Scottish Labour in crisis

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The Labour Party in Scotland has been thrown into a deep crisis following the resignation of its Scottish leader, Johann Lamont. It was not so much her resignation but "the manner of her leaving" that rocked an already weakened party. In her resignation statement Lamont accused Ed Miliband, and other leading figures in UK Labour, of treating Scotland like a "branch office", calling for more autonomy for the Scottish party.

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The coronavirus crisis has laid bare the class character of society in numerous ways. It is making clear to many that it is the working class that keeps society running, not the CEOs of major corporations.

The results of austerity have been graphically demonstrated as public services strain to cope with the crisis.

The government has now ripped up its 'austerity' mantra and turned to policies that not long ago were denounced as socialist. But after the corona crisis, it will try to make the working class pay for it, by trying to claw back what has been given.

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