Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard now urged to quit by eight parliamentarians
Richard Leonard to stand down, piling pressure on the embattled party leader.Peers Helen Liddell, ex Defence Secretary George Robertson and Meta Ramsay have urged Leonard to step down.They were joined by fellow Labour peer George Foulkes, but the former MP and MSP is already on the record calling for Leonard to resign.Leonard, leader for nearly three years, is fighting for his political life over terrible election results and dismal opinion polls.In recent days, four of his own MSPs - James Kelly, Jenny Marra, Mark Griffin and Daniel Johnson, all said they had lost confidence in him.In a new development, the four peers told Leonard they were contacting him as “members of the Scottish Labour Party with many years of continuous service to the