Labour's "resurgence" in Scotland comes from voters keen to support Corbyn in the belief that he represents new and socially radical policies. Scottish Labour have spent the last two years miscrying Corbyn at every opportunity. The ungrateful Dugdale and Murray persist in thinking they've won seats by being the minor partner in the unionist machine rather than opportunistically gaining votes garnered for them by a leader they hate. They continue to be the third party in Scotland. They continue to be the "Fakers" that John Maclean called them in the 1920s. The Tory "victories" are simply unionist votes. The unionists ran an anti-indy campaign. they talked about nothing else. They had a free field of fire. The SNP and other pro-indy forces did not run a pro-indy campaign. This was the dog that didn't bark. Despite the one-sidedness of the campaign (and the relentless buy in to the premise by 95% of the media) the unionists failed. ...
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