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Scottish Labour, Lib Dems and Brexit

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  • 26-06-2016 4:12pm
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    An Ciarraioch
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    Sturgeon's position has been well aired in the various newspapers, but the more interesting question is how the Scottish branches of Labour and the Liberal Democrats will react to the Remain vote North of the Border. The Tories and UKIP are best placed to make the unionist case, so are the other two parties better off switching to a pro-independence position, and articulating their alternative visions as to how a new Scotland would operate?


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    NoCrackHaving
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    An Ciarraioch wrote: »
    Sturgeon's position has been well aired in the various newspapers, but the more interesting question is how the Scottish branches of Labour and the Liberal Democrats will react to the Remain vote North of the Border. The Tories and UKIP are best placed to make the unionist case, so are the other two parties better off switching to a pro-independence position, and articulating their alternative visions as to how a new Scotland would operate?

    UKIP have literally no strength in Scotland at all, the took like 0.6% at the polls in the last Scottish election, David Coburn's seat as MEP is a massive anomaly, not sure how it ever happened but it won't be repeated. Basically count them out.

    The Tories are probably best placed to be theunionist party in Scotland so probably will hoover up most of that vote as you say.

    The position of Labour will be interesting. Dugdale is still opposed to Scottish independence and another referendum but the position of Labour supporters on the ground is definitely shifting so Scottish Labour may need to move with them or risk becoming completely irrelevant in Scotland with unionist defectors to the Tories on the right and the more socialist/progressive wind of the party seeing people defecting to the SNP and Greens.

    The Lib Dems have actually staged a minor (very minor) comeback in the last Scottish elections taking two SNP seats in Edinbrugh West and Fife and Willlie Rennie made some very interesting comments whereby indicating a shift in mindset towards independence. I reckon they see the UK Lib Dems are consigned to irrelevance for at least 20 years at this stage and reckon a Scottish Liberal party would thrive.


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    Banjoxed
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    An Ciarraioch wrote: »
    Sturgeon's position has been well aired in the various newspapers, but the more interesting question is how the Scottish branches of Labour and the Liberal Democrats will react to the Remain vote North of the Border. The Tories and UKIP are best placed to make the unionist case, so are the other two parties better off switching to a pro-independence position, and articulating their alternative visions as to how a new Scotland would operate?

    There needs to be a pro EU, pro Liberal UK alternative to the SNP and the Conservatives, so no, they shouldn't.


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