Politics·Posted on 28 Oct 2014Sarah Boyack Is Running For Scottish Labour Leader And No One Knows Who She IsWhen the Scottish Labour leader stepped down, there was plenty of speculation about which of the big beasts of Labour would take over. Sarah Boyack wasn't one of them.by Jamie RossBuzzFeed News Reporter, UKLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail This is Sarah Boyack and she's just announced she's running for the leadership of the Scottish Labour party. Rumours started sweeping around Holyrood this morning that Boyack was about to stand. Hamish Macdonell @HamishMacdonell Sarah boyack not in Parly this am. Staff noncommittal. Her colleagues think she will stand to replace Lamont. 11:09 AM - 28 Oct 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Everyone seemed to be very confused about it. Gerry Braiden @GerryBraiden Sarah Boyack? Wasn't on my list tbh. 11:25 AM - 28 Oct 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Iona Brand @MikeIona @LabourEoin Who on earth is Sarah Boyack? 01:07 PM - 28 Oct 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Mr Eugenides @Mr_Eugenides Sarah Boyack? Christ, I can’t even remember what she looks like. If this is the answer, Scottish Labour really is hosed. 01:09 PM - 28 Oct 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Ben Walker @MisterBenWalker Who the feck is Sarah Boyack. 01:11 PM - 28 Oct 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Honeyman Pangloss @OldHoneyman Sarah Boyack is another MSP who has sat in Parliament for 15 years and done... er... she's done... er... well.. She's not done much has she? 11:36 AM - 28 Oct 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Scott Macdonald @scott_eff Sarah Boyack? Interesting choice. A grafter, definitely - but a leader? 11:23 AM - 28 Oct 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite In fact, so few people knew about it her that it even caught out the parody accounts. London Labour @LondonLabourHQ People at @LondonLabourHQ know so little about Sarah Boyack that we've not even written any jokes about her yet. #LondonLabour Tue Oct 28 11:21:15 UTC+0000 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite But people managed to think of some jokes eventually. A_DarlingMP @A_DarlingMP Cybernats being very immature, joking about possible new Scottish Labour leaders such as a pack of Monster Munch, a crate, or Sarah Boyack. Tue Oct 28 11:47:10 UTC+0000 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Jamie @jamieszymko Sarah Boyack isn't trending. 11:43 AM - 28 Oct 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite London Labour @LondonLabourHQ Why would Branch Scotland want a non-entity like Sarah Boyack when it could have Jim Murphy screaming at it through a microphone? 11:25 AM - 28 Oct 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Then the BBC announced that she was expected to stand, but it didn't get quite the reaction Boyack was probably hoping for. K A Hunter @Lt_Woodpigeon @BBCScotlandNews Lol. Tue Oct 28 12:44:27 UTC+0000 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite cat @irnbrudreaming @BBCScotlandNews Who? 12:44 PM - 28 Oct 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Gray @redskykite @irnbrudreaming @BBCScotlandNews Please tell me you are taking the piss? Sarah no one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 12:54 PM - 28 Oct 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite John Hamill @sparkyhamill @BBCScotlandNews She makes @JohannLamont look famous @SarahBoyackMSP 12:59 PM - 28 Oct 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite But it's not all bad news for Boyack: At least one man thought she might do a decent job. Donald MacDonald @skelpitheid Well, at least Sarah Boyack wouldn't be totally pish. #scottishlabour Tue Oct 28 11:40:08 UTC+0000 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite