Sarwar defends election candidate selections from outside Scotland | The Scottish Labour leader told journalists he would not ‘turn my back’ on candidates from England who had a ‘connection’ or ‘love’ for Scotland.
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Sarwar defends election candidate selections from outside Scotland | The Scottish Labour leader told journalists he would not ‘turn my back’ on candidates from England who had a ‘connection’ or ‘love’ for Scotland.
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>A councillor from Kent, Elizabeth Carr-Ellis, will represent the party in Angus and Perthshire Glens, with Eva Kestner, a London councillor, selected to contest the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross constituency.
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>Speaking after he delivered a speech at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow, Sarwar told journalists: “There are people who have connections and ties to Scotland, who want to come and serve the Scottish people.
>“I am not going to turn my back on someone that has a love for Scotland, history with Scotland or a connection with Scotland that wants to deliver for the people of Scotland.”
>He added: “I’m proud of our candidates. We’re brimming with talent, we’re brimming with confidence and I can’t wait to elect a whole host of new Scottish MPs and a whole host of new Scottish Labour MSPs.”
Don’t really get this reasoning. It’s great and all that they have ‘love’ or ‘connection’ for Scotland – but what will a London councillor know about the local issues in Caithness?
So much ‘love’ they don’t want to live here.
Labour and consistently shooting themselves in the foot by doing dumb shit. Name a more iconic duo.
No doubt they will somehow manage to engulf themselves in a scandal between now and the General Election which sees them lose an unassailable lead to the Tories and boost support for independence/ SNP. Some lads.
He will take who he is told to take, he is not in charge.