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At the time of posting this piece the details of the result are not know as yet - the breakdown in the three sections of Labour's barmy electoral college - which gives a third or the total votes to individual Labour party members, MSPs and MPS - and non-Labour party members in the trade unions.
So a through analysis will have to wait - but in the meantime congratulations to Johann Lamont - Labour's first elected woman leader in Scotland - Johann certainly has a big task ahead to deliver on her stated aim of reconnecting with the Scottish people.
Johann is of course a Glasgow MSP - and what puzzles me more than a bit is how someone with Johann's credentials can have so little to say for the past six years - on the subject of equal pay.
I am sure Johann supports the principle of equal pay and equality at work - who doesn't?
But I for one haven't heard Johan speaking out in support of the fight for equal pay with Labour-run Glasgow City Council - which must have involved constituents from Johann's own constituency of Glasgow Pollok.
Action 4 Equality Scotland has taken up successful claims for well over 5,000 Glasgow City Council employees - most of them women - and there are still issues before the Employment Tribunal's including the council's Workforce Pay and Benefits Review (WPBR).
The trade unions have penny numbers of cases in Glasgow - because as in other areas of the council they have been too busy cosying up to the Labour council - to stand up for their lowest paid members.
Readers may be aware that Johann's husband is a senior Glasgow City councillor - Archie Graham - who has been around a for quite a while - and all the way through the period that the fight for equal pay has been taking place.
Including the time in November/December 2005 when Glasgow City Council offered thousands of women a cash settlement of their claims - in the run-up to Christmas - which meant the lowest paid workers in the council accepting a great deal less than their equal pay claims were really worth.
An awful lot less - at least 50% less and in many cases - much more if people worked overtime or in more than one job - which many did to make ends meet.
So the trade unions and the Labour-run council have a lot to answer for their shameful behaviour in Glasgow - as do some of the MSPs and MPs who took a back seat - instead of standing up and speaking up - in favour of their constituents' fight for equal pay.
Let's see what tomorrow brings - the detailed result will show what role has been played by the trade unions in Scotland - have they distorted the result as they did in the election of Labour's UK leader - Ed Miliband?
Time will tell.
