTraitors
To say I am devastated is to undersell it.
Massive change for next year's Holyrood election: there'll be no overnight count. Votes to be counted on the Friday instead.
October 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
To say I am devastated is to undersell it.
Delighted to see the original cursed ratio getting an airing today. #LabourDeputyLeadership
October 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Delighted to see the original cursed ratio getting an airing today. #LabourDeputyLeadership