I won't repeat them yet again!
Corbyn's not responsible for that, but he won't help much either, as he has a surprisingly tin ear for Scottish politics. He takes his briefings from the incompetent Scottish Labour bigwigs and can't be seen to contradict them, so we get absurdities like his not long ago blaming the SNP for "privatizing" the rail network when the last round of tenders were bid. When later asked to clarify what on earth he meant, he claimed they should have gone for renationalization. The fact is, that's a power reserved to Westminster - it would have been plain illegal to have any public body bidding for the contracts. I don't expect him to talk sense about Scottish politics, so I'm not disappointed! (Smith fared even worse on his brief visit up here, FWIW - the boy makes it up on the hoof, and came a cropper for contradicting Labour policy in Scotland at least a couple of times.)
Scottish Labour's caught in a cleft stick.
If it develops the autonomy it needs to adopt distinct policies that appeal to the Scottish electorate, then it'll inevitably be in conflict with rUK Labour, and the question will have to be answered: Why even be part of the larger body? And the even bigger question: Who the hell can trust them to deliver?
But Scottish Labour's a million miles away from developing coherent policies, so it has to rely on SNP Bad. And in saying so, it's implying that all those Labour voters and members who joined the SNP are either eejits or bad as well. So good luck wooing them back ...
I've spent more than the last couple of decades being infuriated by Labour and many of its major figures. Maddening barely covers it!
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