"JACK McConnell is set to be ousted as First Minister if Labour loses seats at next year's Holyrood elections, Scotland on Sunday can reveal.
Senior party sources warn there is serious doubt about McConnell's future as leader, amid growing concern that Labour will be hammered at the polls next May.
One well-placed insider said that even if Labour remained the biggest party, a small drop in support would be likely to trigger an immediate MSPs' vote of no confidence in McConnell.
And some of the First Minister's allies now admit that even should he survive the coming election, he will be gone "within a couple of years".
It would not really be a big surprise: political party loses election, party leader gets sacked. When was it ever different?
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