Given special relevance by the recent vote in favor of a Scottish Parliament, Gerry Hassan's Labour and Scottish Nationalism is an accessible, well written and meticulously researched history of the long and often ambivalent relationship between the Labour Party and Scottish home rule, covering such topics as the history of Scottish Labour and Scottish politics in the twentieth century and the history of the Labour Party and British politics. The book features numerous revealing interviews with luminaries such as Secretaries of State Bruce Millan and Donald Dewar as well as key MPs, party officials and members. Labour and Scottish Nationalism will bring readers up to date with the necessary history, facts and arguments regarding one of the key issues of contemporary British politics.