SENIOR Labour figures have urged Gordon Brown to return to frontline politics and lead a drive to save the Union, it has been claimed.
Brown stepped down at the 2015 General Election after being a Better Together figurehead in the run-up to the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.
Yesterday the Sunday Times reported that the former PM has been approached by Keir Starmer allies to return to argue the case for the Union again from the frontlines.
It’s understood party leaders see Brown as the only Labour figure who can “cut through” in Scotland, where they now have just one MP.
The paper quoted a Starmer ally as saying: “Although he has not given a firm commitment, his attitude is ‘let’s wait and see what happens’.”
Reacting, Kirkcaldy SNP MSP David Torrance said: “Voters haven’t forgotten the broken promises made by Gordon Brown and the No campaign in 2014. Labour were quick to jump into bed with the Tories and deny the people of Scotland the chance of a better future. Now, they’re all too eager to do the same thing all over again.
“As long as Labour continue to line up behind Boris Johnson and ignore the majority of Scots, who believe that decisions should be made by governments entirely elected in Scotland, they will continue to alienate even their own voters and remain irrelevant.”
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