Sentences with phrase «scottish labour supporter»

Henry McLeish, another former Labour first minister, also said this week that Scottish Labour supporters no longer know «what the party stands for» and that it had given «enormous ground to the SNP unnecessarily».

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The 2015 election could well - produce situations where, for example, the SNP has a pivotal vote or one of English Votes for English Laws [EVEL] in which Labour supporters are disenfranchised in the way the Scottish electorate has been in the past.

Dugdale's comments prompted many of Corbyn supporters on Twitter to question whether the Scottish Labour leader had the credentials to speak out on how to win elections...

The former Scottish Labour leader's decision to spend three weeks filming on location in Australia while the Scottish parliament was in session attracted criticism from across the political spectrum, including from some previously stalwart supporters.

A foul - up by the SNP had meant that the nationalist supporters gathered outside cheered Sutch, Boyle and Beckett for five minutes when they stumbled out of Perth City Hall first, while Cunningham was still trapped inside as the OMRLP (and one defecting Scottish Liberal Democrat) conducted the crowd in choral renditions of both «Spot the Loony» and «Let's All Laugh at Labour» (Labour had spent a fortune trying to win the seat for Peter Mandelson's then - aide Douglas Alexander).

Those voters switching from Labour at Westminster to SNP at Holyrood appear less opposed to Scottish independence than other Labour voters but it is difficult to see how Alex Salmond could possibly win a referendum anyway with opponents of independence outnumbering supporters by about 2 - to - 1.

A new poll of Labour - held Scottish seats suggests that support for independence is now the overwhelming reason why former supporters now back the SNP.

In July 2012, a member of Scottish Labour started Labour for Independence, a rebel group of Labour supporters who back Yes Scotland in the campaign for Scottish independence.

Contrasting it very unfavourably with the «well - informed grassroots» campaign for Scottish independence, Labour supporter Ghose described it as «dire» with «glaring democratic deficiencies» which left voters bewildered.

Ninety - one percent of SNP supporters say the Scottish Labour Party represents the views and interests of Scotland either fairly badly (32 %) or very badly (59 %).

If Liam Byrne is so agreeved, why doesn't he think about why his stance over the Bedroom Tax lead to «Scottish» Labour politician after «Scottish» Labour politician receive ritual beatings by pro-Independence supporters on the Scottish Media.