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I want to change Scotland, but the only way we can change Scotland is by changing the Scottish Labour Party.

Taxing people for having a spare bedroom and forcing them into rent arrears or the possibility of losing homes they have lived in for years has always been a cruel and heartless measure, and so it is good that the Scottish Parliament has been able to step in.

The job of the Scottish Labour Party is to represent working people and represent Scotland.

In many ways, Scotland will benefit more than other parts of the UK when Universal Credit comes in. A larger percentage of people will see an increase in their income through moving into work or taking on more hours.

We will renew our party, to rebuild our land - and we will do it by being a better Labour, real Labour, Scottish Labour.

An independent Scotland - like all countries - will face challenges, and we will have our ups and downs. But the decisions about how we use our wealth will be ours.

I desperately want Scotland to be an independent country. I cannot, though, sit here and tell you definitively that it will happen, and that it will happen on this timescale, because I have to respect the opinion of the people of Scotland.

The fact is Scottish Labour has lost its way.

The Scottish Labour Party and its renewal are more important than me.

When we vote to leave, I think a majority of people in Scotland will also vote to leave as well.