ANAS Sarwar has defended Labour’s decision to nominate General Election candidates in Scottish constituencies who are based hundreds of miles…
The Scots Labour MSP and group leader was challenged on the issue after The Sunday National reported that their newest
And it has chosen Eva Kestner, who works as a councillor in Lewisham in London, to run in Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross.against Kestner, told The Sunday National: “Labour can’t even find local members who believe enough in Labour to stand as candidates in Scottish constituencies – parachuting in paper candidates is a slap in the face to voters who deserve so much better.”
Speaking on Ward’s selection specifically, he said: “She is spending every minute of every day trying to get life-saving supplies into the Gaza Strip, to save people's lives, to get them the necessary treatment they need because of a completely broken health system. However, Sarwar claimed it was “galling” for the SNP leader to “now pretend he is the great unifier of our nation”.
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