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Scottish Labour leader RICHARD LEONARD speaks to the Star about why we need to respect the EU referendum result, developing a Scottish industrial strategy, and challenges within the Labour Party
Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale and STUC general secretary Grahame Smith have attacked Jeremy Corbyn and Richard Leonard for accepting the EU referendum result

RICHARD LEONARD had to put back his interview with the Star. But who could blame him? 

The new Holyrood Labour leader’s Central Scotland constituency is at the heart of the unprecedented Red Alert zone prescribed by the Met Office this week.

Scotland’s central belt has been gripped by Narnia levels of snow this week, leaving roads closed, trains cancelled and thousands of workers stranded.

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