A former Labour Scottish First Minister has urged new UK party leader Jeremy Corbyn to push for "home rule" for Scotland.
Henry McLeish, who led Scottish Labour for a year following the death of inaugural First Minister Donald Dewar in 2000, said Mr Corbyn should work with MSPs to deliver "an alternative to the current position on devolution".
He told BBC News: "If Corbyn does the right thing he can garnish a lot of support in Scotland, stop the haemorrhaging of Labour voters to the SNP, work with us to get an alternative to the current position on devolution, push for home rule.
"If he can do all of these things, listen, take (Scottish Labour leader) Kezia Dugdale into his confidence, then I am sure Kezia will want to maintain her distance in terms of being a more independent party but working with the sister party down south to make sure we make progress."
He attacked Labour members who have indicated that they would refuse to work with Mr Corbyn, and challenged those who say he cannot be Prime Minister.
"It's interesting to look around the world just now," he said.
"There has been some interesting developments, whether it be Greece, Spain, even the US.
"Politics is on the move. A lot of people are massively disillusioned with what they regard as the old political classes, so let's wait and see.
"It's a huge challenge for him and huge challenge for the Labour Party, but this is a different era of politics.
"We've seen that in Scotland, we've nationalism now through the Conservatives and Ukip in London, so I think there are many opportunities."
Former leader Ed Miliband pledged to deliver a Home Rule Bill for Scotland if he was elected in May, endorsed by Ms Dugdale when she was Scottish Labour's deputy leader, with powers that went beyond those proposed by the Smith Commission on devolution.
However, there is no agreed definition of the term "home rule" and the SNP attacked Mr Miliband's plans as continuing "Westminster rule not home rule" with many tax and welfare decision reserved.
Labour has already unsuccessfully tabled amendments to the Scotland Bill, but it has rejected the SNP's call for full fiscal autonomy.
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