Na h-Eileanan an Iar MP, Angus MacNeil has seized on newspaper reports today where the Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar has said that he will stand up to Sir Keir Starmer for Scotland.

Commenting Angus MacNeil said:

“Labour have never been very good at standing up for Scotland.  Indeed, Labour are not even standing up for Gaza at the moment despite the murder and genocide of 27,000 people, 15,000 of whom are children. 

“The fact that Mr Sarwar is now saying that he will stand up to Starmer for Scotland indicates that Starmer will not be good for Scotland at all.  This is a departure because whenever I see Mr Sarwar, he is usually following on behind Sir Starmer. 

“The problem for Labour is that they know they take orders from Westminster and whether it is Labour locally or Labour at Holyrood level they don’t stand up for Scotland.  On Wednesday, the few Labour MPs from Scotland can at least stand up for those still alive in Gaza suffering starvation disease and likely Israeli caused famine, by voting for a ceasefire.

“Standing up for Scotland or standing up for anybody clearly is not in Labour’s DNA.”

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