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Keeping Scottish Labour on the right track

KNOWING chuckles in Dundee’s Caird Hall yesterday as Scottish Labour deputy leader Lesley Laird said: “No doubt that you will have much to enjoy, debate, eat and, yes, drink! But only in moderation.”

Party conferences are not best known for delegates exercising health-conscious self-control.

Scottish Young Labour activists were gearing up for their conference karaoke night. In the spirit of the kinder, gentler politics, organisers were prepared to put on any backing track requested — with one exception: D:Ream’s Things Can Only Get Better.

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