Former FM calls for clear out of Labour leadership team

Former First Minister Jack McConnell has today voiced concerns about the problems facing Scottish Labour's leadership process following their defeat at ballot box in May as he called for a clear out of the Labour leadership team.

With Parliament returning in just over a week there is still no sign of a new leader and no clarity over who will lead the MSPs on their return.

In today's Herald Lord McConnell has said that that it is "ridiculous" that the LibDem rump of MSPs are in a better position than labour as he said that Scottish Labour needs a new leadership team in the Parliament, in the headquarters and in the country and it needs to have that leadership team in place soon.

Commenting SNP MSP for Glasgow Cathcart James Dornan said: "This whole process is now completely farcical.

"Day after day, week after week we are seeing one senior Labour party member after another call for the party to head in a different direction.

"Some think that the leader should come from the Scottish Parliament, some think it should come from Westminster, some think the party should embrace full fiscal autonomy, some think they should defend the untenable status quo above all else. Each one highlighting the division tearing Scottish Labour apart.

"Now Lord McConnell has given a clear vote of no confidence in Labour's leadership team just days before Parliament returns.

"With the date of Iain Gray's departure looming they are still no further ahead in selecting his replacement, despite it being over 100 days since his resignation.

"This continued debacle only emphasises the view that Labour aren't competent enough to be in opposition, never mind government."