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‘Jeremy Corbyn’s message will unite Scottish people’
ZOE STREATFIELD finds out why the Labour leader is inspiring voters north of the border

IF WE are to kick Theresa May and her cronies out of office at the next available opportunity and elect a progressive Labour government, winning back Scotland has to be central to this fight.

Despite nearly being wiped off the face of the Earth in last year’s Scottish parliament elections and the general election before that, Scottish Labour did make some headway in June.

The party has gone from having just one MP to seven, including Danielle Rowley, Hugh Gaffney and Paul Sweeney, all of which stood on an explicitly left platform.

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