Michael Marra

I believe that the people of Scotland have the right to decide their future, and they did so in 2014.

I don't believe we have to risk our currency, our defence, our markets and our budgets to deliver a more equal and just Scotland.

I think that this broad issue, about comparing to Northern Ireland, I think is generally dangerous and I think it's actually the distinction the Prime Minister sought to highlight.

Frankly, the state of our public services is deteriorating already because we've had a government who have not been prepared to change what they do for far too long.

We need to give a clearer vision of what we would be, what would be different under a Labour government.

So it's stepping forward because fundamentally I believe the Labour Party remains the principal vehicle for social change in this country.

I can let that slide off, but I would be lying if I said that doesn't concern me.

I’m not interested in pointing fingers. Let’s get round the table and agree a set of proposals Parliament can enact to hit that target in 2030.

The Scottish Parliament voted for a legal target to have fewer than one in 10 kids in poverty by 2030. That target is going to be missed by a mile.

As Scottish Labour leader I would hold the SNP to account on their failures but also work with them to help Scotland succeed.

I would have been willing to resign over it.

We have lost definition as to who the Labour Party is.

We’ve lost definition as to who the Labour Party is.

I would've been willing to resign over it.

All they bring is division, distrust and a brand, I think, of right wing populism that is actually a challenge to the soul of our country.

That situation was entirely unacceptable.

Women’s health was systematically neglected in Scotland.

Public contracts in Scotland should have a Scottish jobs guarantee written into them — we need to end the offshoring of good jobs in Scotland while our industrial base withers.

I tell you, it’s when you’re the person who is actually a threat to the establishment, when you want to shake things up and change the direction of the party, that’s when people come shooting.

Of course I do. I always will. We have to make sure that we pull together as a team.

The leader gets, in the end, the manifesto that they want.

Willing to consider looking at a wealth tax

Lost definition as to who the Labour Party is

Our education system has had enough of botchved, incremental, top-down reform.

Education must one again be at the heart of building a modern and fairer Scotland.