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Dugdale comes unstuck over libel case funding
IN Scottish Labour, it seems like a faction fight is never complete without a legal battle. Just months ago, Glasgow solicitor Asim Khan successfully sued his own party over the selection timetable for the Glasgow South West seat at Westminster.
He threatened to go to court again when the party barred him from the contest — though he failed to follow through with that one.
Now, ex-Slab leader Kezia Dugdale has said she “lost the ability to cope” when the party informed her lawyers it would no longer fund her defence costs in a libel case.
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