Insiders blame winter fuel payment row and ‘suits and specs’ donations after the party fails to take two Dundee council seats from the SNP
by backupJM
Insiders blame winter fuel payment row and ‘suits and specs’ donations after the party fails to take two Dundee council seats from the SNP
by backupJM
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>Referring to the chancellor Rachel Reeves’s decision to scrap winter fuel payments for most older people and the gifts to ministers from Lord Alli, the millionaire peer, one Scottish Labour campaigner said: “On the ground, the pensioners’ payment cut, and the stories of suits and specs were never far from voters’ lips
>A Scottish Labour MP said: “We need a decent budget, with some popular Scottish announcements to get us back on track.”
>Insiders fear work to gain ground on the SNP in the polls risks being undermined by unpopular decisions by ministers at Westminster
There is no party called Scottish Labour.
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Hamstrung and at the mercy of their Westminster masters.
Tough titties.
The budget will be decided by their seniors in Westminster- and their only job is to defend whatever it is to Scotland.
>Referring to the chancellor Rachel Reeves’s decision to scrap winter fuel payments for most older people… one Scottish Labour campaigner said: “On the ground, the pensioners’ payment cut, and the stories of suits and specs were never far from voters’ lips
Maybe if enough people had voted Scottish Labour earlier this year, things would have been different. Instead of having SNP MPs carping from the sidelines, we would have real influence through Scottish Labour. We’d have a cadre of decent, hardworking MPs. Not meek lobby fodder, but Scottish voices who would not only speak up, but be listened to by a UK prime minister who can understand their thick accents.
Right?