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Inside Scottish Labour's civil war (opens the original)
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Any possibility of a friendly and good-tempered election for the post of Scottish Labour leader has gone, just a few days after nominations opened. The bad blood is already flowing. Monica Lennon, who wants to stand but is struggling to secure the necessary support, said in a post on X (on 2 August) that the contest “reeks of misogyny and male entitlement”. So far, unless she can drum up more backers, the election looks likely to be a shoot-out between Michael Marra and Joe Fagan. For her part,
Anas Sarwar has jumped – and left Scottish Labour adrift (opens the original)
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As Keir Starmer put it to Kemi Badenoch at his final PMQs, leading the opposition is the hardest job in politics. It came as little surprise, then, that Anas Sarwar decided another five years at the helm of poor, broken Scottish Labour was not for him. Sarwar gave it everything he had after taking over in 2021. He had a very clear and publicly stated ambition: he wanted to be first minister. For a while it seemed like he might just pull it off. The SNP was mired in scandal, performing poorly in
Andy Burnham would be wrong to move Douglas Alexander (opens the original)
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Andy Burnham becomes prime minister on Monday (20 July) and at that point we will learn the make-up of the new Cabinet. There has been plenty of jockeying for position among existing ministers and ambitious backbenchers. Who will be chancellor? What will happen to Ed? What about Shabana, or Yvette? Rachel is surely for the chop? Louise and Anneliese are clearly on the up. As the rumours have flown, there has been the occasional suggestion that Douglas Alexander could be replaced as Scottish Secr
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