Sarwar: I’ll take on any SNP FM
Scottish Sc Labour leader Anas Sarwar has said he’d he take any of the SNP candidates ca to replace Nicola Sturgeon.
No one has officially declared their candidacy to replace the First Minister after her shock resignation this week, but reports suggest a number are weighing up their options.
Health Secretary Humza Yousaf, former community safety minister and SNP rebel Ash Regan and environment minister Mairi McAllan are all considering a tilt.
Meanwhile, Constitution Secretary Angus Robertson and Finance Secretary Kate Forbes have also been mooted.
But Sarwar, speaking at his party’s conference in Edinburgh, was confident fid in their chances against ag anyone.
“I’d take any of them,” he said.
“I’m less interested in who w leads the SNP, I’m more interested in what we would do differently.
“Let them talk to themselves, se let them have those th divides out in the public.” pu
He added: “There used us to be a time – a long time tim in Scottish politics – where people looked to us in the Labour Party and an said we were the most divided party in the country,o I think people are ar looking at other political ca parties and seeing their th divisions and seeing the unified ambition from our country now comes from Scottish Labour.”
Sarwar’s sentiments were echoed by shadow Scottish secretary Ian Murray in his speech yesterday, when he told delegates: “Right in the middle of a crisis when Scots are struggling, the SNP is going to turn in on itself even further.
“For the next six weeks, the Scottish Government is going to be completely paralysed.”