Chris_Boro
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Yup. And it has been an unmitigated disaster for the Labour Party itself. New Labour stupidity.
Would refusing devolution have been a success?
Yup. And it has been an unmitigated disaster for the Labour Party itself. New Labour stupidity.
Once the cat is out of the bag….Would refusing devolution have been a success?
Once the cat is out of the bag….
It didn’t need to be out at all.
NL thought it would kill off the Tories chances at election time but in fact it has come to kill off Labour’s
Not so much a pro-Labour vote, but for startersWhy should Scottish voters vote Labour?
1.4 billion spread over 30 years split between 7 areas is not very much at all.
Agreed! One North East, the development agency abolished in 2012 had £350m p.a. from Central Government to invest in the Region. That’s over £10bn over 30 years.1.4 billion spread over 30 years split between 7 areas is not very much at all.
Scottish Parliament seats by numbers:
2019 - 22 Starmer ( SNP - Labour 3rd)
2016 - 24 Corbyn (SNP - Labour 3rd)
2011 - 37 Brown (SNP most seats)
2007 - 46 Blair (SNP most seats)
2003 - 50 Blair (Labour most seats)
1999 - 56 Blair (Labour most seats)
General election/MPs by numbers
2019 - 1 Corbyn
2017 - 7 Corbyn
2015 - 1 Milliband
2010 - 41 Brown
2006 - 46 Blair
2001 - 56 Blair
1997 - 56 Blair
The Labour Party has done nothing but decline in Scotland for 20+ years apart from a temporary increase for Corbyn
So looking at the data and using your own arguments Scots are increasingly moving away From Labour. Why is that?