by Dan Hodges???

To the untrained eye, Jim Murphy’s office shuns convention. A guitar propped  casually in the corner. Football memorabilia on prominent display. A large framed photograph of  America’s first Roman catholic president, Jack Kennedy.

Uncut knows better. Music. Celtic. Rome. The holy trinity of the Scottish left.

At a time of upheaval in the party and the country, Labour’s shadow defence secretary is radically conformist. While Ed Miliband was meeting  the teenage leaders of the EMA protest, Jim Murphy was rubbing shoulders with some of the stiffest collars in Westminster. (more…)