Gordon Brown report on future of UK branded 'stale' and 'irrelevant' by Scottish Labour MSP

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Scottish Labour splits on the constitution have reopened after a senior MSP dismissed a high profile report by Gordon Brown as “stale” and “irrelevant”.Former deputy leader Alex Rowley also accused his own party of trying to ignore the constitution as an issue.Brown, prime minister between 20007 and 2010, was asked by Labour leader Keir Starmer to chair a commission on the future of the Union.It made a series of recommendations on Lords reform and devolution of power, but some in the Scottish party were disappointed it did not contain a list of powers to devolve to Holyrood.Senior figures in Anas Sarwar’s party want Starmer to commit to an ambitious programme of devolution if he is Prime Minister.In an article for the left-wing Red Paper Collective, timed to appear ahead of Scottish Labour conference this week, Rowley was critical of his party’s approach.Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon will be interviewing Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar on February 14th ahead of his party's conference in Edinburgh.

The interview will include questions from Record readers. If you have any questions you would like to pose, please email paul.hutcheon@dailyrecord.co.ukHe argued that the ongoing debate on independence suited the Tories and the SNP at the expense of Labour.He wrote: “So, whilst both these parties use the constitutional question to win over voters, the general approach from Labour since the 2014 referendum has been “don’t mention the constitution”.“Labour believes it can rise above a petty dispute over independence, and, despite all the evidence to the contrary, the line tends to be that people are more interested in the NHS, in education and in day-to-day life than they are in the constitution.”However, it was