Why Scottish nationalists should see Burnham as a real threat - and an opportunity | Rory Scothorne

The PMs goals may spell bad news for the SNP. Ironically, his EU bridge-building could also resurrect their dreams of independenceFifty years ago this month, a group of leftwing Scots gathered in the Golden Lion hotel in Stirling for the inaugural conference of a new political party. The Scottish Labour party had formally split from Labour at the beginning of 1976, driven by disillusionment over the partys timid proposals for a new Scottish assembly. They were led by the firebrand MP for South A...