It seems that the prospect of a Labour government is getting closer with every week that passes.
However, what kind of government would it be, and would it be good for Scotland? Yesterday, a correspondent feared that under Sir Keir Starmer a Labour administration would be “right-wing, anti-European and anti-immigration”.
Today, however, one of our readers argues that we have much to look forward to.
Peter A Russell of Glasgow writes:
"Willie Maclean (Letters, January 29) bemoans that he recently saw on TV that "there was no indication of what changes Labour would implement; only that it would be better at doing the stuff the Tories were doing badly".
In fact, the reason why the UK is for most of its citizens a relatively prosperous and decent place to live is that both Labour and Tory governments seek to operate within a mixed economy which can provide both the dynamism of markets and the common good of public services. However, it is also true that the Tories in power over the past 14 years have failed abysmally in running both parts of that mixed economy, and certainly far worse than the Labour government which preceded it.
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So, I suspect that I am not the only one who is looking forward to Labour again being much better than the Tories at creating a better economy for business and for workers, and at rebuilding public services for the benefit of us all. And contrary to what Mr McLean believes, Labour is committed to the social democratic centre-left, to a more efficient immigration system based on the UK's labour market requirements, and to a mutually more beneficial relationship with the EU.
If that is what Mr Maclean so deplores, that is up to him. I say bring it on – and as soon as possible."
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