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The Tories must now commit to working through it - exclusively - and resist the temptation of unilateral proposals or bilateral deals.

In Scotland and Wales it is recognised that their devolution is a process which is not yet complete. All parties there, including the Conservative Party, are promising more powers and a general expansion of status and remit for their National Parliaments and governments. So the outstanding question, to my way of thinking, is what is going to happen in England!

McCabe has not had a reputation for strategic thinking or intellectual brilliance, but his analysis of the constitutional deficiencies of the Scottish Labour leadership is devastating in its directness and clarity. He has said what Wendy Alexander never managed to say. It is the most important Labour strategy statement in decades, and should be nailed to the door of every Labour constituency association in Scotland.

“Some of the MPs are afraid of the prospect of the next Holyrood leader being elected on the back of their votes, so they want to keep out of it.”