The Scottish Labour Party is in an unprecedented position. Having been the leading party in Scotland for fifty years it has now lost an election and office to the SNP. This book will address, examine and analyse the last thirty years of Scottish Labour, from the arrival of Thatcherism in 1979 to the aftermath of the party’s defeat in the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections. It will ask fundamental questions about the nature of Scottish Labour, its dominance of Scottish politics, the wider politics of Scotland, and whether the decline is irreversible. Covering both contemporary events and recent history, it will draw on extensive research including archival sources and interviews with some of the key participants in Scottish Labour.