"Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, is to call on Keir Starmer to stand down as prime minister and Labour leader at a hastily arranged press conference in Glasgow. Sarwar is said to be furious that the prime minister's repeated mistakes have heavily damaged support for Scottish Labour in the run-up to crucial Scottish parliament elections in May. The latest opinion polls show Labour trailing in third place behind the Scottish National party and Reform,"
"Sarwar's team was deeply irritated to learn last week that the prime minister was arguing internally that he needed to stay in power to help Scottish Labour win May's election. They believe the polls show that Starmer's continued leadership would destroy Scottish Labour's electoral chances. The polling company More in Common found on Friday that Labour had fallen four points in the Holyrood constituency vote, to lag behind Reform in second and was also a point behind Reform on the list vote."
Anas Sarwar plans to call on Keir Starmer to stand down as prime minister and Labour leader at a press conference in Glasgow. Sarwar is furious that repeated mistakes by the prime minister have damaged Scottish Labour's support ahead of May's Scottish parliament elections. Latest polls show Labour trailing third behind the Scottish National party and Reform, with More in Common finding a four-point fall in the Holyrood constituency vote. Sarwar's team objects to Starmer arguing he must stay to help Scottish Labour. Sarwar had previously defended Starmer and had been confident of a Holyrood win.
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