Tom Griffin (London, OK): The Scottish Labour Party will have a new leader by this weekend. The Scotsman suggests that Wendy Alexander's successor could quickly find themselves at odds with Westminster:
In London, the government is trying to keep down wage inflation and will not provide any more money for public-sector wages.
In Scotland, the party is going through a leadership campaign where two of the candidates have been backed by unions involved in the strike action.
What this means is that, when Labour in Scotland does get its new leader this weekend, the party here will almost certainly be in favour of strike action while the party in England is not.
