An interesting slant of politics in Scotland. I was asked to comment on the apparent status of the Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath seat.
What on earth is our focus now in Scotland?
In my view, Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath cannot
be regarded as Labour’s safest seat – Gordon Brown is the reason it had that
status.
No other Labour figure left in Scotland matches up to his reputation.
The same lesson holds now for the other parties – the Conservatives, for example, field Ruth Davidson as their asset – perhaps that is true – but who is their top slot leading light actually standing for Westminster? And that question also applies to the Liberal Democrats. Of course, Salmond has been outshone by Nicola as well.
No other Labour figure left in Scotland matches up to his reputation.
The same lesson holds now for the other parties – the Conservatives, for example, field Ruth Davidson as their asset – perhaps that is true – but who is their top slot leading light actually standing for Westminster? And that question also applies to the Liberal Democrats. Of course, Salmond has been outshone by Nicola as well.
None of this is surprising –
even the media seem only to be capable of raising Scottish Parliament and
Council issues.
The whole devolution exercise has caused a schism in politics with a loss of focus here of what matters outside of Scotland; it all plays into the hands of the SNP.
I do not believe that all of the electorate are taken in by this drift – after all is said and done, the SNP lost the referendum. All Scottish Parties need to remember that.
The whole devolution exercise has caused a schism in politics with a loss of focus here of what matters outside of Scotland; it all plays into the hands of the SNP.
I do not believe that all of the electorate are taken in by this drift – after all is said and done, the SNP lost the referendum. All Scottish Parties need to remember that.
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