Skip to main content
Donate to the 95 years appeal
Delegates torpedo right’s plans over single market
CONRAD LANDIN reports from Dundee

RIGHTWINGERS lost their battle to commit Scottish Labour to single market membership yesterday and took to heckling a young party activist.

Delegates at Scottish Labour’s conference voted in favour of a “unity statement” supporting Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit blueprint.

As a result, a constituency motion promoted by former Scottish leader Kezia Dugdale and MP Ian Murray, which would have committed Labour to off-the-shelf membership of the EU single market, fell.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
More from this author
eaf
Exhibition review / 19 August 2025
19 August 2025

CONRAD LANDIN offers a guide to the diverse shows at Edinburgh Art Festival

The march passes by the refinery
Britain / 4 August 2024
4 August 2024
Similar stories
Voices of Scotland / 25 March 2025
25 March 2025
While VINCE MILLS laments the resignation of Neil Findlay from Scottish Labour, he explains why he won’t be joining him outside the party in the ongoing struggle for a socialist future
Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater addresses members, Ma
Features / 30 October 2024
30 October 2024
COLL MCCAIL reveals how party members rebelled against the current leadership’s attempts to block democratic debate on opposing SNP budget cuts at their Greenock conference
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sar
Voices of Scotland / 14 October 2024
14 October 2024
Under Starmer and Sarwar, both the UK and Scottish Labour Parties are committed to the dogmas of neoliberalism – although signs are that resistance is growing, argues VINCE MILLS