It’s not as whether there isn’t scope to reclaim the supporters who have migrated to Scottish NationalismWhen the contest to elect the Labour leader in Scotland tiptoes apologetically to a close this week,the result will go largely unnoticed by the party in London. Such is the blood-letting and turmoil that engulfs the Westminster party that the question of who leads Labour in Scotland will have as much impact as a squib in a volcano.
A newspaper friend reported final week that the subject of the Scottish leadership race emerged at the end of an interview he was conducting with a UK Labour grandee the preceding day. “The chap couldn’t recall the name of either of the Scottish leadership contenders and conveyed the distinct impression that, in any case, or he cared not a jot.” The response accurately depicts the attitude of the Labour leadership at Westminster to the Scottish party since devolution: “Just send us down your Glasgow and Lanarkshire MPs and withhold your mouths shut meanwhile.” Well,as Im sure they will have noticed by now, Scotland has stopped sending Labour MPs to London… well, or apart from wee whatsisname in Edinburgh.
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Source: theguardian.com