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by Conrad Landin
in Aberdeen
RUTH DAVIDSON pledged to lead a “blue-collar revolution” and “make sure nobody is left behind” this weekend – but Labour accused her of “shameless soundbites.”
The Scottish Tory leader sought to reach out to working-class voters with pledges to improve vocational education and a “lifelong skills guarantee” to help workers change careers.
The new Scottish Parliament looks set to continue a cycle of managerial tinkering while public services face the axe, writes STEPHEN LOW
VINCE MILLS cautions over the perils and pitfalls of ‘a new left party’
While Reform poses as a workers’ party, a credible left alternative rooted in working-class communities would expose their sham — and Corbyn’s stature will be crucial to its appeal, argues CHELLEY RYAN