Iain Macwhirter: Growth Commission report brings new hope to Labour

All week, Labour have been pinching itself in disbelief. For months, it has been banging on, pretty unconvincingly, with the line that the SNP is the new “austerity party”, with cuts in local government and constraints in the NHS. Now, Nicola Sturgeon, who was always thought of as a dedicated left-winger, has found herself defending a document that reads in places like one of George Osborne’s Budget speeches. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16257368.Iain_Macwhirter__Growth_Commission_report_brings_new_hope_to_Labour/