So the SNP secured parliamentary approval - at least in its initial stages - for its budget, with the active support of the Tories (and the blessed Margo) and the benign neutrality of the Greens. But how do we rate the Labour Party's contribution so far to the budgetary process?
Were any of Labour's proposed amendments to the budget accepted? No.
Did Labour nevertheless secure any concessions fom the Government? No.
Did Labour manage to peel the Tories away from supporting the Government? No.
Did Labour even make a serious attempt to peel the Tories away from supporting the Government? Not as far as anyone could see.
Did Labour engage constructively with the Greens and the Independent in the budgetary process? No.
In general, did Labour exhibit the kind of flexibility and respect for the proposals of other parties needed in a situation where they would be dependent upon the votes of others? You must be joking.
Scottish Labour - pure dead inept.
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"Scottish Labour - pure dead inept."
Might use that... Hope you don't mind.
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