THE SNP have high hopes of inflicting a devastating defeat on Labour in the Glasgow East by-election. Strange, then, that they have had more to say about the Scottish Labour leadership contest than the make-or-break poll in the east end of Glasgow on July 24. The Nats are keen to exploit the leadership race - to portray Labour as divided and obsessed with discussing their own policy of independence. Labour must not play their game. As former first minister Henry McLeish has warned, talking tactics about an independence referendum is not for a leadership contest. That's not just because the issue tied Wendy Alexander in knots during her troubled time in charge. It is because Labour don't need to get dragged into it. Most Scots do not favour independence. They agree with Labour on that. What Labour members - like all voters -...
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