Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard says childhood 'scars' drive him to push party forward

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard is in the obligatory ­politician’s casual, the open-neck check shirt and jeans, with a flash of red socks under blue slip-ons.We meet in his garden in a pleasant working-class street in Paisley, with ­stunning views over Ralston golf course, where the loud trundle of a tractor on the green is forcing Leonard to shout.And right now, Leonard is all about being heard, hitting the media circuit like a band with a new single out.Rebel Labour MSPs are attempting a coup, threatening legal action if he doesn’t stand down as leader.

And he saw off a potential vote of no ­confidence at the weekend at the party’s ruling National Executive Council.But he is defiant, with Andy Whitaker, once spin doctor to.