Brown tries to paper over Scottish rift

guardian.co.uk     12-May-2008            

PM tries to heal rift caused by Wendy Alexander backing Scottish independence referendum ... Gordon Brown yesterday struggled to paper over the cracks which have dangerously split the party in London and Edinburgh since Wendy Alexander, the party's leader in Scotland,... [read full story]                    

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It's An Own Goal

dailyrecord.co.uk     12-May-2008          

LABOUR'S Scottish leader Wendy Alexander has been forced into a humiliating U-turn over her call for an early independence referendum. ... However she tries to fudge the issue now, it's clear that her misguided attempt to challenge the Nats over independence has damaged...                    

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Wendy Alexander and the backdoor coup

libdemblogs.co.uk     12-May-2008          

In the last few weeks Gordon Brown has had to deal with various political storms. One has been Wendy Alexander's 'bring it on' demand. If you missed this, the leader of the Scottish Labour party suggested that Alex Salmond should call a referendum now on whether Scotland should be independent....                    

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