Labour ban on deals with nationalist parties could be an own-goal at next election

Anas Sarwar, left, and Keir Starmer, right, have both ruled out working with the SNP in future - but a ban could extend to all nationalist parties

A FORMAL ban on working with nationalist parties could be another own goal for Labour, north and south of the border.

Within hours of the rumour emerging that Keir Starmer wants to write in rules which would block deals with the SNP, or other parties like Plaid Cymru, into the party’s constitution, Labour had already started to row back on the claims.