{UAH} Labour leadership race: Front-runner Jeremy Corbyn brings his campaign to Scotland

Comrade Akim Odong,

The Corbyn bandwagon has now rolled into Scotland where the party
faced a near wipe-put at the last elections, winning only one seat.
Maybe there are some lessons you can draw from the Scottish experience
in your federalist crusade. How did the Lbour Labour lose support
overnight, in an area that has been its natural home since the end of
the war? It is a lesson perhaps more poignant for the UPC, but the
question Scotland poses to you die-hard federalists is still very
germane: How do you handle the contradictions between nationalist and
federalist demands? That is the question occupying the Islington
marxist right now. What would be his advice to Scottish socialists on
the nationalist demands by the Scottish people.?

George Okello


Labour leadership race: Front-runner Jeremy Corbyn brings his campaign
to Scotland

10:49, 13 August 2015 By Record Reporter

THE veteran left-winger is attending public rallies in Aberdeen and
Dundee today, before taking his message to Edinburgh and Glasgow
tomorrow.
The veteran left-winger - the front-runner in the race - is attending
public rallies in Aberdeen and Dundee today, before taking his message
to Edinburgh and Glasgow tomorrow.

Mr Corbyn billed the events as a chance to hear him put his case to
become leader and put forward "the wider case for progressive
politics".

He will also argue that Labour can only win if it makes the case for
growth and investment rather than cuts and austerity.

Speaking ahead of today's rallies, Mr Corbyn said: "This campaign is
about spreading a message of hope and change based on the central
choice - five years or more of continued austerity, or a plan for
investment and growth that stands up for the majority.

"This message applies in Scotland as anywhere else. Here as elsewhere
we need to rebalance our economy and use public investment to create
the jobs and infrastructure that we will need for the 21st century."

A leadership contest is also taking place in Scotland, with MSPs Kezia
Dugdale and Ken Macintosh running to become Scottish Labour leader
after the party was all but wiped out north of the border in the
general election.

Mr Corbyn said Labour "cannot write-off Scotland".

"It's obvious these have not been the best of times for Scottish
Labour," he said.

"Showing that we have a vision for an economy that will provide the
sort of jobs, homes and opportunities people need will help us come
back across Scotland.



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"It's been fascinating - and exhilarating - watching this movement
mushroom over the last few weeks.

"I think our message will get a good hearing over the next couple of
days in Scotland - but I have never pretended that I've got all the
answers - so I'm looking forward to hearing what people across
Scotland have to say."

The visit comes after Tony Blair claimed Labour faces "annihilation"
at the next general election and could fail to be in government again
if Jeremy Corbyn becomes leader.

Tens of thousands of people have already crowded out public meetings
across England and Wales during a month of hectic campaigning,
according to Mr Corbyn's campaign team.

Organisers of the Glasgow meeting scheduled for Friday said they had
to move venues to the Fruitmarket after the original 300-capacity
venue became booked out.

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