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| Alexander to continue as leader | Alexander to continue as leader |
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| Wendy Alexander intends to carry on as Scottish Labour leader, despite continuing pressure to quit over donations to her leadership campaign. | Wendy Alexander intends to carry on as Scottish Labour leader, despite continuing pressure to quit over donations to her leadership campaign. |
| It follows suggestions in the press that her campaign team knew there were question marks over a donation from Jersey-based businessman Paul Green. | It follows suggestions in the press that her campaign team knew there were question marks over a donation from Jersey-based businessman Paul Green. |
| Ms Alexander rejected any suggestion of wrongdoing and was "confident" of being exonerated by the electoral watchdog. | |
| She said she still had a contribition to make to the lives of fellow Scots. | |
| A £950 donation from Mr Green to Ms Alexander's leadership campaign broke rules outlawing donations from people based outside the UK. | |
| 'No future' | |
| The Electoral Commission has already been in contact with Ms Alexander, looking for details of all the donations made to her campaign fund. | The Electoral Commission has already been in contact with Ms Alexander, looking for details of all the donations made to her campaign fund. |
| In a statement, Ms Alexander said: "I deeply regret the damage which recent publicity has brought to the Labour party. | |
| "However, I reject any suggestion of intentional wrong doing on my part. I intend to address these matters with the Electoral Commission, with whom I am co operating fully. | |
| "I am confident when all the facts are known I will be exonerated of any intentional wrong doing." | |
| Ms Alexander went on: "There is a great deal more I would like to say on the matter but, in light of the ongoing inquiry by the electoral commission, it would be inappropriate for me to do so. | |
| "I offered myself to lead Labour in the Scottish parliament in the autumn because I believed and continue to believe I have a contribution to make to improve the lives of my fellow Scots." | |
| Scottish Conservative deputy leader Murdo Fraser said Ms Alexander had no future and was now a "lame duck leader". |