Democracy Quote by Lucy Powell

Labour's support in Scotland depends on their ability to be electable. If they are divided and unelectable, what's the point?

— Nicola Sturgeon

Not once in my life has the Tory Party come anywhere close to winning an election in Scotland, and yet, for more than half…

— Nicola Sturgeon

Scotland just isn't terribly Tory.

— Sara Sheridan

People in Scotland want the parliament but don't give a toss about the elections.

— Irvine Welsh

Yet we have learned from the Scottish independence vote and with Brexit what referendums do to our politics. They foster bitter divisions in ways…

— Owen Jones

As uncomfortable as this may be for some, the truth is that an independent Scotland can only benefit from both a Labour party true…

— Humza Yousaf

When New Labour came to power, we got a Right-wing Conservative government. I came to realise that voting Labour wasn't in Scotland's interests any…

— Jimmy Reid

Is it not typical that we have a Tory Government that wants, just like its pals in the Labour Party, constantly to talk down…

— Nicola Sturgeon

Labour long ago realised it could no longer automatically assume that it would win elections in Glasgow and other places where it has taken…

— Nicola Sturgeon

There's something fundamentally wrong with a system where there's been 17 years of a Tory Government and the people of Scotland have voted Socialist…

— Sean Connery

Tory governments are bad for Scotland.

— Nicola Sturgeon

Elections are also about the future - the pledges that we are making for this country. For those who care about equality and fairness…

— Anne Campbell