The position opened up in July when Andy Burnham came in as prime minister and Anas Sarwar accepted a job as trade minister in the House of Lords. That is exactly the kind of difference a Scottish Labour party rooted in democratic socialism should be making. Ms Lennon is also set to receive the backing of Unite, after a recommendation was made by its Regional Labour Party Liaison Committee. It would be easy to pin this May’s disastrous results on the now former prime minister Keir Starmer, but that is only part of the story. “The truth is that the Scottish Labour Party has an identity crisis, voters simply do not know what, or who our party stands for.