Bless him, he says it's because he feels that the need a strong Scottish voice in the Labour shadow cabinet. Not that Corbyn would have a massive choice of Scottish representation. I can't help thinking it's more likely that he wants to hold on to his job!
If Mr Murray had decided to stick with his doubts, Corbyn might have be obliged to do what Farron on the Liberals has done, and invite his Scottish leader, Kez Dugdale, to serve in his shadow team as spokeswoman on Scotland.
The leadership race has now been run, controversies and all, but the results are still not known. Mr Murray wants Yvette Cooper to win, and while that's not impossible, it is looking less and less likely by the day, as this betting information shows.
To Be Next Labour Leader Odds
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Corbyn | 1/7 | 1/7 | 1/6 | 1/6 | 1/6 | 1/7 | 1/7 | 1/6 | 1/7 | 1/6 |
| Yvette Cooper | 15/2 | 13/2 | 7/1 | 6/1 | 7/1 | 13/2 | 7/1 | 6/1 | 7/1 | 13/2 |
| Andy Burnham | 9/1 | 9/1 | 9/1 | 8/1 | 10/1 | 9/1 | 10/1 | 9/1 | 10/1 | 8/1 |
| Liz Kendall | 150/1 | 150/1 | 100/1 | 100/1 | 150/1 | 125/1 | 100/1 | 100/1 | 200/1 | 100/1 |
For your information, the details of how the voting works and the timetable is as follows. We'll know at 11.30 on Saturday.
- Candidates: Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper, Jeremy Corbyn, Liz Kendall
- Voting deadline was midday on Thursday, 10 September
- When will the winner be announced? At a special conference on Saturday 12 September
- Conference timings: It begins at 11:00 BST, with the result of Labour's deputy leadership election announced first. At 11:30, the winner of the leadership contest will be unveiled; they will then make a short acceptance speech. In both cases, round-by-round details of voting will be made available to show how each winner emerged
- How
does the voting system work? Voters rank candidates in order of
preference. If no candidate wins more than 50% of the votes in the first
round, the person in last place drops out and their supporters' second
preference votes are reallocated to the other candidates. This process
continues until the candidate with the most accumulated votes wins.
They dragged out some frightful old relics to warn that Corbyn would make the Labour party into a socialist party, appealing to the working classes... OMG what a nightmare scenario.
