The decision by Labour in Scotland to oppose Trident renewal must be welcomed.
The urge in some quarters to score petty party political points must be resisted. We must seek new opportunities for constructive cross-party engagement in pursuit of progress where there is common ground. This common ground now appears to extend to the issue of Trident renewal. No-one "owns" opposition to Trident. We must now secure the passage of a cross-party motion at Holyrood opposing Trident renewal in advance of the SNP's opposition day debate at Westminster on the subject on the 24th.
Every reason our opponents gave to vote No during the referendum campaign represents an issue on which we require people to change their minds. When they do we should congratulate them for being open to persuasion, rather than ridicule them for contradicting themselves. An independent Scotland will only be achieved through mature inclusive politics that involves people who are able to disagree with each other. No-one knows everything, but everyone knows something, and you can never predict what you can learn from someone else.
And if Labour are not ultimately able to deliver it only further substantiates the instrumentality of Independence.
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