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Reform Claims of Deal to ‘Remove SNP’ Are a ‘Lie’, Scottish Labour’s Sarwar Says
Sarwar denied a Reform UK pact claim and accused the party of racist campaigning after Offord said Labour had sought a deal to oust the SNP.
- During Tuesday's Channel 4 Holyrood debate, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar angrily denied claims from Reform UK Scottish leader Lord Malcolm Offord that he sought a backroom deal to remove the SNP from power.
- Offord claimed Sarwar 'bounced up to him' at Paisley Town Hall, saying 'we need to work together, Reform and Labour, to remove the SNP,' an allegation Sarwar dismissed as 'utter nonsense.'
- Tensions escalated as Sarwar accused Offord of being 'racist' over Reform's billboard depicting asylum seekers, adding that one Reform candidate 'wants to deport my children.'
- First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney warned voters that a potential Labour-Reform pact would allow Reform into government, insisting the only way to 'lock them out' is to vote SNP.
- Swinney stressed that future energy developments must align with net zero goals, noting the UK accounts for 'less than 1% of global emissions' while prioritizing safe, affordable energy.
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Claims from Reform UK that Scottish Labour sought to work with them to ‘remove the SNP’ are ‘desperate lies’, Anas Sarwar said (Euan Cherry/PA) PA Media Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has strongly denied claims that he approached Reform UK to strike a deal aimed at removing the SNP from power. The confrontation erupted during Tuesday's televised Holyrood election debate when Reform UK's Lord Malcolm Offord alleged that Sarwar had suggested t…
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