Michael Marra: “Labour is “becoming Scotland’s party of hope again””

I don’t think there is any prime minister in history that has lost popularity at the rate the previous prime minister did, and the rate at which that happened was particularly challenging.

In 2015 Nicola Sturgeon said closing the attainment gap between the richest and the poorest pupils was her top priority and appointed John Swinney to do it.

He is the most popular politician in Scotland by a distance, the most popular politician since Nicola Sturgeon, but we need to translate that into party support.

Now it is time to show them what we are for – a fairer Scotland, cutting child poverty and giving every young person a fair go in life.