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For those who say we can’t afford to make lasting changes, I say we can’t afford not to
A year from now Scotland heads to the polls to decide the future of the country. Scottish Labour leader RICHARD LEONARD gives his view on the choices that lie ahead
Richard Leonard

IN EXACTLY a year’s time, Scotland will have the chance to determine its future. 

It is a choice between business as usual on one hand, and a radical transformation of our society and economy on the other. 

It is a choice between a vision of a decade of investment and another decade of austerity. 

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