Scotland continues to provide Labour with a whopping great headache. But the pain will get worse unless Labour ends its defensive tribalism. The party is under enormous pressure from the right to rule out any deal with the SNP. But so have some Labour figures. Why is this pressure being so strongly exerted and what should Labour do?
The Tories and their media mates think that any link to the SNP will cause Labour harm in England – hence Miliband airbrushed into the pocket of Alex Salmond – next it will be Salmond pulling Miliband’s strings. It’s all so childish – as the electorate can see. Everyone knows no one is likely to win outright and someone is going to have to speak to someone else. Welcome to the world of the grown ups.
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