Title: SNP rains on Labour’s May Day parade | Elections News | Al Jazeera
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SNP rains on Labour’s May Day parade
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Failure of trust

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David Moxham is assistant general secretary of the Scottish Trade Union Congress, one of the main organisers of the May Day celebrations. He said people have lost faith in the party. “I think it has happened because for a long time Labour took its electorate in Scotland for granted. I still think that the Iraq War caused enormous damage amongst the activist base.” “The failure of trust is not something that can be recovered overnight,” Moxham added. “ You can’t push an avalanche back up a hill without very significant effort.” If the polls are right, Scottish Labour is on the eve of destruction. If even ex-miners are deserting them then there is little hope of a last minute turnaround. What is fascinating is that the challenge has come from the left, not the right. Last year’s independence referendum engaged working class Scots and taught them their votes could make a difference.