Wen<p>Common sense, but then he is FM, Scottish and not worth listening to by our current maladministration who still regret devolution. Meanwhile Starmer continues to search for those elusive red wall brexiteers, convinced he can bring them back into the Labour fold.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/31/scotland-brexit-britain-labour-eu-europe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/jan/31/scotland-brexit-britain-labour-eu-europe</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Swinney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swinney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brexit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UkPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UkPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WillTheyListen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WillTheyListen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LabourDelusions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LabourDelusions</span></a></p>