LABOUR DOES NOT LOOK HUNGRY FOR POWER

Read More Here: "MORE often than not the important ideological tussles in politics take place within parties rather than between parties. Bill Clinton made the Democrats electable by overcoming their desire for a Roosevelt-style New Deal. Tony Blair made Labour a party of Government again by prising its fingers away from Clause Four socialism. Nostrums are challenged. Sacred cows are slain. That's how you make history.

Momentous shifts like these only happen in opposition – hunger to regain power is the only thing capable of persuading a party to surrender its ideological comfort blanket. Which is why the Scottish Labour leadership campaign is an enormous opportunity to change the face of Scottish politics – and why it's an opportunity that's likely to be squandered."