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Does Labour have a future in Scotland?

Labour has struggled to find a place for itself in Scottish politics after the independence referendum

In the first of our monthly devolution specials, Stephen Bush is joined by the New Statesman‘s Scotland editor Chris Deerin to examine the Scottish and Welsh parliaments.

They discuss the interview in Holyrood magazine with Jack McConnell, the last Labour member to serve as first minister of Scotland, and answer a listener’s question on why Plaid Cymru hasn’t been to replicate in Wales the SNP’s success in Scotland.

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