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| Only Scots Labour MP Ian Murray quits shadow cabinet | Only Scots Labour MP Ian Murray quits shadow cabinet |
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| Labour's only MP in Scotland, Ian Murray, has resigned from his position as shadow Scottish Secretary. | Labour's only MP in Scotland, Ian Murray, has resigned from his position as shadow Scottish Secretary. |
| Speaking live on the BBC's Sunday Politics Scotland programme, he said he had just written to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. | Speaking live on the BBC's Sunday Politics Scotland programme, he said he had just written to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. |
| Mr Murray said matters had been brought to a head by the result of the EU referendum. | Mr Murray said matters had been brought to a head by the result of the EU referendum. |
| He believed it was important for Labour to be a strong opposition and ready to get back into government. | He believed it was important for Labour to be a strong opposition and ready to get back into government. |
| He said: "We've gone through an incredibly difficult time, not just in the party but since the EU referendum result on Friday morning. | He said: "We've gone through an incredibly difficult time, not just in the party but since the EU referendum result on Friday morning. |
| "The Labour Party has to be a strong opposition and a broad coalition in order to get back into government." | "The Labour Party has to be a strong opposition and a broad coalition in order to get back into government." |
| Mr Murray said Jeremy Corbyn was not the right person to lead a Labour revival. | Mr Murray said Jeremy Corbyn was not the right person to lead a Labour revival. |
| He said: "He's a decent human being, a lovely man who I get on incredibly well with. But he just can't lead the Labour Party and I don't think the public think he can be Prime Minister." | He said: "He's a decent human being, a lovely man who I get on incredibly well with. But he just can't lead the Labour Party and I don't think the public think he can be Prime Minister." |
| Scotland in Europe | Scotland in Europe |
| Speaking now as a backbench MP, Mr Murray said the Scottish Labour Party would support efforts to protect Scotland's position in the EU. | Speaking now as a backbench MP, Mr Murray said the Scottish Labour Party would support efforts to protect Scotland's position in the EU. |
| He added: "We fully back Nicola Sturgeon as she negotiates with the European Union to take the mandate we were given at the referendum on Thursday to keep Scotland in the European Union. | He added: "We fully back Nicola Sturgeon as she negotiates with the European Union to take the mandate we were given at the referendum on Thursday to keep Scotland in the European Union. |
| "We will leave no stone unturned to look at what that can look like." | "We will leave no stone unturned to look at what that can look like." |
| Mr Murray said Labour would not support further moves towards Scottish independence. | Mr Murray said Labour would not support further moves towards Scottish independence. |
| "Our manifesto was quite clear that we can't support a second referendum. | "Our manifesto was quite clear that we can't support a second referendum. |
| "That position hasn't changed but we're leaving all options open at this stage and I don't think it's in anybody's gift, anybody's power at this stage, to come to a determination on what's right and what's wrong. | "That position hasn't changed but we're leaving all options open at this stage and I don't think it's in anybody's gift, anybody's power at this stage, to come to a determination on what's right and what's wrong. |
| "We're going through a constitutional upheaval that nobody quite knows where it will go. | "We're going through a constitutional upheaval that nobody quite knows where it will go. |
| "I think we need to pause and I think we need to reflect." | "I think we need to pause and I think we need to reflect." |
| Mr Murray has published his letter to the Labour leader. |