Honesty in Politics

One of the contenders in Labour's Scottish leadership election - Tom Harris - makes a remarkable admission in today's Scotland on Sunday.

The Labour MP concedes - for the first time I've heard anyway - that Alex Salmond and the SNP deserved to win this year's Scottish Parliament elections.

Which gave the SNP an historic overall majority at Holyrood - of course.

Now Tom Harris will probably not win many friends for speaking so honestly - because it's traditional for politicians - of all parties - to stick to and keep repeating the party line.

But Harris is right to be worried that Labour's arrogance could kill the party off north of the border - because of what he describes as Labour's 'complacent and arrogant' attitude.

So I take my hat off to Tom Harris - for speaking his mind and rattling a few cages.

The fact is that Labour's leadership contest in Scotland has been woeful - lamentable even - with the party giving the impression that no one really wants the top job.

And that if Labour puts up a 'monkey' in a sharp suit - then the Scottish people will just vote for  the party again - at the next election.

Somehow I doubt that will happen - and as the only candidate so far to try and shake Labour out of its complacency - my vote, if I had one - would go to Tom Harris.

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