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Michael Marra: “Across the UK, we lost to political insurgents that were railing against a Labour government that had lost contact with…”

On the recordAugust 16, 2026
Across the UK, we lost to political insurgents that were railing against a Labour government that had lost contact with the country, but in Scotland we lost to a feckless, incompetent, and corrupt SNP, whose two-decade record has seen every Scottish institution weakened and the opportunities of our population recede.
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Michael Marra
Scottish Labour

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Commenting on Labour's election losses in Scotland.

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