ANOTHER LOCAL LABOUR PARTY IN TURMOIL

ANOTHER LOCAL LABOUR PARTY IN TURMOIL



Commenting on reports that another local Labour party is in turmoil with the resignation of a councillor from the Labour group on Inverclyde Council West of Scotland MSP Stuart McMillan said it pointed to simmering divisions within the Scottish Labour party across the country.



Councillor Charlie McCallum resigned from Inverclyde's Labour group to become an independent and hoped it would lead to more consensus politics on the council. His decision follows the resignation of councillors from the opposition group on West Dunbartonshire Council for similar reasons and the suspension of East Lothian Labour party after divisions between members.



Commenting Mr McMillan said:



"Councillor McCallum has made a brave and welcome decision which exposes how Labour's constant negativity is backfiring with their own members resigning because they are not putting the interests of local people first.



"Hopefully this resignation will make the minority Labour administration on Inverclyde think again about their approach to politics. The people of Inverclyde are more interested in how politicians can make life better – not how much they can attack other parties and scaremonger.



"This resignation poses fundamental questions for the Labour party in Scotland. With similar resignations in West Dunbartonshire and East Lothian Labour party suspended there is obviously something wrong within the Labour party in Scotland. These events are just the public face of simmering discontents and divisions."