The Exchange: Coll McCail

Scottish Labour is once again searching for a new leader. But the real question isn’t simply who comes after Anas Sarwar. How has a once dominant institution been so sidelined, and is there any way back? To discuss, we are joined by this week’s guest, Coll McCail. Coll is a Scottish writer and Editor of Skotia.

Themes include:

• The roots of the crisis in Scottish Labour

• The hollowing out of the party’s social base and internal life

• The impact and role of the Scottish national question

• The wider dilemmas confronting “social democracy” and “centre-left” politics

• The role of mass and extra-parliamentary movements in shaping Scottish politics

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