It’s probably time we started collecting all the media articles from the last couple of weeks about our ongoing legal battle with former Scottish Labour branch manager Kezia Dugdale, because it’s getting increasingly hard to wade through them all.
The story was broken by the Huffington Post on 19 September. Below is all the coverage we’ve found between then and now (most recent first). As best as we can recollect, incidentally, we’ve been asked for quotes for TWO of these stories.
3 OCTOBER
Leonard criticised for silence on Dugdale legal fight (Herald)
Aberdeen Nine support Kezia Dugdale – despite being suspended by the former Scottish Labour leader (Press & Journal)
David Mundell says he’ll support Kezia Dugdale in legal battle (Scotsman)
Tory offers to back Dugdale in court (Times)
2 OCTOBER
David Mundell agrees to support Kezia Dugdale in Wings Over Scotland legal fight (Herald)
Leonard to face Labour MSPs over Dugdale legal row (Herald)
Leaked WhatsApp messages reveal Scottish Labour “meltdown” over Kezia Dugdale legal row (Herald)
1 OCTOBER
Labour was right to stop funding Kezia Dugdale, but they’ve done it for all the wrong reasons (Herald)
Kezia Dugdale ‘failed to thank’ Labour for covering legal fees in gay slur case (Times)
Leaked letter claims Labour did not make funding promise to Dugdale (National)
30 SEPTEMBER
Unite boss: Kez should have used £70k ‘jungle’ fee for legal costs (Herald)
SNP dreams of Kezia Dugdale defection in wake of Wings over Scotland legal case row (Times)
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and party’s National Executive Committee dragged into Kezia Dugdale row (Sunday Post)
Richard Leonard considering Scottish Labour reshuffle as civil war rages over Kezia Dugdale row (Herald)
Labour hits back in Kezia Dugdale legal fees row (Scotsman)
29 SEPTEMBER
Kezia Dugdale: Labour ‘can’t be trusted if Jeremy Corbyn is at the helm’ (Times)
Kezia Dugdale battle a stern ‘test’ of Richard Leonard’s leadership (Scotsman)
Furious Kezia Dugdale says you can’t trust the Labour Party as fees row continues (National)
Dugdale comes unstuck over libel case funding (Morning Star)
Kezia Dugdale gets new help to defend Wings legal case (Herald)
Scotland’s Papers: Kezia Dugdale’s anger at party (BBC)
28 SEPTEMBER
Jeremy Corbyn is ignoring my texts, says Kezia Dugdale (Times)
Kezia Dugdale: Labour’s decision to stop funding Wings Over Scotland case ‘political’ (Scotsman)
Scottish Labour in crisis over legal fees as Kezia Dugdale fears bankruptcy (National)
Kezia Dugdale: ‘How can people trust Labour?’ (BBC)
Daily Record to pay Dugdale’s fees in legal battle with Wings Over Scotland (National)
27 SEPTEMBER
Kezia Dugdale ‘crushed’ after Labour chiefs dropped financial support in Wings over Scotland legal case (Daily Record)
Kezia Dugdale ‘crushed’ after Labour ended funding in Wings Over Scotland legal case (Herald)
Kezia Dugdale `crushed´ by Labour pulling legal support (Daily Mail)
Kezia Dugdale ‘crushed’ after Labour drops support in Wings Over Scotland case (Scotsman)
Kezia Dugdale ‘crushed’ by Labour pulling legal support (Courier)
25 SEPTEMBER
Labour to reconsider bankrolling Kezia Dugdale legal defence (Herald)
24 SEPTEMBER
Call for rethink on Kezia Dugdale libel costs (Times)
Labour members call for U-turn over Dugdale’s legal fees (Scotsman)
23 SEPTEMBER
By ending Kez’s legal support, Labour is helping Wings over Scotland (Herald)
Oliver Mundell backs Labour’s Kezia Dugdale in ‘gay slur’ costs row involving blogger and his father (Times)
Labour MSPs urged to fund Kezia Dugdale’s legal costs in battle against Wings over Scotland blogger (Herald)
22 SEPTEMBER
Anger over decision to halt funding in Kezia Dugdale libel case (Times)
Richard Leonard keeps quiet after Kezia Dugdale’s legal funds are stopped (National)
20 SEPTEMBER
Labour cut funding for Dugdale defamation defence (BBC)
Ex-Scottish Labour leader faces paying THOUSANDS in legal costs after party stops funds (Express)
