The SNP is still fighting the Scexit war, as demonstrated by its propaganda and the output of its footsoldiers. So those of us on the pro-U.K. side have to respond in kind. Some SNPers suggest that Labour is likely to be softer on the constitution than Conservatives have been. The utterances of Gordon Brown, for one, no doubt give them hope and act as an awful warning to the rest of us.
Labour is a dodgy prospect on two grounds. First, the constitution, with some talk of ‘more powers’ for Holyrood, which would be disastrous given the mess the SNP has made of the powers it has. We do not forget that Labour gave us devolution in its current very imperfect form. Second, many of us do not trust parties (Labour, Lib Dems) that supported the GRR bill. I was shocked that Sarwar whipped his MSPs to support a very flawed piece of legislation, as were many others. Your party may be a long way ahead in the polls, but you have work to do to with broad swathes of non-nationalist opinion.
For myself, I suppose I have to vote for Scott Arthur, to try to unseat Joanna Cherry. The only real incentive is that that would send to Westminster the man who is wrecking Edinburgh’s streets and, one might hope, get him out of our hair.
The SNP is still fighting the Scexit war, as demonstrated by its propaganda and the output of its footsoldiers. So those of us on the pro-U.K. side have to respond in kind. Some SNPers suggest that Labour is likely to be softer on the constitution than Conservatives have been. The utterances of Gordon Brown, for one, no doubt give them hope and act as an awful warning to the rest of us.
Labour is a dodgy prospect on two grounds. First, the constitution, with some talk of ‘more powers’ for Holyrood, which would be disastrous given the mess the SNP has made of the powers it has. We do not forget that Labour gave us devolution in its current very imperfect form. Second, many of us do not trust parties (Labour, Lib Dems) that supported the GRR bill. I was shocked that Sarwar whipped his MSPs to support a very flawed piece of legislation, as were many others. Your party may be a long way ahead in the polls, but you have work to do to with broad swathes of non-nationalist opinion.
For myself, I suppose I have to vote for Scott Arthur, to try to unseat Joanna Cherry. The only real incentive is that that would send to Westminster the man who is wrecking Edinburgh’s streets and, one might hope, get him out of our hair.