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Interview with Frank McAveety

Just a few months after Labour lost control of Glasgow City Council I interviewed former Glasgow City Council Leader Frank McAveety on issues ranging from labour’s decline in Scotland, the party’s leadership to the real issues facing Glasgow today. This interview is from 19/09/17 Frank McAveety interview  - Youtube link

Tory councillor Thomas Kerr: no one knows what Labour stands for

Councillor Thomas Kerr Labour has no one ‘cutting through’ in Scottish politics and no one knows what they stand for, according to a Tory councillor. Thomas Kerr, 21, a Tory councillor in the Glasgow Shettleston region said: “I would rather trust an SNP politician because I know what they stand for… The problem with Labour, and why they're in such a bad state right now in Scotland, is no one quite knows what they stand for. “Are they pro-union? Are they anti-union? Are they going to let yes campaigners become councillors? How many people have I met before in my life that say: ‘I don’t like your politics, but I know what you stand for.’ People like that as a principle.” Kerr accredited the reason for his party’s success to Labour, saying: “The reason why we are doing so well in Glasgow -and, in particular, Shettleston- is because of Frank McAveety and because of Labour, because they’ve been in charge for 40-odd years and people just fell out of love with them.&q