The SNP had called on Labour to back it to beat Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross in Aberdeenshire North and Moray East.
Anas Sarwar would rather see Conservative MPs than SNP MPs elected, John Swinney has said after Labour rejected calls to back his party to beat Douglas Ross.
“I am the leader of the Scottish Labour Party, I want people to vote Scottish Labour,” he said during a visit to Inverclyde on Tuesday. But speaking to the PA news agency on the campaign trail in Aviemore, in the Highlands, later in the day, the First Minister said: “I think Anas Sarwar has just betrayed what he’s all about – he’d rather have a Tory than the SNP.
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