J. Arthur MacNumpty

For some time now (for which, read a year), I've been questioning the future of my blog, mainly as I've just felt uninspired, and at...

The final region, West Scotland, has one major eye-opener: the emerging contest in Renfrewshire North & West. Sitting MSP, Trish Godman,...

South Scotland isn't devoid of a few interesting contests. For Labour, there's the vexed question of who to replace Cathy Jamieson a...

This region has a few fascinating contests in store, mainly as this is the region with the truly new seat, in the shape of Angus North &...

Moving to the Lothians, Alex Cole-Hamilton has been selected by the LibDems to 'defend' Edinburgh Central (I say this as, on the not...

In the Highlands and Islands, there are a wave of retirements on the way, with Jim Mather, John Farquhar Munro and Jamie Stone all leaving i...

Despite the hysteria over the 100-day of the Coalition, and the excitement over Charles Kennedy doing nothing, the Scottish political partie...