A left - leaning coalition - formal or informal - will have around five parties, with deep splits over single market membership and
free movement, and with the SNP existentially
needing to portray Westminster (especially a
Labour government in Westminster) as being out
of touch with Scotland.
Speaking to the Mirror, McCluskey also said
Labour needed to pin down its stance on the
free movement of people following departure from the EU, after different MPs expressed wildly varying assessments on the
need for any change.