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Your support makes all the difference.Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy has given a withering response after being set on by a campaign-trail heckler this weekend.
In a video posted on the leader's Twitter account a woman shouts at Mr Murphy, telling him he is too right wing and "couldn't spell socialism".
Listen to a heckler shouting "you couldn't spell socialism!" and my response: https://t.co/T095wRrD9K
— Jim Murphy (@JimForScotland) April 18, 2015An Ashcroft poll published last week found that Mr Murphy was behind the SNP in his seat of East Renfrewshire. In 2010 the nationalists were only in fourth place in the seat.
The poll adds to the woes of Mr Murphy, who has failed to turn around Scottish Labour's fortunes. He is currently facing the loss of nearly every single Labour seat in the party's Scottish heartland, according to all recent polls.
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