tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post4272398994859094690..comments2024-02-01T14:56:24.725+00:00Comments on The Laird Report: Business as usual; Union bosses are savaging Kezia Dugdale over her leadership of Scottish Labour, Gary Smith of GMB Scotland says the party is a "middle class protest" party which is out of touch with ordinary working class people, 2017 might see a catastrophic defeat which entire wipes Labour of the map as a political force in Scotland Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-9819276972167389592016-11-29T01:16:39.004+00:002016-11-29T01:16:39.004+00:00It's like the Whigs, or the Liberal party back...It's like the Whigs, or the Liberal party back in the 20th Century. Perhaps this means that Labour's time has come and gone. Let's face it, the old style left is dying and needs to be replaced by a more in touch left that connects with people and can actually provide a substantial opposition in parliament.THE INVISIBLE MANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300169798315384245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-57406175036764541732016-11-28T21:34:28.541+00:002016-11-28T21:34:28.541+00:00In a country of 5 million souls there is perforce ...In a country of 5 million souls there is perforce a limit to the amount of talent that can be produced, particularly under an education system that has been continually dumbed down over the past 50 odd years. Add to this the fact that Scotland loses a significant proportion of her best minds to bigger and more lucrative horizons each year, and the demands of yet another layer of 'government' diluting the mix and it is hardly surprising that the crew in the good ship Holyrood (Watergate in actuality) is third rate at best. <br /><br />'Middle-class protest' is about right and funnily enough also applies to Corbyn and his Islington set. Interestingly, the question could also be asked as to whether an actual 'Working Class' particularly in the old internationalist solidarity sense even exists any more or whether this may be the point at which a new politics may start to emerge.<br /><br />Much remains to be revealed, not least, who or what might profit most from Labour's, surely not long delayed, demise.<br /><br />As ever you pose interesting questions George.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-14500990184913259162016-11-28T17:39:14.370+00:002016-11-28T17:39:14.370+00:00As a Tory I AM MORE labour than herAs a Tory I AM MORE labour than herAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com