Stop talking about Salmond so much, Labour would-be leaders urged
THE three candidates vying for the Scottish Labour leadership were urged to stop talking about the SNP leader last night.
Iain Gray, Cathy Jamieson and Andy Kerr appeared before 150 people in Glasgow for the latest in a series of hustings meetings.
A questioner asked: "Would you stop using Alex Salmond in your speeches? You're giving him a platform he doesn't deserve."
Mr Gray told her:
"The thing people like about Alex Salmond is not his policies but that his leadership is confident.
"The Labour Party has to rediscover its own confidence, because our values beat his values into a cocked hat."
Ms Jamieson said:
"It's time to reassert Labour values of fairness, social justice and opportunity for all."
Mr Kerr said: "I think that role of taking on Salmond and holding him to account for all his policy failures and broken promises is a significant role for the leader."
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