Richard Leonard said anti-Englishness in Scotland became clear to him during the 2014 referendum TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER JAMES GLOSSOPThe English-born leader of the Scottish Labour Party says he accepts some Scots will not vote for him because he is from south of the border. Richard Leonard, who was elected Scottish Labour leader last November, was born in Yorkshire but has lived in Scotland since studying at the University of Stirling in the early 1980s. Asked in an interview with The Times if he thought his Englishness would be a barrier to people voting for him, Mr Leonard said: “There is a small group of people for whom that will be an issue.”The MSP, 56, said the reality of anti-Englishness in Scotland became clear to him during the 2014 independence referendum. “I wrote a blog on the case against an independent state and…

Source: The Times March 01, 2018 00:04 UTC