[hibeejim21]

Gordon Brown is to lead a commission to settle the issue of the Union.

I thought Starmer did very well with the speech today, he got heckled quite a bit from the hard left. He made a few jokes, talked about how he wants to focus on work, care, equality and security. He said that Scotland has been failed by the Tories and the SNP. Said Labour are patriotic and the party of the Union.

Speeches don't win elections, so he's got a lot more to do. Has to convince the electorate and not just the converted.

Scotland have been failed by Labour xxxx big time too though. I thought his speech was overlong and too self centred, totally lacking in any vision and direction. He is clueless about Scotland and the devolved nations as his recent intervention in NI politics show.

The press are tickling his balls big time at the moment because he's *not corbyn* and he's solved anti-semitism single handedly. But his personal ratings show he isn't popular in the country at large.

Incidentally Corbyn is very much a Labour MP until the next election whip or not (i believe a legal challenge is underway on how he has been treated). If he stands as an independent he will stroll it in that seat and likely increase his majority.