Category Archives: Tom Harris

Addiction is not a moral issue – on Rennie, the Record and Labour

Posted on November 11, 2012 by

On Thursday afternoon, the Scottish Parliament debated the Scottish Government’s Drugs Strategy, which has been in place since 2008. In general it was a pretty intelligent debate as you can see from the Official Report. The Government even accepted amendments from … Continue reading →

Posted in Drugs, Drugs Policy, Holyrood, jenny marra, Tom Harris, Willie Rennie | 1 Comment

Here be SPOILERS: Asylum of the Daleks review

Posted on September 2, 2012 by

Just in case you didn’t read the word SPOILERS in big writing in the headlines, I’ll do a bit of a long introduction before I start to spill any beans. I didn’t actually watch the programme live, which is a … Continue reading →

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Labour’s "attack dog" silenced, so why does Joan McAlpine still have a job?

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

So far, only the Sun in its usual inimitable style, appears to be reporting the story I heard on Good Morning Scotland that Tom Harris, pugnacious Labour MP for Glasgow South has been forced to stand down from his post as Labour’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Joan McAlpine, Tom Harris | 8 Comments

Scunnered already – and the referendum won’t happen for years……

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

We’ve had a wee glimpse of what life would be like if Tom Harris won the leadership of Scottish Labour over the last couple of weeks – and it isn’t a pretty sight. The debate on the future of our … Continue reading →

Posted in Alex Salmond, Independence Referendum, Tom Harris | 3 Comments

Labour are finished until they lose their sense of entitlement to people’s votes #lab11

Posted on September 27, 2011 by

Labour MP for Glasgow South Tom Harris took his book promotion tour  Scottish leadership campaign to Good Morning Scotland today. He may well be talking the talk about how rubbish Labour have been recently, and how they need to change, … Continue reading →

Posted in Labour, Tom Harris | 1 Comment

Way to up your book sales, Tom Harris

Posted on September 12, 2011 by

I felt that low political stuff, especially when it involved a certain amount of teasing, was not appropriate for such a sombre weekend of remembrance. It’s Monday morning now, though, so I am quite happy to poke a wee bit … Continue reading →

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>Scottish Blogs on Wikio – June 2011

Posted on June 6, 2011 by

>The Wikio rankings for June are out. There are still, sadly, only 7 Scottish blogs in the top 100 – and as there are a darned sight more than 7 brilliant Scottish blogs, I make my usual nagging effort to get … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Reeves, Tom Harris, Wikio | 2 Comments