Labour refuses to give up the fight in Scotland

Miliband’s director of field operations plans to switch resources to focus on winnable Scottish seats

Labour leader Ed Miliband
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Labour is fighting back against the Nationalist surge in Scotland by seeking to reawaken memories of an historic moment in the House of Commons when Ed Miliband was a ten-year-old boy.

Scottish Labour have produced a video that pins the blame on the SNP for the downfall 36 years ago of Jim Callaghan’s Labour government which ushered in the Thatcher era.

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Jack Bremer is a London-based reporter, attached to The Week.co.uk. He has reported regularly from the United States and France.