McAveety is right about Labour’s bid for credibility
It looks like momentum is going towards another referendum
IABSOLUTELY agree with Frank McAveety assessment that Labour needs credibility (Glasgow Times, Thursday). This will always be a problem for Labour electoral as long as Blairite has beings do not accept that the political ideas they subscribe to are no longer relevant. Furthermore that there slick way of doing things are more toxic in Glasgow than nuclear waste.
We wouldn’t be in such a mess if Frank had taken a vow of silence and accepted his own politics are the fundamental hurdle to winning Labour Heartlands back.
No doubt the Labour Left had a hammering. This was a consequence of the legacy of rightwing Labour ignoring heartlands and taking voters for granted. This was then compounded with the duel Constitutional issues of Brexit/Indyref2 dominating the election
Why do Constitutional Identity Politics dominate?
Fundamentally this is a consequence of Centrist Labour Politician’s implementing and cheerleading Neo-liberal Capitalism over the last 30 years.
The idea that McAveety can lead in the Council against the SNP’s own forms of Austerity is no laughing matter. It reeks of rank hypocrisy. Please take heed to your own advice Frank. Start 2020, as you should have started the last decade, in silence.
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I’M so sick and tired on the constant concentration on the negatives of these new hospitals.
Do people realise the negative effects of this constant barrage on the morale of the hundreds of invaluable and life-saving staff? Give them a break.
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DEPENDING on your point of view, it’s here we go again. It looks like the momentum is going towards another referendum.
The big ‘YES’ or ‘NO’ – the difference this time is the feeling of anger being generated by the rhetoric in the independence debate.
The rallies and marches through every town in Scotland, which generates all the euphoria of nationalism and on occasions, the screening of the extremely anti-English film, ‘Braveheart’.. rather gives me and uneasy feeling.
Until recently, the
First Minister, to her credit had distanced herself from these events but my fear is that extreme nationalism may be rearing its ugly head by using these events to gain a foothold...
My position is that I am not a Separatist but my biggest fear about a referendum is that the result may not be decisive enough on either side The last referendum produced a result which could be settled upon but never the less it was followed by blame, anger and recrimination. If Scotland decides to embrace independence, then we must all come together and move the nation forward because independence will not be the answer to our problems on its own. It means we will have to accept our responsibility for the things that go wrong and to celebrate all that goes well.