HUMILIATION FOR MURPHY AS HE IS OVER-RULED ON TWITTER CANDIDATE

HUMILIATION FOR MURPHY AS HE IS OVER-RULED ON TWITTER CANDIDATE

LABOUR LAUNCH DAY DEVASTATED - QUESTIONS REMAIN OVER ADVISER ROLE

Commenting on reports that Stuart MacLennan has been sacked as the Labour candidate for Moray, the SNP MP for Moray, Angus Robertson, said:

“Only an hour before this announcement Jim Murphy was saying he could stay as a candidate and trying to brush off these outrageous comments. However, he has been over-ruled and clearly has no authority. Did Gordon Brown tell his Scottish Secretary what to do?

“This incident has completely devastated Labour’s campaign launch today - but questions must be asked as many of these comments have been online for months, and presumably Labour colleagues have been well aware of them.

"This is not the end of the matter. Labour need to be absolutely clear whether they are going to tolerate this unacceptable behaviour from a senior staff member and Youth Leader.

"Having sacked Stuart MacLennan as the Moray Labour candidate is he going to be allowed to stay on in his other Labour posts?”