Scottish Labour official issues brutal verdict on Anas Sarwar after election hammering
Scottish Labour official issues brutal verdict on Anas Sarwar after election hammering
Labour wakes up to the need to make working families better off
On Tuesday, the #ScottishParliament elected #JohnSwinney as #FirstMinisterOfScotland.
That's the 5th successive term with an #SNP First Minister.
And it's 23 years since the last election of a #ScottishLabour First Minister: Jack McConnell in 2003.
Labour dominated Scotland for 50 years. When Holyrood was established, Labour was the natural party of government.
Now electing a Labour FM is a fading memory, held by people with greying hair. Labour's colour is turning to sepia.
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It's worth pointing out that Angus Robertson did not come second behind Lorna Slater, but third, so if @ScottishGreens had not stood in Edinburgh Central, he might still not have won, and indeed #ScottishLabour might have got it.
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