Blair McDougall, who led the Better Together campaign in the 2014 independence referendum, claims that Scottish Labour MPs before 2015 felt their power was threatened by devolution. He contrasts this with the new group of MPs, who see devolution as an opportunity and view leader Anas Sarwar as a valuable asset.
Previous Scottish Labour MPs "felt threatened by devolution", the leader of the No campaign during the 2014 independence referendum has said.
The new MP for East Renfrewshire said that the new group of MPs "view devolution as an opportunity rather than a threat." And that they think Scottish Labour leader "Anas Sarwar is an enormous asset for us on the doorstep." He said: "All the new MPs who have been elected are people who have come into political life in the age of devolution. That attitude is so different from how things were before. The tale of the previous large group of Scottish Labour MPs was of them feeling threatened by devolution.
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