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Gordon Brown accuses David Cameron of setting trap for Scottish voters

Posted by seumasach on October 2, 2014

It’s more a joint Cameron/Salmond trap and Brown has correctly noted its two key elements: firstly, to weaken the Labour Party and secondly, to devolve spending and tax-raising powers in such a way as to undermine central government, or Big Government as the Republican right call it. But Labour have well and truly fallen into the trap and it’s too late now to extricate itself.

Guardian

30th Septemebr, 2014

Gordon Brown has accused David Cameron of setting a trap for Scottish voters by trying to dupe them into accepting significant cuts in voting powers for Scottish MPs at Westminster.

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