07 January 2008

Still on holiday?

It's not outright opposition, but nor is it even grudging acceptance. And it's not as if they haven't had months to think about it. The Herald reports on Labour's apparent inability to make its mind up:
Rival parties are preparing to leave Labour isolated at Holyrood this week as MSPs debate the Gould report on last May's election fiasco.
The fact that the SNP, Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and Greens all support the key recommendation - that Holyrood should take responsibility for running elections north of the border from Westminster - will make for a difficult return to action for Wendy Alexander as she awaits her fate in the Electoral Commission inquiry into donations.
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Shadow secretary for public services Andy Kerr stressed: "We are happy to consider all of the recommendations made by Mr Gould but we should allow the parliament and its committees to examine the matter fully and make subsequent recommendations. Indeed, the local government committee is taking evidence and will report soon.
"Mr Gould identified that some of the problems arose by having the STV (single transferable vote) local government elections on the same day as the Scottish parliamentary elections. Scottish Labour believes that one of the solutions is to ensure that council elections are on a different cycle but we will consider the consultation undertaken by the Scotland Office carefully."

Does Labour have no views of its own? Do they really want to defend a position where Westminster is responsible for the administration of Scottish elections? And where is Wendy?

Instead, Scottish Labour continues to give the impression that the strings are being pulled from London. They are letting their supporters down.

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