The Scottish Labour leader said it was double standards for the SNP to hit out at football freebies while using a ministerial car to watch a favoured team
Anas Sarwar has accused the SNP of hypocrisy for defending the Health Secretary after he was chauffeured to see his team play at Hampden four times. The Scottish Labour leader said the party wanted to attack Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer “day after day” for accepting freebies but “now find themselves in a very similar position”.
During his statement to the Parliament on Thursday, Gray admitted he attended six games for free, two of which were to see Scotland and four were to watch Aberdeen. The Dons fan apologised during his speech for not going to a “wider range” of football matches. Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Sarwar, who was in Maryhill in Glasgow campaigning for his party, claimed the SNP had one standard for themselves and another for everyone else.
Sarwar said he was “perfectly relaxed” about politicians attending sports and cultural events, adding that “it’s important they do”. “What they have to be is transparent,” he said. “They have to make a judgment call about what public resources are used or not used.”
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