tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post3251234990568066231..comments2023-10-22T11:57:34.718+01:00Comments on A Pint of Unionist Lite: Scottish Labour versus the SNP. What? Oh yes, and the ConservativesO'Neillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-15456665114148992662011-04-07T16:45:49.614+01:002011-04-07T16:45:49.614+01:00The emnity between the parties is deep and sometim...The emnity between the parties is deep and sometimes shocking. I think the loathing used to be more Labour towards the SNP maybe twenty years ago but it is now probably equal. <br /><br />The extent is that leading SNP figures accuse Labour (soto voce) of corruption in office. Salmond said at his last party conference that Labour in power had been more interested in helping their cronies than The Aberdoniannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-22906591053893408152011-04-07T08:32:37.277+01:002011-04-07T08:32:37.277+01:00Miliband has also stepped back (publicly at least)...Miliband has also stepped back (publicly at least) from seeming to control the Scottish party in the same fashion as Brown and its cohorts did.<br /><br />Would Scottish Labour which is much more red than the party south of the border keep its mouth in the (highly unlikely) event that a PM Miliband would mercilessly wield the axe on the public sector and spending in Scotland?O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-36775564887316584522011-04-07T01:31:06.335+01:002011-04-07T01:31:06.335+01:00I am sorry but it is utterly ridiculous to suggest...I am sorry but it is utterly ridiculous to suggest that the "Scottish" Labour party would oppose a Labour Party Westminster government.<br /><br />For goodness sake the leader of the Holyrood MSPs reports to Ed MillibandJPJ2noreply@blogger.com