while we absolutely face challenges, i d rather be standing here with the opportunity to deliver for the people of scotland rather than languishing in the opposition like meghan gallacher and the scottish tories. police scotland has been examining the snp s handling of more than £600,000 in donations raised in 2017 for a second independence referendum. supporters made complaints when accounts lodged with companies house in 2020 appeared to show the snp only had £97,000 in the bank, despite the referendum never having been held. in an interview with the bbc, the former leadership candidate kate forbes said people were watching the snp with astonishment and that claims about the party s finances were mind blowing . i think we need decisive and quick action or we will be in trouble. i think right now, people are watching with astonishment,
and the undemocratic nature of our parliamentary system. i want to take you back now. back to where? back to when you were thinking of running to be leader of the labour party. 0k. because i ve always relished that story that john mcdonnell used to say, that you in the campaign group, the left wing, now called the socialist campaign group, sat around thinking who s going to run this time? because we always put someone up, we always get beaten and beaten easily, but we wave the flag for the policies and values that we ve got. do you remember why it was you? well, after the 2015 election, there was obviously a lot of people very depressed at the result, and a lot of talk about whether we should run a leadership candidate or not. my view was that we should. the colleagues in the socialist campaign group said we re unlikely to get the nominations. a lot of other left groups
well, after the 2015 election, there was obviously a lot of people very depressed at the result, and a lot of talk about whether we should run a leadership candidate or not. my view was that we should. the colleagues in the socialist campaign group said we re unlikely to get the nominations. a lot of other left groups said it s a good idea, we won t get the nomination. so we had this meeting of the campaign group in wi. that s one of the small committee rooms off westminster hall. and so i m writing in my notebook, as i often do, i carry a small notebook around and write like this. and dianne said, no, i did it. i m not doing it again. john said, no, i ve been down that track. i m not doing it again. and then others said, no, no, no, no. then it went quiet, and i looked up
the socialist campaign group, sat around thinking who s going to run this time? because we always put someone up, we always get beaten and beaten easily, but we wave the flag for the policies and values that we ve got. do you remember why it was you? well, after the 2015 election, there was obviously a lot of people very depressed at the result, and a lot of talk about whether we should run a leadership candidate or not. my view was that we should. the colleagues in the socialist campaign group said we re unlikely to get the nominations. a lot of other left groups said it s a good idea, we won t get the nomination. so we had this meeting of the campaign group in wi. that s one of the that s one of the small committee rooms off westminster hall. and so i m writing in my notebook, as i often do, i carry a small notebook around and write like this. and dianne said, no, i did it.
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