Your analysis of how Labour and the Liberal Democrats might construct a winning non-nationalist argument is basically right. In addition they can offer a positive economic case based on investment to create sustainable and fair growth.
The bulk of the effort would fall to Labour and I must say that I do not think the party has developed a…
Your analysis of how Labour and the Liberal Democrats might construct a winning non-nationalist argument is basically right. In addition they can offer a positive economic case based on investment to create sustainable and fair growth.
The bulk of the effort would fall to Labour and I must say that I do not think the party has developed a strategy to implement the above. In Scotland there appears to be a reluctance to discuss the true nature of the constitutional issue (Brexit 2 rather than "independence") and at UK level I do not hear the key words investment, sustainability and fairness enough. Many of the "soft nationalist" voters you talked about still think that there is a nationalist magic wand to make the Tories go away for ever.
Your analysis of how Labour and the Liberal Democrats might construct a winning non-nationalist argument is basically right. In addition they can offer a positive economic case based on investment to create sustainable and fair growth.
The bulk of the effort would fall to Labour and I must say that I do not think the party has developed a strategy to implement the above. In Scotland there appears to be a reluctance to discuss the true nature of the constitutional issue (Brexit 2 rather than "independence") and at UK level I do not hear the key words investment, sustainability and fairness enough. Many of the "soft nationalist" voters you talked about still think that there is a nationalist magic wand to make the Tories go away for ever.