Archie: It's Full-Time For Labour's Leonard
Daily Record|July 30, 2020
Macpherson says Starmer must reverse Scots party’s decline into ‘nostalgic cult’
Paul Hutcheon
Archie: It's Full-Time For Labour's Leonard

Telly legend and high-profile Labour backer Archie Macpherson has called on “invisible” Richard Leonard to quit as Scots party leader.

Macpherson said Scottish L ab our had become a “nostalgic cult” under Leonard and urged Keir Starmer to intervene.

He added that the “excellent” MP Ian Murray would have made an effective leader.

Leonard, a left-winger who is close to Jeremy Corbyn, is under pressure after a double flop at the ballot box.

His party slumped to fifth place at the European election and lost six of its seven seats at the general election.

This story is from the July 30, 2020 edition of Daily Record.

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