Monica Lennon

The Parliament has been very clear to me, as has the Labour Party, that there have never been any allegations or complaints.

I think when people make vexatious complaints or do hit jobs in the media, then that undermines genuine concerns and cases.

The allegations are untrue. There are no formal complaints to Parliament or to the party. That’s over a 10-year period.

It’s totally untrue.

I can’t get the mind of the people behind that.

They’re completely untrue. I’ve been clear in my statement to The Scotsman.

While my policy has always been not to comment on staffing matters, these allegations are completely untrue and defamatory.

This leadership contest should have been a wide debate, rooted in courage, humility and the imagination to become a modern political party for workers and working class communities in Scotland.

Scotland’s young people deserve a Scottish Labour Party who will stand up to billionaires and the wealthy elite.

Punching down on trans people and other minorities is not acceptable. Do better, lead with decency and act with courage.

Our values mean nothing without vision, conviction and committed action.

Scottish Labour is stuck in the past. We are not listening to all of our members, the wider movement that built us or the millions of Scots who won’t vote for us.

Because the choice is stark: either continue with the old ways that lost us the election and talented MSPs, or choose a leader with the vision, courage, and sympathy to make us electable.

I will give up the protected place on the regional list and will take a proposal to the SEC seeking a rule change so there is no protected place for any leader or deputy leader of the Scottish Labour Party.

I will seek a rule change for a new leadership model with two deputy leaders, one an MP and one a councillor, helping rebuild and strengthen the relationship between MPs, MSPs and councillors while increasing our focus on campaigning…

The choice is stark. Either continue with the old ways that lost, or choose a leader with the vision, courage and empathy to make it electable.

Some within our parliamentary ranks have already decided they want a coronation, not a contest.

Absolutely, yes, it's an emergency. We've heard about the violence, we've heard about the attacks, the fear and intimidation. It's escalating. It's only a matter of time before someone is seriously injured or even killed. So I don't know…

But if we embrace a radical overhaul from the ground up, there is no limit to what we can achieve.

Our real strength, weight and power lies with our grassroots activists, our affiliated trade unions, our councillors, and the working-class communities we were built to serve.

If we are totally honest with ourselves, very few people in Scotland are paying attention to us any more.

After 19 years of opposition and six Holyrood election defeats, @ScottishLabour has turned to rubble. We need time and space to get this right before we lose more members and activists and there’s no one left to lead.

What @jon_trickett is saying reflects how members feel. After 19 years of opposition and six Holyrood election defeats, @ScottishLabour has turned to rubble. We need time and space to get this right before we lose more members and…

Clearly, the focus is the May election and what's happened in Scotland.