On the recordAugust 2, 2026
This leadership contest cannot become another conversation inside the Holyrood bubble, about the Holyrood bubble, for the benefit of the Holyrood bubble.
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Joe Fagan
Scottish Labour
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Scottish Labour leadership pitch
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