Calls for the SNP and Labour to work together at Holyrood should be welcomed

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Calls for the SNP and Labour to work together at Holyrood should be welcomed
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Would a collaboration between the two parties be such a bad thing? Many voters wouldn’t mind the idea. But convincing members from both camps could prove impossible.

Politics in any functioning democracy is built on opposition, civilised conflict and varied opinions.

Stewart McDonald was, until July, the SNP MP for Glasgow South – having fought often bitter campaigns against Labour opponents. It seems like a total non-starter on paper. The two parties have been involved in some bitterly contested elections dating back to the 60s. The football legend has seen his old Manchester United pal Bobby Charlton felled by the disease, with ­Scotland legend Denis Law now suffering too.

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