24 February 2007

Running scared?

Is the First Minister a feardie? It's beginning to look that way. The Herald reports:
Jack McConnell found time for a second successive day on the campaign trail with the Chancellor yesterday, but again sidestepped a head-on debate with SNP leader Alex Salmond.
A BBC radio debate in Eyemouth last night had Work and Pensions Minister Jim Murphy filling the Labour chair, facing down the SNP.
The previous night, a televised Question Time debate in Edinburgh had Lord Foulkes employed in the Nat-bashing role, during which he reignited the controversy started by Liberal Democrats at the weekend by again referring to the SNP as xenophobic.
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SNP campaign director Angus Robertson claimed the Labour leader's refusal to appear on the show was the seventh time he has declined to debate with Mr Salmond. He also claimed that Mr McConnell has now rejected 15 invitations to appear on the programme.

The longer he leaves it, the more difficult it will be.

1 comment:

Donald Maclean said...

The more you look at Labour behaviour at MSP or MP level, the harder it becomes to avoid the conclusion that a mixture of arrogance and apathy is leading to a 'rabbit in the headlights' pattern. They need a political smack in the chops.