ROSL Public Affairs Talk with Rt Hon Jim Murphy

Rt Hon. Jim Murphy speaks about whether will Scotland become independent and what to expect from a Labour Government.
Rt Hon. Jim Murphy is a former UK Cabinet Minister. He was a Member of Parliament from 1997 to 2015 and Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2014 to 2015. 2008 to 2010 he was Secretary of State for Scotland.
Rt Hon. Jim Murphy served in the New Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown as Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office from 2005 to 2006, Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform from 2006 to 2007 and Minister of State for Europe from 2007 to 2008. From 2008 to 2010, Rt Hon. Jim Murphy served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Scotland. After Labour lost the 2010 general election, he served in Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence and Shadow Secretary of State for International Development.