The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
WENDY Alexander's leadership campaign team were accused of a cover-up yesterday after it emerged they gave false details to watchdogs.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
AMID all the excitement of the summer with political earthquakes in Glasgow, the final demise of Wendy Alexander's painful leadership of Scottish Labour and the subsequent
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
AMID all the excitement of the summer with political earthquakes in Glasgow, the final demise of Wendy Alexander's painful leadership of Scottish Labour and the subsequent
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
It was as inevitable as night follows day that even before the race had properly begun to fill the vacancy created by Wendy Alexander's resignation that there would be a row over the precise title of the job in question.
The Herald (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
... Cathy Jamieson and finance spokesman Iain Gray are all vying for the Scottish leadership after Wendy Alexander's recent departure. The leader's job is routinely referred to as the top post in Scotland, but, in fact, the leader of the Scottish party is the UK leader, Gordon Brown.MSPs supporting Mr Kerr insist that the new Holyrood leader should be in charge in Scotland, playing a...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
Last weekend saw the main contenders embark upon a series of newspaper articles which seem to consist of little more than Nat-bashing. Haven't they learned anything from their failed negative campaign in 2007? All three candidates also seem set on abandoning Wendy Alexander's support for an independence referendum. This not only makes their party look anti-democratic, but gives little...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Mr Gray also said he would not support the government's proposed independence referendum in 2011, claiming that Wendy Alexander's previous calls for the SNP to "bring it on" had not been taken up by the Nationalists.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
By Simon JohnsonScottish Political Editor Last Updated: 6:35PM BST 29 Jul 2008Cathy Jamieson admitted Labour needs to 'reconnect' with voters but claimed to be hopeful that the Prime Minister would learn the lessons of last week's defeat to the SNP. The former Scottish justice minister also rejected Wendy Alexander's call for a snap referendum on Scottish independence, arguing it is not...
The Herald (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
... a change was needed.As Labour in Scotland began the race to find a new Holyrood leader following Wendy Alexander's shock departure, the party as a whole was still coming to terms with its catastrophic defeat at the hands of the SNP and what it could mean for Mr Brown's future.In the immediate aftermath of last Thursday's poll, Manchester MP Graham Stringer called for a leadership...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
... But Labour's recent extraordinary behaviour - not least the now departed Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander's call to "bring on" a referendum - suggests they might be willing to knock down some of the hurdles for him.The first hurdle is that a referendum cannot be held without legislative authorisation. The SNP would need to get a majority in the present Scottish parliament for...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
After Wendy Alexander’s ouster, Labour faces a by-election from hell WHEN the 1922 general election swept the Labour Party to dominance in west-central Scotland, a Conservative lamented that it was the worst national disaster since Flodden, a 16th-century battle in which the English crushed the Scots. So recorded the young Gordon Brown in his biography of [...]
Politics Wales (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
... leadership elections of both Labour and the Lib Dems, namely the SNP's referendum on independence. Wendy Alexander's u-turn on the subject - and Labour's lukewarm response in Westminster - was partly responsible for her decision to throw in the towel. As in Wales, and the Touhig-Murphyesque silk handkerchief brigade, there will be some sure of trying to take advantage of the opportunity...
The Herald (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
The row over former Labour leader Wendy Alexander’s departure as Labour leader sparked back into life yesterday
The Herald (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
The row over former Labour leader Wendy Alexander's departure re-ignited today over the publication of a Holyrood report.
Stephen's Linlithgow Journal (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
I'm at loss just where Labour stand over the whole issue of where Labour stand on the matter of a referendum over independence for Scotland. Ever since Wendy Alexander's "bring it on" televised statement there has been some uncertainty. First the party in Scotland backing her, only for the Prime Minister to basically leave her in the cold. Which saw the MSPs use more guarded language,...
