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Labour has entered its annual UK conference in dire straits. ‌

Current polling suggests the party that won such a resounding victory at last year’s general election now stands little hope of winning back power at Holyrood in seven months’ time. ‌

Many Scots who believed Keir Starmer would offer real change to a decade of Tory incompetence have already given up on him. ‌

And one of the big beneficiaries of Labour’s lacklustre first year has been right-wing populist Nigel Farage. Reform is big on attention-grabbing soundbites but less enthusiastic on explaining how its few policies will work.

The party still has no Scottish leader and no manifesto for what it wants to achieve – if anything – at Holyrood. But many voters are so hacked off with Labour and

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