Labour politicians in Scotland will pay the price for a generation for campaigning alongside Conservatives in the independence referendum, Alex Salmond has said. The outgoing First Minister also said he would make up his mind on running for Westminster at the general election in a few weeks. With opinion polls suggesting a collapse in the Labour vote in Scotland since the referendum in May, Mr Salmond said there was deep resentment at the way the party had been prepared to bury its differences with the Tories to campaign for a No vote. The role, hand-in-glove, shoulder-to-shoulder with the Conservative Party in the referendum campaign is not going to be either forgotten or forgiven for a generation in Scottish politics, he told BBC1s The Andrew Marr Show. Every single Labour personality who has been pictured in the referendum campaign in that pose - that hand-in-glove, shoulder-to-shoulder pose - will pay a heavy price for many years to come.”
Posted on: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 10:23:09 +0000