Two former Scottish Labour leaders have warned their party against a continued focus on more powers for Holyrood.
Lord McConnell said an “endless” debate on the subject is a “blind alley” while Jim Murphy claimed further powers are “not an alternative”.
However, speaking at a fringe event at Labour conference in Liverpool, the two Scottish Labour veterans sounded a sceptical note. “I think the real challenge is 'how do you change the way the British state works’ to reflect the fact that the United Kingdom is now a multinational state with different levels of legislative power in different places.
Murphy, who briefly led the party after the 2014 referendum, said: “My take is that the circular conversation about powers is an attempt to fix a political problem. Further powers are an important part of the political project [but] they are not an alternative.
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