Labour leader Keir Starmer suggested it would take a “very long search to find divisions within Labour.”
Well, it turns out we only had to do a “very, very short search” to reveal five ongoing internal policy battles between Keir Starmer and the Scottish branch office.
A Labour government would support the Two-Child Cap and Rape Clause.
Michael Shanks: “It’s a heinous policy.”
Jackie Baillie: “The cap reminds me of Communist China’s morally abhorrent one-child policy”.
A Labour government’s refusal to rule out supporting the Bedroom Tax.
Anas Sarwar: “If we were in power tomorrow, we would abolish the Bedroom Tax”.
A Labour government would ditch its promise to scrap tuition fees.
Anas Sarwar: “Vince Cable should have done the honourable thing and resigned over tuition fees”.
Labour students: “We urge Keir Starmer to listen to the voice of students and keep his word. Anything less will be seen by young people as a massive betrayal of our futures”.
Labour support Brexit and have confirmed there is no prospect of rejoining the European Union and single market under a Labour government.
Michael Shanks: “[Labour] has a bankrupt approach to our membership of the EU and is complacent about the impact it will have on the poorest people across the UK”.
A Labour government would support Trident nuclear weapons being housed in Scotland.
Clare Baker: “Trident renewal being the wrong choice at the wrong time. But beyond that there was also a strong, fundamental argument against nuclear weapons.”
Katy Clark: “The majority of people in Scotland have consistently opposed Trident.”
Starmer must think voters in Scotland are buttoned up the back.
Labour is engulfed in division and disharmony following his countless U-turns to mimic Tory policy.
The real question for Sir Keir Starmer is, if his own candidate in this by-election, and his Labour colleagues in Scotland, can’t even support his pro-austerity policies, then why should voters in Scotland?
In the upcoming by-election, the people of Rutherglen and Hamilton West deserve an MP who will do everything they can to help them through these tough times.
Every vote for the SNP will send a message that only the powers of independence will deliver the change Scotland needs.
