Richard Leonard wins Scottish Labour leadership in decisive victory

Richard Leonard is congratulated by Anas Sarwar after the result was announced.Jeremy Corbyn has strengthened his grip on the Labour party after Scottish members elected a leftwing trade unionist, Richard Leonard, as their seventh leader in the past decade.Unveiled to cheering supporters in Glasgow, Leonard won a decisive victory over his rival Anas Sarwar, a former Scottish deputy leader, after a fractious contest between the party’s left and its centrists in which the Unite union played