LABOUR MSP Neil Findlay has accused “visceral Blairite has-beens” of “gobbing poison” at Westminster frontbenchers and party staff.

In a new regular column for the Morning Star today, the former Holyrood frontbencher also hits out at “Chuka Umunna, ‘Milkman Mike’ Gapes and their wee gang of egotists” who deserted Labour to form the Independent Group, before themselves splintering.

Mr Findlay, who left Scottish Labour’s front bench after the European Parliament elections and announced his intention to stand down from Holyrood, writes: “Parliamentary Labour Party meetings [at Westminster] appear to have all the allure of a torture chamber, with a visceral group of Blairite has-beens joining the disenchanted and entitled, gobbing poison at any member of Labour’s front-bench or backroom team who dares to stand out against their view of the world.