Labour Needs a Mr T
Thursday's election result has landed Scottish Labour with a B-Team from which to choose its new leader - when they desperately need a real A-Team sort of person - a leader with real style and pizazz.
Someone with that X Factor who can lift the party out of its doldrums - a Mr T figure who can rally the dispirited troops - and breathe new life in a party that has lost its way.
But whether they can do so from the talent pool left to the party after Thursday's election - is another matter altogether.
Most of the obvious contenders have either fled to Westminster already or lost their seats - in the rout by the SNP.
And what's left doesn't exactly inspire confidence.
Be honest - who would you want to take with you from the Labour opposition group - if you were going on a big night out on the town?
I think I'd prefer to stay in and watch the telly - or even clean the oven.
Maybe I shouldn't laugh - but the sorry state of the Labour party pains me somewhat because I used to be a member - albeit a long time ago.
What's clear is that it's not good for Scottish democracy or the body politic - for Labour to be laid so low - even if they got what they so richly deserved after all these years.
So what Labour needs is its own Mr T - or maybe even a Mrs T - though on second thoughts another Mrs T might not go down so well with the Scottish voters.
Ah well, back to the drawing board.
Someone with that X Factor who can lift the party out of its doldrums - a Mr T figure who can rally the dispirited troops - and breathe new life in a party that has lost its way.
But whether they can do so from the talent pool left to the party after Thursday's election - is another matter altogether.
Most of the obvious contenders have either fled to Westminster already or lost their seats - in the rout by the SNP.
And what's left doesn't exactly inspire confidence.
Be honest - who would you want to take with you from the Labour opposition group - if you were going on a big night out on the town?
I think I'd prefer to stay in and watch the telly - or even clean the oven.
Maybe I shouldn't laugh - but the sorry state of the Labour party pains me somewhat because I used to be a member - albeit a long time ago.
What's clear is that it's not good for Scottish democracy or the body politic - for Labour to be laid so low - even if they got what they so richly deserved after all these years.
So what Labour needs is its own Mr T - or maybe even a Mrs T - though on second thoughts another Mrs T might not go down so well with the Scottish voters.
Ah well, back to the drawing board.
