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The SNP’s attitude to the closure of a 163-year-old train works does not bode well for its version of an independent Scotland, writes NEIL FINDLAY

LAST Friday the Caley Rail works in Springburn, Glasgow, closed. This plant manufactured and refurbished trains since 1856.

To mark the occasion trade unions, led by Unite, held an event at the plant — the community gathered in an act of solidarity with a pipe band leading the railway workers out of the plant for the last time in emotional scenes.

This closure was fought tooth and nail by Unite and the RMT in a brilliant and energetic campaign, leaving no stone unturned in their effort to save the jobs and livelihoods of their members. The proposed closure was debated in the Scottish and Westminster Parliaments.

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