• Privacy policy
  • T&C’s
  • About Us
    • FAQ
    • Meet the Team
  • Contact us
TLE ONLINE SHOP!
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Opinion
  • Elevenses
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
  • Food
    • All Food
    • Recipes
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
SUPPORT THE LONDON ECONOMIC
NEWSLETTER
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Opinion
  • Elevenses
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
  • Food
    • All Food
    • Recipes
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
No Result
View All Result
Home Politics

Fabians tell Starmer: Election win ‘impossible’ without Scotland seats

But a power sharing alliance with the SNP was dismissed as a “political dead end”.

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2021-09-24 13:27
in Politics
FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailWhatsapp

Labour needs to pay “as much attention” to winning back seats in Scotland as it does to those in the north of England if the party wants to win a UK general election, leaders have been told.

The Scottish Fabians insisted that it was “impossible” for Labour to return to power at Westminster without a major effort north of the border.

Meanwhile, any suggestion that the party could form a power sharing alliance with the SNP in a bid to oust the Tories from government was dismissed as a “political dead end”.

“Progressive alliance”

A new paper by the Scottish Fabians warned that talk of such a “progressive alliance” harms Labour’s prospects in both Scotland and England”.

It insisted: “The Labour Party must be ambitious and aspire to win seats across the length and breadth of Britain.

“In successive elections, suggestions of a deal with the SNP harmed Labour not just in Scotland but also in English marginals, where voters rejected the idea of the SNP holding the balance of power.

“A progressive alliance under the  existing First Past the Post system is a political dead end.”

RelatedPosts

Rory Stewart: I wasn’t always honest as a politician

Has Boris Johnson just re-written the ministerial code to avoid being sacked?

PM declines to say if he’ll give energy bill rebate to charity like Sunak

Johnson rocked as Paul Holmes resigns as parliamentary private secretary

Of the 150 seats it believes Labour needs to win back to gain a “stable majority” in the House of Commons, 25 are in Scotland.

With 11 of these constituencies having backed independence in the 2014 referendum, Scottish Fabians stressed that Labour needs to win over voters from Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP.

We are at conference on Sunday to discuss Winning Scotland; The road back to power in the UK #LPC21

Register here https://t.co/ms29NXNi4G pic.twitter.com/Bwqyrw2kMD

— Scottish Fabians (@ScottishFabians) September 23, 2021

Party conference

The briefing paper, published ahead of the Labour Party conference getting under way in Brighton on Saturday, warned leaders not to focus all their efforts on winning back seats in the north of England that the Tories captured in 2019.

With Labour currently only having one Scottish MP, the Scottish Fabians stressed: “An overemphasis on the ‘Red Wall’ seats in the North of England risks Labour losing sight of seats it needs to gain elsewhere.”

The Scottish Fabians’ chair Martin McCluskey – one of the authors of the paper – said: “Labour has a mountain to climb to win the next UK general election, but with voters swinging between parties more than ever before they have a historic opportunity.

“However, a majority is impossible to win unless Labour wins seats in Scotland.

“Almost one in five of the seats Labour needs for a stable majority are in Scotland. The UK Labour Party cannot afford to put Scotland in the ‘too difficult’ pile.

“We need to hear as much from Keir Starmer and the shadow cabinet about winning back Scotland as we do about winning back seats in the north of England.

“Labour’s Scottish seats were the first red wall to fall, and they need just as much attention.”

Co-author and Scottish Fabians’ national manager Katherine Sangster stated: “As our briefing shows, Labour can’t afford to write off any part of Britain if the party wants to win a majority at the next UK election.

“The seats Labour needs to win across the UK are remarkably diverse. To win them, Labour needs to put forward a programme that speaks to people the length and breadth of Britain.”

Related: Elevenses: Keir’s Magnum Opus

Tags: headlineKeir Starmer Labour PartyLabour PartyScotland

Since you are here

Since you are here, we wanted to ask for your help.

Journalism in Britain is under threat. The government is becoming increasingly authoritarian and our media is run by a handful of billionaires, most of whom reside overseas and all of them have strong political allegiances and financial motivations.

Our mission is to hold the powerful to account. It is vital that free media is allowed to exist to expose hypocrisy, corruption, wrongdoing and abuse of power. But we can't do it without you.

If you can afford to contribute a small donation to the site it will help us to continue our work in the best interests of the public. We only ask you to donate what you can afford, with an option to cancel your subscription at any point.

To donate or subscribe to The London Economic, click here.

The TLE shop is also now open, with all profits going to supporting our work.

The shop can be found here.

You can also SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER .

Subscribe to our Newsletter

View our  Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions

Trending on TLE

  • All
  • trending
Abdollah

‘Rescue us’: Afghan teacher begs UK to help him escape Taliban

CHOMSKY: “If Corbyn had been elected, Britain would be pursuing a much more sane course”

What If We Got Rid Of Prisons?

More from TLE

Transgender washroom bill doesn’t breach US Civil Rights, says North Carolina

Sunday Express warns “don’t try to smear Brexit” ahead of publication of Russia report

Simple Ways To Increase Ranking Results For Your WordPress Blog

Jeremy Corbyn attacked for celebrating Passover with Jews – but apparently Jewdas are the wrong sort of Jews

Pensioner to make windfall after old bell found in field is worth huge sum & dates back 1,500 years

Ecuador denies Wikileaks claim Julian Assange is to be arrested

China to suspend flights to and from UK over new variant of Covid

Mike Pompeo threatens to assassinate more Iranian leaders if they retaliate against US

Angela Rayner accused of calling Manchester MP “scum” during Commons debate

Labour Party Gains 100k New Members Since EU Referendum

About Us

TheLondonEconomic.com – Open, accessible and accountable news, sport, culture and lifestyle.

Read more

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.




No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Food
  • Travel
  • More…
    • Elevenses
    • Opinion
    • Property
    • Tech & Auto
  • About Us
    • Meet the Team
    • Privacy policy
  • Contact us

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.