A reader asks: What do you think about Johann Lamont winning the Scottish Labour leadership contest? Well, jings, far be it for me to intrude into these matters but it bears noticing that Lamont, doughty as she may be, relied upon the tame votes of Trades Union affiliates to secure her victory. Ken McIntosh – remember him, Mr Miliband? – actually won the most votes from individual party members.
All Scottish Labour types now admit the party’s “arrogant” belief Scotland would always be there for Labour; all claim to have learned from the chastening experience of this May’s election. All say they must be “about” more than just Nat-bashing. All of which is all very well and good but I’ll believe the Scottish Labour party has changed when it actually changes its attitudes. There seems no good reason to take them at the word even if, albeit from outside the Labour family, one might nod approvingly at the general spirit conveyed by the words.
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