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THERE IS no escaping it, Neil Findlay’s decision to leave the Labour Party on March 19 was a heavy blow for the Scottish Labour left. As reported in the Morning Star, his resignation letter was a stinging rebuke to the Labour Party leadership, citing the lengthening list of heartless decisions they have made in order advance the interests of corporate capital at the expense of the most vulnerable sections of the working class, with more to come.
More of that later, but can I first express my thanks to Neil, as a comrade and a friend for the important contribution he made to the left of Scottish politics in general and to the left of the Scottish Labour Party in particular.
His decision to stand for the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party against Jim Murphy in 2014, something he undertook only to advance the case of the left, was brave and unselfish. It allowed him to argue that the Scottish Labour Party with him as leader would have raised the minimum wage; accelerate council housebuilding; reduce the presence of the private sector in the NHS and give councils power to raise the revenue necessary to make a real impact in their localities.
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