As a coda to James’ post on Labour’s attitude to Scotland and the Union, it’s worth relating this little
snippet from Ivan Lewis MP at a fringe event earlier this evening. Lewis said that, despite the SNP’s current high-flying poll ratings and the need for Labour to learn lessons north of the border,
“most Scots don’t want independence”. The upshot is that some in Labour think that the party will return to power in Scotland as a matter of course and minimal effort is required to
reverse losses. Given the situation in Edinburgh, descibed so vividly by Hamish Macdonell,
Lewis’ complacency is quite striking.

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