Socialist ideals must be nurtured, not allowed to dissipate

First published in the Morning Star on 24 December 2019: 
Labour has a job on its hands to claw back from the toxic image it seems to have with many voters in Scotland.

That’s not all Labour’s fault. For the Scottish National Party to deliver on its raison d’etre of independence it had to destroy what had been the dominant force in Scottish politics. Any other issue was secondary.