Edited sentence: " One of the leaders of the infamous Scottish "Network", Murphy once worked at Keir Hardie House, where he ran a number of anti-left witchhunts, resulting in many Party members being either expelled or forced to resign.As an MP he has risen more slowly through the ranks than other loyalists, becoming a Chief Whip early but not moving much farther.During Labour's second term he did, however, show one flash of inspiration with a piece of "out of the box" thinking when he proposed that Britain buy Afghanistan's poppy crop in order to combat drug smuggling.He is a notorious Blairite and many within the Labour Movement regard him as one of the true "enemies within.This policy saw him ridiculed in some circles but praised in others for its original, if not controversial, approach to the subject