How do you factor Scottish independence into that McGrath?

Independence within five years seems inevitable and where would that position an English/Welsh Labour party?

No, political slight of hand can't fix this one, everyone I speak to (and this is borne out by election results), just want Labour out of power. Most feel used and ashamed of what was done by Blair and his cabinet.
"The war" is still the main reason that people want them gone, but there are all the other disgraces...."Cash for honours"..."Cheriegate"
"Presidential politics", "Sleaze on a vast scale" (worse than the last Tory govt, but more cleverly carried out)"
"Hypocrisy" (Abbott, Jowell and many others)
People have realised that Labour no longer speaks for the under-priviliged and that they are even worse than the Conservatives when in power........(Oh they give a little....a minimum wage that might just keep us from starving, but none of the political parties would allow us to starve to death!....That would be bad PR), but the damage they have done to the cause of "Socialism" is very great.
Hypocrisy has always been the "Achilles heel" of the Left and the New Labour Project has made that hypocrisy apparent to everyone.
Who would have thought that a Labour MP of thirty years standing could be banished from the party for daring to speak against war.

I hope that here in Scotland, we can make a new begining....not Scotland.com or Scotland Ltd, but real freedom for our people that others may wish to follow. Time will tell.

As for you Southerners, I'm afraid all you have left is the power of prayer.....Ake