EAST Lothian MSP Iain Gray will receive Tom's support in
the election underway for Labour's leader at Holyrood.
The Glasgow South MP will support Pollok MSP Johann Lamont for
the deputy leader post.
He said: "I was bitterly disappointed when, in 203, Iain lost
his Edinburgh Pentlands seat to the Conservatives. He had been one
of the most promising talents on Labour's benches and an
accomplished minister. His return to Holyrood in 2007 as MSP for
East Lothian was one of the few pieces of good news in an otherwise
bad result nationally.
"I'm confident that, if elected, Iain wil provide a degree of
scrutiny and opposition that has been issing so far in this
parliament."
Tom added that he was supporting Johann's bid to becom Labour's
deputy leader at Holyrood because she had been an "under-used
resource" on Labour's benches since 1999.
"She also gave the best speech at our Scottish conference in
Aviemore earlier this year, offering one of the best analysis of
nationalism I've heard. Johann will be able to connect with the
public and the party at a crucial time."
Read Tom's analysis of Labour's leadership contest in Friday's
Herald by clicking here.
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