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Given that Scottish Labour have haemorrhaged so many members recently with the accompanying loss of revenue I would suggest that even with Jim Murphy's fine words about being a separate autonomous party a large injection of funds from London will be required to keep Scottish Labour afloat and I can't see Ed and his pals giving him what he needs without having a say in the running of the party north of the border.

Regarding the cost of membership, it is £1.00 a month or £12 annually or £5 annually if you don't earn a wage. Don't worry Chris it's easy to make that mistake as Jim Murphy made exactly the same error on Scotland Tonight yesterday, so your your comment about the additional 75000 members being a drain seems to be way off the mark as even if half stays on for a year that's £450,000 in additional revenue, something Jim, even if he sells his political soul, will be unlikely to get for Scottish Labour from Ed!