Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says the Scottish Labour have worked hard to ditch the bitterness they felt over previous defeats by the SNP.
Previous events under former leaders felt like wakes attended by the despondent and the defeated.It has become a political cliche for Labour leaders to say how important Scotland is to their Westminster campaign.
But in 2024 Labour could win dozens of seats in Scotland and make an important contribution to a comfortable majority at Westminster. A result of this magnitude will lead to more Scots in Government than at any time since the days of Tony Blair. Many independence voters will not support Labour out of principle, but softer nationalists are in play.Scottish Labour used to come across as a bunch of embittered losers who had contempt for SNP voters.
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