Brian Leishman: “Scottish Labour must have a coherent answer to the question of what is the democratic route to another indyref.”

You cannot cut departmental budgets and lift people out of poverty and improve people’s lives.

MPs and MSPs being placed under pressure to block any candidate would be an affront to the values of the Scottish Labour Party, and to wider democracy.

Parts of the UK have declared drought status yet there is a political push for nuclear energy requiring huge amounts of water to operate.

Our Scottish Labour members deserve better than that. They deserve, and must have, the opportunity to engage in a robust debate of ideas and beliefs and then make the decision on the future direction of our party.