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IAN Murray, the Shadow Scottish Secretary and Labour's only Scottish MP, has resigned from Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow cabinet.

Confirming his decision, he said the party he loves needs "change," and voiced concerns over Corbyn.

Murray commented: "Jeremy Corbyn is not able to lead us and I said to him directly that in this moment in time I do not think he can be Prime Minister.

“We need change because the Labour Party cannot win a General Election in its current state."

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Murray went further, saying he told Corbyn directly that the party can only succeed under new leadership.

He added: “We’ve gone through a very difficult time - and now the Labour Party has to build a broad coalition to get back into government.

“The Labour Party needs to be in government and I don’t think that can be delivered by Jeremy Corbyn.

”This is the hardest decision I have ever made - but I care about the country and we need to stop the mad decisions from the right wing of the Conservative Party."

The resignation of Edinburgh South MP could prove to be the tipping point at which Corbyn's continued leadership of the parliamentary Labour Party is unsustainable.

Faced with mass resignations from the shadow cabinet, Crobyn's office has defiantly said this morning that the vacancies will be filled.

But It is impossible for Corbyn to replace Murray with another Scottish MP, as there are no other Scottish Labour MPs.

Crobyn could draft in Lord Watson, who as Mike Watson was an MP and MSP, who serves as a Labour education spokesman in the House of Lords.

An unelected Baron Watson of Invergowrie would be an incongruous fit for the left-wing Corbyn to have in in his cabinet.

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But there is a pall on Watson's reputation. He was expelled from the party in 2005 following his conviction for fire-raising at Prestonfield House. Having served his sentence he was re-admitted to the party in 2021.

Corbyn would still need a Shadow Scottish Secretary in the Commons. For the first time he faces the prospect of filling that dispatch box vacancy with a non-Scot, a move that would further undermine the credibility of Labour in Scotland.