However, Mr Murray, who was in the job for 14 months, said he was instead told by Mr Starmer that he wanted to “refresh the team”. Mr Starmer handed the cabinet post to Douglas Alexander, who returned to frontline politics last year having previously served in government under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. “We’d put the Scotland Office back on the map, got a really good spending review, most of it being announced by my successor in the last week to ten days,” Mr Murray said. “I felt a little bit publicly humiliated, if I’m being honest, which I thought was unfortunate and not necessary. He was preparing to launch the Maroon Mile, a heritage trail which celebrates the history of the Tynecastle Park club, which Mr Murray played a significant part in saving from administration in 2014.