From here in Scotland, this reads as pretty accurate. Since you are elsewhere, what you are missing it it already being spun as SNP losses — with the War Machine in full campaign mode, you might occasionally wonder if you really are vile separatist enemies of democracy who need to shut their mouths and leave it to the grown ups. Even from a distance, you seem to have twigged what others point-blank refuse to see about Scotch Labour, some of whom are already getting the boot into Kez, crying “Too Far Left!” (I shit you not). You are also correct in your assessment of Scotland’s trajectory — this Tory bubble is the last indignant spasm of rabid unionism (note the total absence of UKIP support as unionists staged a defiant last stand). Your suggestions for Labour are reasonable, but I see no evidence of the wisdom or humility required to embrace them.
Elections 2016: the Scottish earthquake continues
Paul Mason
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