David Torrance

KEVIN MCKENNA AT LARGE

David Torrance's new work is titled 'Wild Men, the Remarkable Story of Britain’s First Labour Government'

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'It was revolutionary': David Torrance reassesses Britain’s First Labour Government
Kevin McKenna speaks to David Torrance about his new work, Wild Men, the Remarkable Story of Britain’s First Labour Government.

David Torrance: Political tribalism offers easy answers in frustrating world

David Torrance: Political tribalism offers easy answers in frustrating world

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David Torrance: Political tribalism offers easy answers in frustrating world

David Torrance: Airstrikes in Syria are far from ideal, but it’s better than nothing

David Torrance: Airstrikes in Syria are far from ideal, but it’s better than nothing

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David Torrance: Airstrikes in Syria are far from ideal, but it’s better than nothing

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has a go on the drums with the Beijing Red Poppy Ladies Percussion Group at a Scotland reception to showcase the best of Scottish food, drink and culture in 2015.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has a go on the drums with the Beijing Red Poppy Ladies Percussion Group at a Scotland reception to showcase the best of Scottish food, drink and culture in 2015.

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David Torrance: Sturgeon faces some hard choices at home when selling Scotland abroad

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David Torrance: Standing up for Scotland may be an impossible task for Davidson

Alex Salmond. Picture: Getty Images

Alex Salmond. Picture: Getty Images

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David Torrance: How Brexit vote has left the SNP making the same historical error

Mary Barbour statue unveiled in Glasgow.

Mary Barbour statue unveiled in Glasgow.

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David Torrance: Why Labour playing the history card may be key to its resurgence

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David Torrance: How Gibraltar learned to stop fearing Brexit

Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon

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David Torrance: 'The SNP see in Brexit an opportunity'

Mel Gibson in Braveheart

Mel Gibson in Braveheart

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David Torrance: The SNP's independence proposition resembles another Brexit-like leap into the unknown

Nicola Sturgeon.

Nicola Sturgeon.

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David Torrance: Why Sturgeon's next deputy leader won't change a thing

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson.

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson.

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David Torrance: Ruth Davidson will be hoping not to be caught on the wrong side of a Tory coup

David Torrance: Why dissent can only strengthen Scotland's cultural identity

David Torrance: Why dissent can only strengthen Scotland's cultural identity

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David Torrance: Why dissent can only strengthen Scotland's cultural identity

David Torrance: From Cameron to Sturgeon, how Brexit remains subject to the law of unintended consequences

David Torrance: From Cameron to Sturgeon, how Brexit remains subject to the law of unintended consequences

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David Torrance: From Cameron to Sturgeon, how Brexit remains subject to the law of unintended consequences

Justice Secretary Michael Matheson. Picture: Gordon Terris

Justice Secretary Michael Matheson. Picture: Gordon Terris

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David Torrance: SNP's end-justifies-the-means politics risks turning mandarins into lap dogs

Kirsty Blacckman

Kirsty Blacckman

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David Torrance: Why Sturgeon has to keep a second referendum both on and off the table

Bairstow Manor Pottery firm in Stoke-on-Trent unveils prototypes of two Donald Trump Toby jugs

Bairstow Manor Pottery firm in Stoke-on-Trent unveils prototypes of two Donald Trump Toby jugs

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David Torrance: Why Trump could confound the liberals and win a second term

Mhairi Black said that ‘the SNP has that wee string of neoliberalism through it ... and I get that I’m totally the opposite.’ Picture: Jamie Simpson

Mhairi Black said that ‘the SNP has that wee string of neoliberalism through it ... and I get that I’m totally the opposite.’ Picture: Jamie Simpson

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David Torrance: Has the SNP gifted the centre ground to Davidson's Tories?

Finance Secretary Derek Mackay. Picture: Gordon Terris

Finance Secretary Derek Mackay. Picture: Gordon Terris

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David Torrance: Nationalists are hardly taxing people until the pips squeak

Nicola Sturgeon’s central problem remains her own party’s Brexiters, who’re unlikely to be moved by warnings of catastrophe. Picture: Gordon Terris

Nicola Sturgeon’s central problem remains her own party’s Brexiters, who’re unlikely to be moved by warnings of catastrophe. Picture: Gordon Terris

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David Torrance: SNP Brexiters remain Nicola Sturgeon’s central problem

Tom Baker returns as Dr Who.

Tom Baker returns as Dr Who.

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David Torrance: Let's hope think-tank can breathe new life and ideas into Scotland's political debate

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (left) meeting newly elected Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard ahead of the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Glasgow. Picture: PA

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (left) meeting newly elected Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard ahead of the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Glasgow. Picture: PA

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David Torrance: Parties jockeying for position in the race to offer a real choice

Prime Minister Theresa May (right) with Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire.

Prime Minister Theresa May (right) with Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire.

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David Torrance: Davidson is in a better place than Hammond after the Budget

Chancellor Philip Hammond

Chancellor Philip Hammond

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David Torrance: Brexit silver lining only depends on how brave our leaders are

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David Torrance: SNP and Labour live in the make-believe 'Micawber' world that something will turn up

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David Torrance: Holyrood was never going to be immune from the sex scandal

Winnie Ewing is elected MP for Hamilton in 1967

Winnie Ewing is elected MP for Hamilton in 1967

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David Torrance: How Winnie Ewing's by-election win 50 years ago led to a potpourri of pointless problems

While the Nicola Sturgeon's SNP appears to be banking everything on a Brexit catastrophe to deliver victory in a second independence referendum, in fact the main battleground remains economic.

While the Nicola Sturgeon's SNP appears to be banking everything on a Brexit catastrophe to deliver victory in a second independence referendum, in fact the main battleground remains economic.

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David Torrance: Why a new pro-Union “forum for debate” is long overdue

Corby surge prompts SNP to try on emperor's new clothes

Corby surge prompts SNP to try on emperor's new clothes

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David Torrance: Corbyn surge prompts SNP to try on emperor's new clothes

Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: PA

Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: PA

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David Torrance: SNP may occupy no man's land for now, but big battles lie ahead

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson speaks at the Conservative Party Conference at the Manchester Central Convention Complex in Manchester. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Sunday October 1, 2017. See PA story TORY Main. Photo credit should

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson speaks at the Conservative Party Conference at the Manchester Central Convention Complex in Manchester. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Sunday October 1, 2017. See PA story TORY Main. Photo credit should

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David Torrance: Project Ruth has come a long way as Scots Tories emerge from the political doldrums

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (left) and Deputy Leader Tom Watson during the opening session of the Labour Party annual conference at the Brighton Centre, Brighton

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (left) and Deputy Leader Tom Watson during the opening session of the Labour Party annual conference at the Brighton Centre, Brighton

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David Torrance: How standing up for Scotland is a far from simple task

David Torrance: Leonard is Labour's man to stop the SNP

David Torrance: Leonard is Labour's man to stop the SNP

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David Torrance: Richard Leonard is Labour's man to stop the SNP

David TorrancePic Gordon Terris/The Herald27/4/17

David TorrancePic Gordon Terris/The Herald27/4/17

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David Torrance: Why devolution has hardly had room to breathe

David TorrancePic Gordon Terris/The Herald27/4/17

David TorrancePic Gordon Terris/The Herald27/4/17

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David Torrance: Bridge cannot mask a mediocre decade in government

David TorrancePic Gordon Terris/The Herald27/4/17

David TorrancePic Gordon Terris/The Herald27/4/17

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David Torrance: Nationalist circles need to be squared over Brexit

David TorrancePic Gordon Terris/The Herald27/4/17

David TorrancePic Gordon Terris/The Herald27/4/17

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David Torrance: Why nationalism cannot be wished away or masked by a change of name

David TorrancePic Gordon Terris/The Herald27/4/17

David TorrancePic Gordon Terris/The Herald27/4/17

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David Torrance: Salmond's real talents lie in politics not showbusiness

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David Torrance: Scots Tories could transform politics with 'Constructive Conservatism'

David TorrancePic Gordon Terris/The Herald27/4/17

David TorrancePic Gordon Terris/The Herald27/4/17

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David Torrance: Nationalists should be careful what they wish for

David TorrancePic Gordon Terris/The Herald27/4/17

David TorrancePic Gordon Terris/The Herald27/4/17

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David Torrance: Opportunity for SNP to take on vested interests in farming rather than just rearranging the furniture

David TorrancePic Gordon Terris/The Herald27/4/17

David TorrancePic Gordon Terris/The Herald27/4/17

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David Torrance: Sturgeon turns back the clock as leader of the Scottish Narky Party

David TorrancePic Gordon Terris/The Herald27/4/17

David TorrancePic Gordon Terris/The Herald27/4/17

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David Torrance: Welcome to the age of political change now dominated by soundbites rather than sound ideas

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David Torrance: Soft Brexit hopes leave SNP's quest for independence in a rather strange place

David Torrance: SNP’s soft Brexit quest leaves independence in strange place

David Torrance: SNP’s soft Brexit quest leaves independence in strange place

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David Torrance: SNP’s soft Brexit quest leaves independence in strange place

David Torrance: Tories' appetite for power leave them stuffed full with problems

David Torrance: Tories' appetite for power leave them stuffed full with problems

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David Torrance: Tories' appetite for power leave them stuffed full with problems

David Torrance: Once independence momentum is lost, it’s fiendishly difficult to regain

David Torrance: Once independence momentum is lost, it’s fiendishly difficult to regain

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David Torrance: Once independence momentum is lost, it’s fiendishly difficult to regain

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David Torrance: Davidson on the ascent as Sturgeon is caught between rock and hard place

David Torrance: Terror attacks require a measured response, not tribal posturing

David Torrance: Terror attacks require a measured response, not tribal posturing

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David Torrance: Terror attacks require a measured response, not tribal posturing

David Torrance: Perfunctory, frivolous and vacuous . . . welcome to election 2017

David Torrance: Perfunctory, frivolous and vacuous . . . welcome to election 2017

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David Torrance: Perfunctory, frivolous and vacuous . . . welcome to election 2017

David Torrance: Manifestos are unread, unloved and peripheral to electoral success or failure

David Torrance: Manifestos are unread, unloved and peripheral to electoral success or failure

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David Torrance: Manifestos are unread, unloved and peripheral to electoral success or failure

David Torrance: It's time to think about ditching the pensions triple lock

David Torrance: It's time to think about ditching the pensions triple lock

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David Torrance: It's time to think about ditching the pensions triple lock

David Torrance: Mayism and Sturgeonism are the same opportunistic mish-mash of left and right

David Torrance: Mayism and Sturgeonism are the same opportunistic mish-mash of left and right

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David Torrance: Mayism and Sturgeonism are the same opportunistic mish-mash of left and right

David Torrance: Nicola Sturgeon will win more seats but momentum is with Tories

David Torrance: Nicola Sturgeon will win more seats but momentum is with Tories

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David Torrance: Nicola Sturgeon will win more seats but momentum is with Tories

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