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Richard Leonard's critics claim to have the numbers for a Scottish Labour leadership challenge
Richard Leonard say they have the numbers required for a leadership challenge against him.MSPs James Kelly and Daniel Johnson claim to have the five signatures necessary for a contest, but they have demanded clarity amid disagreement on the rules.Leonard, who has been in post for nearly three years, is under pressure over terrible election results and dismal opinion polls.Four MSPs - Kelly, Johnson, Jenny Marra and Mark Griffin - have all called on him to quit, as have four party peers.His detractors believe the support of 5 Labour MSPs are required to force a challenge, but Leonard has denied this rule exists.In a letter to Scottish Labour general secretary Michael Sharpe, Kelly and Johnson wrote:“We are writing to you as we feel there is
