Richard Leonard has doubled down on his vow to stay as Labour leader into the Scottish elections despite a volley of calls from colleagues to step down.
The beleaguered Scottish Labour leader began what is expected to be a week of fightback interviews this week with an early morning appearance on Sky News.
A determined Leonard rejected calls from senior party figures to step down amid polling showing that the Labour vote would crash in next May's elections.
Leonard said: “I think those people that have been calling this week for me to step down have underestimated both my resolve but also the mandate that I got from the members of the Scottish Labour Party.”He added: “The mandate that I was given by the members when they convincingly.
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