Keith Brown has ruled himself out of the SNP leadership race as senior Nationalists begin to pick sides
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Brown said today he would not be standing despite claiming he had received calls for him to do so from "parliamentary colleagues and senior office bearers". "I believe that we can and must move on to the exciting opportunities ahead in building further support for an independent Scotland. Brown said he would not endorse a candidate for the leadership, but other senior party figures have publicly backed the two candidates who declared in the past 24 hours.
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