VOTE LABOUR IN SCOTLAND GET LABOUR FOR ENGLAND. The election of Michael Shanks to Westminster proved that ahead of the General Election, no matter the weasel words contrived by Labour Party candidates and the charlatan fronting the branch office in Scotland, the only words that matter are those uttered by their shape-shifting leader in England.
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Sir Keir has demonstrated that socialist principles are irrelevant to his achieving power, which can only be gained and sustained by appeasing the demands of an increasingly right-leaning electorate south of the Border.
Anyone who thinks that voting Labour in Scotland will end the austerity agenda of Westminster has not been paying attention – anyone who thinks that voting Labour in Scotland will hasten independence needs serious help. The time is long overdue for the people of Scotland to take control of their own destiny.
Stan Grodynski
Longniddry, East Lothian
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