In search of Scottish Labour's soul Essay of the week by Tom Shields
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A VOYAGE around the Labour movement these days is an exercise in judging how firmly people are clinging to the wreckage.
The good ship Labour Party foundered in the European elections with its worst UK results since 1910. In Scotland it took an unaccustomed second place to the SNP.See the full content of this document
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In search of Scottish Labour's soul Essay of the week by Tom Shields
Is Labour all washed up? Has it lost its role as defender of the downtrodden, campaigner for equality, protector of the poor? Bearsden Cross is an unlikely place to nd the answer to such a question. But that is where you might find Maureen Henry, vice- chairperson of the local party, canvassing and insisting that Labour lives on.
Henry, doyenne of the Bearsden left, says: "Labour still has a heart and a soul.In Bearsden we have a great bunch of activists who believe it is about fairness and equality and making life better for peopl...See the full content of this document
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