Anas Sarwar hailed a ‘historic day’ as he spoke in Glasgow surrounded by Scottish Labour MPs.
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said he will “redouble” efforts get his party into government at Holyrood in 2026 after wiping out almost a decade of SNP dominance of Scotland’s Westminster seats at the UK General Election.
“I want to say thank you to the people of Scotland. You have put your faith and trust in us and we will work day and night build on that.” He said his party has ended “14 years of Tory chaos but there have been 17 years of SNP failure and incompetence too … so today we also redouble our efforts so we together can deliver change in 2026 with a Scottish Labour Government, too”.
Scottish First Minister John Swinney speaking to the media at The Port of Leith Distillery in Edinburgh, following the landslide General Election victory for the Labour Party “As somebody who has devoted their entire adult life to the winning of Scottish independence – not for an abstract reason, but because I believe it will transform the lives of our people for the better – we need to get that approach correct in the forthcoming period.
Mr Ross sought election to the Aberdeenshire North and Moray East seat in place of former MP David Duguid, who was barred from standing by party bosses due to ill health.
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