Labour will attempt to revive the party’s flagging fortunes in Dundee by bringing its first touring shadow cabinet to the city.
Scottish leader Jim Murphy announced he would take his team out on the road, starting on Monday, with the place he had a shoe thrown at him during a Labour conference and encountered protests on the independence referendum campaign trail.
He said the move would allow politicians to have “real conversations with real people” rather than make arguments through social media.
“We’re going to get out and about, we’re going to meet people as part of our rebuilding in that city,” added Mr Murphy.
“I got a nice, warm reception the last time I was in Dundee, so I’m looking forward to it again.
“A time ago someone threw a shoe at me and called me a traitor.
“It was a women’s brown leather shoe. I’m a size 13. I picked it up and itsaid ‘Made in England’ on it.”
His announcement came as First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed the Cabinet will meet in Dumfries later this month.
Meanwhile, at an event with journalists, Mr Murphy also revealed he opposes plans to build a new women’s prison.
He argued mothers who commit relatively low-level crimes should not be separated from their children.
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson responded: “We know the SNP is presiding over a soft-touch justice system and it seems Labour would take that agenda even further.”
During the event, Mr Murphy also claimed he was “not a unionist” but a trade unionist.
SNP MSP Sandra White said: “If it walks like a unionist and talks like a unionist, it is a unionist and Jim Murphy will never sound like anything else.”