Anas Sarwar has said “Boris Johnson should be absolutely ashamed of himself” after Keir Starmer was forced to take refuge after a mob confronted him near Parliament.
The UK Labour leader faced baseless allegations of “protecting paedophiles” and chants about Jimmy Savile last night from protesters before being bundled into a police car for protection.
Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, told the BBC: "We have a deliberate attempt from politicians in power to increase hate, to increase division, in order to distract from their failures.