Jim Murphy To Run For Scottish Labour Leadership

Mr Murphy will be the third person to join the leadership race

Jim Murphy is expected to confirm he will stand for the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party, according to Sky News sources.

It is understood Mr Murphy will announce his intention to run for the top job on Thursday.
He will become the third person to join the race for Scottish Labour leadership.
MSPs Neil Findlay and Sarah Boyack have both announced their intention to stand to replace former leader Johann Lamont, who stepped down on Friday.
Former prime minister Gordon Brown and interim leader Anas Sarwar have ruled themselves out of the running.

 

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Mr Sarwar, considered one of the favourites for the job, said he will focus instead on the process of finding a replacement for Ms Lamont.
Rising stars of the party Jenny Marra and Kezia Dugdale have also said they will not stand.
Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander remains a possible contender.
Announcing her shock resignation, Ms Lamont directed a stinging attack at her colleagues in Westminster, saying the UK Labour Party was out of touch with politics in Scotland.

 

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The MSP accused Ed Miliband's leadership team of trying to run Scotland "like a branch office from London".
Alex Salmond, who will step down as First Minister next month, has also accused Mr Miliband of being responsible for the "meltdown" of Scottish Labour.
He added: "Labour's meltdown in Scotland has been created by Labour in London. We have the extraordinary situation that an outgoing leader has admitted that Scottish Labour is just a 'branch office' controlled by London - in other words the Scottish Labour Party is a fiction."