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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Neal Lawson

I’ll never talk to the SNP, says Starmer. That’s morally dubious and tactically inept

Keir Starmer, left,  and the Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, during a campaign visit in Glasgow.
Keir Starmer, left, and the Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, during a campaign visit in Glasgow. Photograph: John Linton/PA

What is politics about if not about talking? Politics is about the formation of shifting alliances in the country, across different voter groups and sectors, between parties and within parties. At its best, politics is agile, inquiring, empathic, humble and bold.

But not according to Labour’s leadership, which is on Monday expected to confirm its strategy of never talking to the SNP, a move that is morally dubious and tactically inept.

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