Brian Leishman
British politician, from 2024, Member of Parliament for Alloa and Grangemouth
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We're talking about 377 jobs on site — we will be talking about thousands of jobs in the wider supply chain,
- said LeishmanBBCbbc.com/news/articles…
He has to go for the good of Scotland, the U.K. and the party.”
- The Scottish Labour MP Brian Leishman was blunt on Friday, sayingPolitico Europepolitico.eu/article/keir…
I think it's fair to say that Anas yesterday was honest, up front and very, very clear on his position
- Mr Leishman, MP for Alloa and Grangemouth, saidDaily Maildailymail.co.uk/news/article…
There must be a change in political direction and that comes from the very top, so the Prime Minister must look at his own position and question whether he should follow McSweeney’s lead one last time, and resign for the good of the country and the Labour Party.”
- Labour MP Brian Leishman saidThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…
A true change in political direction must now come from—and be led from—the very top,
- he saidTimetime.com/7373067/united…
- Brian Leishman, the Labour MP for Alloa and Grangemouth, addedDaily Maildailymail.co.uk/news/article…dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
I would describe Keir Starmer now talking about cost of living as being his kind of defining mission … Well, yeah, I could have told him that on the fifth of July, the day after we got elected,
- said LeishmanPolitico Europepolitico.eu/article/scottish…
Earlier
Nearly 400 workers to lose jobs in proposed Grangemouth closure
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/busines…A chemical firm collected £1m of Scottish Enterprise funding to create new jobs — just months before announcing plans to close its Grangemouth site
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Starmer weakened as Green Party wins in Labour stronghold near Manchester
Le Mondelemonde.fr/en/international…UK primer minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party suffered an embarrassing election defeat on Friday in an area of Greater Manchester that it had dominated for almost a century, a loss that underscores the breakdown of Britain’s two-party politics
Irish Timesirishtimes.com/world/uk…Sarwar denies being part of wider plot to oust Starmer
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…The Scottish Labour leader made his move on Monday morning after discussions over the previous three days with his inner circle of close confidantes
Daily Maildailymail.co.uk/news/article…Sarwar left humiliated and isolated after his Number 10 coup backfires
Daily Maildailymail.co.uk/news/article…Starmer endeavored to restore party unity on Tuesday following a chaotic Westminster day on Monday that saw Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar denounce him and his communications director depart
Daily Expressexpress.co.uk/news/uk…Diane Abbott slams applause for Keir Starmer as PM vows to stay on after Mandelson-Epstein row
The Independentindependent.co.uk/tv/news…The Prime Minister is battling for his political future amid the Lord Mandelson scandal after Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar called for him to quit yesterday in the latest blow
Daily Expressexpress.co.uk/news/politics…EUAN McCOLM: Anas struck blow after blow... this wasn't a love bomb, it was a love kicking
Daily Maildailymail.co.uk/news/article…Frustration has been growing for months among Labour figures north of the border
Politico Europepolitico.eu/article/scottish…UK leader's chief of staff quits over appointment of Mandelson as ambassador despite Epstein ties
Japan Todayjapantoday.com/category/world…Ministers are under pressure to claw back a £50,000 payoff handed to Peter Mandelson when he was sacked as US ambassador over his links to Jeffrey Epstein
Daily Maildailymail.co.uk/news/article…Labour thinktank close to Morgan McSweeney ‘paid firm to investigate journalists’
Guardiantheguardian.com/politics/2026…Starmer has declared confidence in McSweeney twice this week, as the storm over the Jeffrey Epstein-linked Peter Mandelson’s appointment as the UK’s ambassador in Washington engulfs them all
Irish Timesirishtimes.com/world/uk…Epstein haunts Number 10, creating crisis for UK’s Starmer
South China Morning Postscmp.com/news/world…Labour’s King Rat Peter Mandelson has again cast his sulphurous odour of villainy around the palace, and contamination may drag a decent, well-intentioned Labour leader down with him
Guardiantheguardian.com/commentisfree/…