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Bring Brown back to lead Labour in Scotland

If the SNP's historic victory tells us anything, it is that a leader who is a charismatic big-hitter can add an irresistible momentum to a campaign.

The problem Scotland now faces (and even SNP die-hards admit this) is that democracy is ill-served by one-party rule and yet that may be what confronts us, thanks to the degree of disarray in all three main opposition parties.