The favourite in the race to become Labour’s new leader in Scotland is embroiled in a bitter row with Ed Miliband over who will take charge of the party’s Scottish campaigns. Jim Murphy, tipped to lead Labour’s fightback against the Scottish Nationalists, has told Ed Miliband he will refuse to work with fellow Scots-born Shadow Cabinet heavyweight Douglas Alexander. Allies of Mr Murphy say Mr Alexander is a ‘campaigns flop’ and want him to ‘stop meddling in the Labour Party in Scotland’. Jim Murphy is involved in a bitter row with Labour leader Ed Miliband over who will take charge of the party's Scottish campaigns
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Jim Murphy is tipped to lead Labour’s fightback against the Scottish Nationalists
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He has told Ed Miliband he will refuse to work with fellow Scots-born Shadow Cabinet heavyweight Douglas Alexander
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