Ian Murray changed his mind over fears his seat would go to a candidate from the far leftLabour’s shadow Scottish secretary was on the brink of defecting to a new rebel party in frustration at Jeremy Corbyn’s performance as leader but changed his mind at the 11th hour, it has been revealed. A resignation speech had been prepared for Ian Murray before a mass walkout from the party in February last year, according to a new book on Mr Corbyn’s five-year reign as UK Labour leader. Left Out: The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn, by Gabriel Pogrund of The Sunday Times and Patrick Maguire of The Times, details how close Mr Murray, who is now Labour’s only Scottish MP, came to quitting the party. Mr Murray changed his mind because of the prospect of a candidate from Labour’s far

Source: The Times September 03, 2020 16:07 UTC