'New Labour is to blame for the Scottish independence vote'http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scottish-independence/10715010/New-Labour-is-to-blame-for-the-Scottish-independence-vote.htmlBy Ben Riley-Smith, Scottish Political Reporter
5:12PM GMT 21 Mar 2014
New Labour is to blame for bringing about the Scottish independence referendum because it abandoned the interests of its core voters, one of the party's own MPs claimed yesterday.
Ian Davidson said Tony Blair's adoption of privitisation and "cow-towing" to America drove Labour supporters into the arms of the SNP despite their separatist policies.
But he added that the current debate is being "enormously constructive" by returning devolution to the top of the agenda and forcing all politicians to think harder about the benefits of the Union.
Mr Davidson, MP for Glasgow South West and chair of Westminster's Scottish Affairs Committee, made his comments during a Daily Telegraph fringe meeting at the Scottish Labour Conference.
They appear to run against the Scottish Labour leadership's attempts to paint the independence referendum as an Alex Salmond obsession which runs against the desires of most Scots.
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Among other nationalists/ separatist movements are Quebec, Catalonia, Basques, etc.