>Sarwar said Scottish Labour raised just £250 in the 12 months leading up to his leadership contest victory and described the party under his predecessor, Richard Leonard, as “not a professional, forward-looking organisation”.
>“In the last year, we’re almost at £1m. So I think we can demonstrate that we are in a different place and we are putting together a proper, functioning, professional organisation that seeks to not just be a name on a ballot paper but actually seeks to be a party that can govern a country,” Sarwar added.
Lol just £250 in a year? How were they even able to operate?
Absolutely fantastic stuff.
Hopefully with this type of money, it shows that trade unions aren’t the big bad bullies they make themselves out to be, and also that SLab aren’t ‘dead in the water’ as some like to say.
Sarwar is by far the best leader for Scottish Labour for a while.
This is excellent news.
Yes, the millionaire donors said they’d pony up if they got their man installed
>My understanding, however, is that it was not MSPs who finally got rid of Richard – nor was it party members. It was a group of millionaire potential party donors who delivered the fatal blow. It is reported that at a meeting held on Wednesday night—at which Angela Rayner, Jackie Baillie, and Ian Murray met with wealthy peers and donors—it was made clear that no money would be donated unless Leonard was removed and Anas Sarwar installed as leader.
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>This was, I understand, reported to Starmer who then called Richard and asked him to stand down. If he refused, the plan was to have a vote of no confidence at the party’s weekend executive meeting. Do these people know nothing about the recent history of Scottish Labour? Do the words ‘branch’ and ‘office’ not ring any bells? Do they really think that the coronation of a new leader weighted down with the same baggage that caused his defeat by Leonard three years ago will make a difference?
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>Sarwar said Scottish Labour raised just £250 in the 12 months leading up to his leadership contest victory and described the party under his predecessor, Richard Leonard, as “not a professional, forward-looking organisation”.
>“In the last year, we’re almost at £1m. So I think we can demonstrate that we are in a different place and we are putting together a proper, functioning, professional organisation that seeks to not just be a name on a ballot paper but actually seeks to be a party that can govern a country,” Sarwar added.
Lol just £250 in a year? How were they even able to operate?
Absolutely fantastic stuff.
Hopefully with this type of money, it shows that trade unions aren’t the big bad bullies they make themselves out to be, and also that SLab aren’t ‘dead in the water’ as some like to say.
Sarwar is by far the best leader for Scottish Labour for a while.
This is excellent news.
Yes, the millionaire donors said they’d pony up if they got their man installed
>My understanding, however, is that it was not MSPs who finally got rid of Richard – nor was it party members. It was a group of millionaire potential party donors who delivered the fatal blow. It is reported that at a meeting held on Wednesday night—at which Angela Rayner, Jackie Baillie, and Ian Murray met with wealthy peers and donors—it was made clear that no money would be donated unless Leonard was removed and Anas Sarwar installed as leader.
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>This was, I understand, reported to Starmer who then called Richard and asked him to stand down. If he refused, the plan was to have a vote of no confidence at the party’s weekend executive meeting. Do these people know nothing about the recent history of Scottish Labour? Do the words ‘branch’ and ‘office’ not ring any bells? Do they really think that the coronation of a new leader weighted down with the same baggage that caused his defeat by Leonard three years ago will make a difference?
[https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/01/how-not-to-save-scottish-labour/](https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/01/how-not-to-save-scottish-labour/)
Sweet so we’ve got the Tory part on the right funded by the reach and labour in the middle funded by the rich. Brilliant that.