Sentences with phrase «scottish labour leader»

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Former Scottish Labour Leader Iain Gray took over as acting leader, as deputy leader Kezia Dugdale handed in her resignation as deputy leader in order to stand in the race to replace Murphy.

A new Scottish Labour for the Single Market group has been backed by former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale as well as Edinburgh South MP Ian Murray and MEP Catherine Stihler.

Meanwhile Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has called on Prime Minister Theresa May to resign following the General Election result.

His deputy, Kezia Dugdale MSP, would normally become acting leader until a permanent successor is found, but as she resigned the Deputy Leadership in order to run for the Leadership, former Scottish Labour Leader Iain Gray became acting leader.

Although Murphy subsequently said that he wished to remain as Scottish Labour leader, the poor result prompted senior party figures and trade unionists to question the viability of his future in the post.

Likewise, it is understood that the SNP is hoping that Jim Murphy will stay in his position as Scottish Labour leader, given the fact he oversaw the collapse of his party at the polls last week.

The Scottish party - backed by Conservatives in London - has decided against an early referendum as favoured by former Scottish Secretary Lord Forsyth and Scottish Labour leader, Wendy Alexander.

Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale wrote to the presiding officer urging her to change her mind, and fellow Labour representative James Kelly tried to raise a point of order on the matter before being ejected from the chamber for refusing to sit down.

Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont challenged Mr Salmond: «You need to invest immediately.

And in a pointed jibe to Mr Corbyn, Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale, who spoke at the meeting, said: «Never forget the best way to represent and deliver for working people will always be from the government benches.»

«The point made in a light - hearted way was that Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy had been slapped down by his party bosses at Westminster and told that he would have no role in a Labour budget,» Mr Salmond said.

Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy loses his East Renfrewshire seat to the SNP but vows: «The fight back starts tomorrow.»

The party lost seats to both the nationalists and the Tories, with Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale failing in her bid to take the Edinburgh Eastern seat.

Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont has proven to be a more sensible and mature leader than one might have predicted.

Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said the 2015 election was a «clear choice between a destructive Tory party and a better future with Labour».

The boss of the Unite union has called on Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy to resign for «making certain» the Conservatives won the general election.

He took his campaign north of the border, where he met MSPs and party activists.Miliband also watched Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray take on Alex Salmond at First Minister's Questions.»

Jim Murphy, the clear favourite to become the next Scottish Labour leader, has accused his party of lacking passion and vision as a shock poll showed Labour faces being almost wiped out by the Scottish National party at the general election.

After losing his seat he called for Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy to «do the honourable thing and resign».

The Scottish Labour leader revealed that he has urged the leadership contenders to give him a seat on the party's National Executive Committee (NEC).»

The Prime Minister tweeted a video, apparently filmed at an SNP event on April 13, in which Salmond tells the crowd he had heard a Labour spokesman say that Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy would not be writing the party's budget.

He embarked on a series of meetings with Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale, MSPs, trade unions, council leaders and local activists.

Mixed messages from Scotland Forty - one per cent of Scots believe Alex Salmond would make a better First Minister than his main rival Iain Gray, the Scottish Labour leader.

Watson said he agreed with Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale who said if she had lost the confidence of her colleagues by such an overwhelming majority that she would quit.

In the run - up to Sunday's vote, officials close to Corbyn and the Scottish Labour leader, Richard Leonard, had accused the pro-EU grouping of using the issue to mount a proxy war by Labour's moderates against the party's leadership — a charge they deny.

That sentiment was shared by Kezia Dugdale, the Scottish Labour leader, but she rounded too on the UK government.

Mr Corbyn has been resisting the idea, as neither Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale nor Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones are supportive of his leadership.

He reluctantly agreed to stand after the Corbyn camp's favoured candidate, Neil Findlay, refused to put his name forward as did Alex Rowley, a former agent for Gordon Brown who is now the acting Scottish Labour leader.

Delegates will also hear from the Scottish Labour leader, Kezia Dugdale, and the SNP leader and first minister, Nicola Sturgeon.

On Thursday, Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont called on the MP to stand down following newspaper allegations about his relationship with a 17 - year - old girl.

Jim Murphy says he will stand down as Scottish Labour Leader next month, despite surviving a no - confidence vote at a meeting of the party's executive today.

And it was there too in the Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy's southerner - baiting suggestion that extra Scottish nurses be funded via a mansion tax levied mainly on London.

The biggest news was the demise of Scottish Labour Leader Jim Murphy in Renfrewshire East and Labour's campaign strategist Douglas Alexander in Paisley and Renfrewshire South.

Asked whether she would consider resigning as Scottish Labour leader in similar circumstances, Dugdale said: «There is a collective responsibility across the whole of the Labour party to heal the divisions and disunity of the past.

Labour's refusal to reopen its inquiry into the Falkirk vote - rigging row comes as the Party's former chancellor Alistair Darling and Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont suggested that the issues around the contest in the constituency should be looked at again.

On 15 August 2007, McConnell announced his intention to resign as Scottish Labour leader.

Kirsten Oswald ousted Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy after picking 23,000 votes.

Prosecutors have been asked to investigate Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander's failure to report around # 10,000 in donations to her leadership campaign.

When Jim Murphy became the Scottish Labour leader last year he suggested the party could hold on to every one of their seats north of the border.

In 2010, Gaffney was one of the founding members of the Keir Hardie Society in 2010, alongside, Scottish author and longtime Labour member Bob Holman and, Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard, of whom Gaffney has been friends with since the 1990s.

Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said she had faith in Jeremy Corbyn despite the party losing the Copeland by - election to the Conservatives.

The results will leave Kezia Dugdale, the Scottish Labour leader who had hoped her call for a new 50p income tax rate would boost the party's popularity, facing calls to consider her future.

Betway have released their odds on the next Scottish Labour leader.

It's quite clear that the next Scottish Labour leader will have to be publicly at peace with Corbyn.

The Daily Mirror's Kevin Maguire says that, despite Alex Rowley being the Betfair favourite for next Scottish Labour leader (see 12.49 pm), you might be better putting your money elsewhere.

Until recently, Kezia Dugdale, as Scottish Labour leader, was the one exception.

In response to Labour's poor performance in Scotland, Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy initially resisted calls for his resignation by other senior party members.

The Scottish Labour leader spoke out as the Labour leader was hit by a fresh wave of shadow ministerial resignations as attempts to unseat him intensified.

Senior Labour Shadow Cabinet members, notably Ed Balls, Douglas Alexander, and Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy, were defeated.