Breaking: Kezia Dugdale steps down as Scottish Labour leader

[Ken Burch]

13. I was wrong on the Smith Commission date.

I would note, however, that that was when Ed Miliband led Labour. Corbyn is not responsible for that decision at that time, and I think could be persuaded to take a different view. You disagree.

I'm not going to tell you, of all people, not to feel. Your anger towards Labour's historic failings and betrayals seems well-grounded to me.

It's possible I have excessive expectations of what the next Scottish Labour leader might stand for. I mainly felt that whoever comes next would probably be more reasonable and less limited in outlook than Kezia, and would recognize that Labour's only possibilities for recovery there lay in embracing policies to the SNP's left. I recognize that Sturgeon has done a lot of progressive things.

BTW, if I'd lived in Scotland in 2015, I most likely would have voted "Aye". I'm not an anti-independence zealot-it's simply that have a greater sense of the possibilities with Corbyn than I would have with Ed. You disagree, and you live there.

I was simply trying to have some sort of dialog with you-not convince you of the error of your ways or anything.

My point has never been to exalt the Labour Party as much as to achieve the most progressive future for all.