Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar took a swipe at Starmer over appointing Matthew Doyle as a peer despite his links to a sex offender. Two days ago Sarwar was pressured into suspending Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP from Scottish Labour over her links to the same sex offender…
Speaking at a press conference in Edinburgh, Sarwar said:
“The difference is there is now an independent investigation with new information that came to light and in light of that independent investigation we chose to remove the whip from Pam Duncan-Glancy. But there’s clearly a different approach. When I found out I didn’t appoint Pam Duncan-Glancy, I sacked Pam Duncan-Glancy. When I asked questions of Pam Duncan-Glancy and she was not able to give me appropriate answers, I withdrew her as a candidate. And the moment an independent investigation was sparked, she had the whip withdrawn.”
Sarwar added he spoke to Starmer yesterday, in which he “stood by” his calls for the PM to resign, though he is “looking forward” to the upcoming Holyrood elections. Happy families…
Speaking on the Labour chaos over the last few weeks, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy told The Guardian:
“You call it a sh*tshow, I say it’s unforgivable…It does look to people outside that we’re more interested in ourselves and less interested in preventing chaos. […] We’ve not done enough, and this has got to be the moment of reckoning where we say not just what are we here for, but who are we here for?”