5th March 2024
With a turbulent political climate amongst us, and big decisions in the pipeline, The Glasgow Guardian assesses how Britain’s leading parties will fair in the midst of changing policies and unstable leadership The long-standing assumption is this: left-wing constituents vote Labour, right-wing vote Conservative. But this is shifting. The degeneration of the Conservative Party and ...
18th February 2024
All candidates are now confirmed for the council by-election due to take place soon for Hillhead. A by-election for the council ward of Hillhead is due to take place next month. The West End ward encompasses most of the University of Glasgow’s main campus and stretches from Byres Road in the west, to Charing Cross ...
21st November 2023
With spotlights looming over Starmer’s political promises, are we seeing a replica of the 1997 win, or a party that is losing the trust of its voters? Four consecutive general election losses have left many wondering if Labour could ever win a general election again. Currently, Starmer’s Labour has shifted firmly away from Corbynism, moving ...
18th October 2023
A Glasgow student and candidate for the Scottish Green party has placed 5th in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election. A University of Glasgow fourth-year student has placed 5th in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election which saw an overall Labour victory. The former SNP seat was contested after its Member of Parliament, Margaret Ferrier, ...
12th October 2023
With yet another U-turn from Starmer on his policies on private schools, his commitment to the left seems increasingly implausible. Fee-paying schools have been a topic discussed at great length by politicians for as long as most of us can remember. Even though only 7% of our population attended private school, 65% of those in ...
19th September 2023
How will new SNP leader Humza Yousaf fare as the people of Rutherglen and Hamilton West take to the polls? The constituents of Rutherglen and Hamilton West will go to the polls on Thursday 5 October to participate in a closely contested by-election, triggered by the removal of their former MP Margaret Ferrier. Almost 15% ...
15th September 2023
The First Minister and former Prime Minister are both planning separate visits to the University later this month. Gordon Brown is planning to attend the University of Glasgow on the same day that First Minister of Scotland, Humza Yousaf, also intends to visit campus. Both entirely separate events are scheduled to take place on 29 ...
9th May 2022
The Glasgow Guardian speaks to two University of Glasgow students who have been elected as councillors in the 2022 local elections to represent their communities. On Thursday, 5 May 2022, Scottish council elections took place to fill 1,227 seats across all 32 Scottish local authorities. Two successful candidates include Chloé Robertson (SNP) who was elected ...
5th May 2022
An exclusive with Kezia Dugdale: Director of the John Smith Centre. Glasgow is amidst another local election cycle. We’ve seen this before. Fanfare, spectacle, the red carpet dusted off to entice you to vote. The usual campaign hullabaloo has once again arrived, but it’s not been hard to detect the cloud of apathy on campus. ...
10th March 2022
Writer Isobel Adams looks at comments recently made by the deputy of the Labour party, and explores what the wider implications for the party are. Last month, Angela Rayner, deputy leader of the Labour party, suggested that the London Metropolitan Police should “shoot your terrorists” first and “ask questions second”. Rayner received extensive criticism for ...
