tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post8318181697051879935..comments2024-02-01T14:56:24.725+00:00Comments on The Laird Report: Labour MP Tom Harris moots the idea that he could be the Labour leadership contender in Scotland, the fight is in Holyrood, it needs to be an MSPUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-69850344587050791682011-08-23T17:10:26.533+01:002011-08-23T17:10:26.533+01:00thx I have tidied that upthx I have tidied that upG Lairdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07634338820731652821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-68953615057653991882011-08-23T16:09:30.382+01:002011-08-23T16:09:30.382+01:00If they think Iain Gray was a disaster for Labour ...If they think Iain Gray was a disaster for Labour just wait and see what Tom Harris will be. He is tantamount to a Tory and has revelled in the appellation of the most right wing Labour MP in the UK (not even Scotland). As for Lamont she is simply lamentable, she always looks like she has swallowed a wasp for a start and has a voice that would make rubbing nails on a blackboard sound like Chopin’s minute waltz.<br /><br />George I think Boyack is still an MSP, she was one of the two (I think) that managed to get their names on the regional list as well as a constituency (Edinburgh Central which she lost to the SNP).Munguinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475165830302054002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-17718558212696468712011-08-23T15:59:34.375+01:002011-08-23T15:59:34.375+01:00I think they will need to have some idea of what k...I think they will need to have some idea of what kind of party they are well before the next election. After all we are paying them to be the official opposition, aren't we? We should be getting something for our money.<br /><br />You're right, there is no talent at all. Jackie Baillie is the only contender that isn't half witted.<br /><br />Having a Scottish leader in London is useless. There's already a Scotland Secretary in the cabinet. One of the things that was wrong with Labour in the lead-up to the last election was that they were too Anglo-centric. They were perfectly happy to let London pull their strings. <br /><br />For quite a while the de facto leader was Spud.<br /><br />So even if Harris (who is a Tory by any other name, as right wing as Tony Blair) is the leader, Lamont will have to cope with FM questions. She is hardly intellectually qualified to cope with Alex, if she can't manage Glen Campbell.<br /><br />The best they can hope for is some sort of sympathy vote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com