The Lady Is All For U-Turning

May 11 2008

IT is hard to criticise the logic behind Wendy Alexander's second U-turn on an independence referendum.

Mainly because, like most voters, we do not understand what she is talking about.

Last week we broke the exclusive story on Labour's call for an early vote on independence.

We warned the issue would dominate politics at the expense of debate on real issues that matter to hard-working families. We were right.

We warned Wendy would dig herself into an ever bigger hole if she tried to call the Nats' bluff. We were right.

Unfortunately, the only person convinced by Wendy Alexander's backtracking yesterday was Wendy herself...and London Labour.

She has gone from being antireferendum to pro-referendum to anti-referendum in a week.

First Minister Alex Salmond has been accused of being smug and self-satisfied.

After Labour's performance during the last week, he has every right to be.