Anas Sarwar fails in bid to oust John Swinney and SNP from power at Holyrood
The Scottish Labour leader had been campaigning to end almost 20 years of SNP rule in Scotland. Source link
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SNP in denial over growing mental health crisis, says Sarwar
Clare Haughey, SNP candidate for Rutherglen and Cambuslang, and an NHS mental health nurse, said: “Under the SNP, our NHS has a record number of staff employed to provide mental health support and our mental health budget for the year exceeds £1.5 billion. Source link
Becoming Scotland’s next first minister is my only focus, says Sarwar
Asked if he would resign if his party loses next week’s election, he added: “Your job is to commentate, my job is to persuade, and I want to persuade people in this great country that this is not as good as it gets, that we can deliver change, that we can reject the poison and division of Reform, but also the division of the SNP.” Source link
Sarwar continues to ‘stand by’ his call for Starmer to resign as PM
But the Scottish Labour leader insisted the Holyrood poll next month is not about judging the two-year-old Labour UK Government. Source link
Mandelson vetting questions should be answered in Parliament – Sarwar
“Mr Sarwar knows that his reputation has also been fatally damaged as a result of his own bad judgment over embracing his ‘old friend’ Peter Mandelson, despite knowing that Mandelson had maintained his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, the world’s most notorious paedophile. Source link
Cole-Hamilton opens door to helping Sarwar become first minister
But the Scottish Liberal Democrat leader said there were no deals or alliances going into the Holyrood election. Source link
Anas Sarwar condemns father for praising ‘brutal’ Iranian Ayatollah
The Scottish Labour leader said his father, a former Labour MP and governor of Punjab, was ‘wrong’ to pay tribute to the Islamist dictator. Source link
Keir Starmer Lives To Fight Another Day After Anas Sarwar Ambush Backfires
Anas Sarwar has managed to achieve the seemingly impossible and united Keir Starmer’s cabinet behind him – at least for now. The Scottish Labour leader decided to push the nuclear button by calling an emergency press conference and demanding the prime minister quit. It led to feverish speculation that it would be the first salvo in a concerted attempt by senior Labour figures to unseat Starmer ahead of May’s elections in Scotland, Wales and across England. Indeed, Sarwar himself made it clear that he wanted to see the PM replaced by someone more popular to at least give Scottish Labour half a chance as they try to defeat the SNP. Specifically, he said Downing Street’s disastrous handling of the Peter Mandelson scandal meant Starmer had to go. “The distraction needs to end and the leadership in Downing Street has to change,” the Scottish Labour leader said. “We cannot allow the failures at the heart of Downing Street to mean the failures continue here in Scotland, because the election in May is not without consequence for …
Politics Home Article | Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar Calls For Keir Starmer To Resign
Anas Sarwar has called for Keir Starmer to resign as Prime Minister (Alamy) 3 min read1 hr Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar has called for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign. Sarwar made the intervention in a press conference on Monday afternoon, in the latest blow to Starmer’s premiership. PoliticsHome understands that Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan could follow Sarwar in calling for Starmer to step down. Speaking at an unscheduled press conference on Monday afternoon, Sarwar said: “The distraction needs to end and the leadership in Downing Street has to change” and “the situation in Downing Street is not good enough”. Sarwar said the decision to speak out against Starmer “is not easy and “not without pain” as he has “a genuine friendship with Keir Starmer”. But he said his “first priority” had to be to his country. Sarwar said: “We cannot allow the failures at the heart of Downing Street to mean the failures continue here in Scotland, because the election is not without consequence for the lives of Scots. “The situation …
Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar Calls On Keir Starmer To Quit
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar is to call on Keir Starmer to resign as prime minister in a hammer blow for the prime minister. He made the incendiary demand at an emergency press conference on Monday afternoon. It comes as No.10 continues to deal with the fallout of the Peter Mandelson scandal. The disgraced former UK ambassador to Washington is facing a police investigation over allegations he passed market sensitive information to the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein when he was business secretary between 2008 and 2010. The Scottish Labour leader’s ultimatum is a last-ditch effort to prevent annihilation for the party at the Holyrood elections on May 7. Opinion polls show the SNP on course to be comfortably re-elected as the Scottish government, with Labour locked in a battle with Reform UK for second place. Sarwar said: “The distraction needs to end and the leadership in Downing Street has to change. “It is so obvious that we desperately need change in Scotland and in three months time the opportunity to get rid of a failing …