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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Severin Carrell Scotland editor

Sarwar has shown his ruthless streak. But will his swipe at Starmer mean anything to voters?

Anas Sarwar stands behind a lectern during press conference
Sarwar and his advisers have watched Scottish Labour’s polling figures plummet as the disarray inside the UK government deepened into chaos and then crisis. Photograph: Robert Perry/PA

Anas Sarwar has shown he has a ruthless streak. Once one of Keir Starmer’s staunchest cheerleaders and allies, the Scottish Labour leader is now the most senior party figure to call for him to quit.

Despite anger among his colleagues and criticism that his decision to demand Starmer stands down was “idiotic, immature and self-defeating”, Sarwar’s political calculation is blunt and uncompromising.

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