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1466:"Former minister returns to join Scottish shadow cabinet"
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1590:"Wendy Alexander: Labour's short-lived Scottish leader"
1917:"Scottish Tory leader resigns after just five months"
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1565:"'Jobs for the girls' on Wendy's front bench"
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