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Lesley Riddoch - Labour Party has blurred the line between mumbo-jumbo and political strategy



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IS IT time to consider the establishment of a stand-alone Scottish Labour Party? The groans are almost audible. The quest for this Holy Grail has stretched across a century, destroyed careers, severed friendships, and achieved nothing.
But if a week is a long time in politics, a political year in the doldrums is a lifetime. And despite an interesting speech from Wendy Alexander, Scottish Labour's Aviemore conference was the tin-lid. Every speech without exception revealed a party m...



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  • Last Updated: 30 March 2008 8:50 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Lesley Riddoch
 
1

donald,

glasgow 31/03/2008 11:18:29
Jim Sillars tired to resurrect a genuine Scottish Labour Party. It was wrecked by the likes of Charlie Gordon and other infiltrators. It can only be achieved after Independence with the extinction of the current GB/UK Labour Party n Scotland.
2

Matt there,

somewhere 31/03/2008 14:55:14
This is a first-rate article. Wendy should read it. But if she does, she will give one of her endearingly odd, cute little pouts, and then allow her mind to wander to thoughts of... nothing in particular, whilst she waits for further instructions from Gordon Brown.
3

Cyber Nat,

Edinborg 31/03/2008 23:03:01
I beg to differ. Wendy will need to read some history first.

http://cybernat.blogspot.com/2008/03/ghosts-of-labour-past.html

 

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