An interesting read from a once ardent Scottish Labour Party member: The bitterness and hatred that Labour have exhibited over the period of the independence referendum campaign have also made me hang up the red rosette for good. They have personalised the independence referendum as a campaign against Alex Salmond and the SNP, despite nearly 200,000 Labour supporters who are reportedly voting yes. They are striking fear into the people of Scotland with their assertions that we won’t be able to use the pound. This is exactly the tactics that nationalisms of Christmas passed used to use. They used to strike fear into people of change, and they tell us that they are not ‘narrow nationalists’. The discourse from Labour is getting old and tired. I cannot be a member of a party so reluctant to change and embrace a new constitutional settlement for Scotland. I cannot be a member of a party where women are made to feel uncomfortable by men.
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 20:23:27 +0000
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