Analyses the rise and fall of Labour in Scotland and asks: is Labour''s decline irreversible?

After being the leading party in Scotland for 50 years, Labour was shocked to lose an election and office to the SNP in the 2007 Scottish Parliamentary elections, and thunderstruck when the SNP won a majority government in the same elections in 2011. This book analyses the last 30 years of Scottish Labour, from the arrival of Thatcherism in 1979 right up to the results of the 2010 Westminster elections and 2011 Scottish Parliamentary elections.

Key Features

• Draws on extensive research including archival sources
• Includes interviews with some of the key participants in Scottish Labour