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Jim Murphy gives up shadow cabinet for Scots focus
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Jim Murphy ditched his Westminster shadow cabinet post yesterday as he scrambled to secure the Scottish Labour leadership in spite of union opposition.
The Blairite stood down as shadow international development minister, saying: “I want to dedicate myself full-time to changing Scotland and changing the Scottish Labour Party.”
Mr Murphy cast off his Westminster duties a day after Unison became the latest union to throw its weight behind left-wing candidate Neil Findlay.
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