Scottish Labour facing leadership fight ‘it could have done without’, MP says

Anas Sarwar’s decision to quit Holyrood for the Lords and a post in the UK Government has left Scottish Labour facing a leadership contest it ‘probably could have done without’, Michael Shanks (left) said (Jane Barlow/PA) -

Anas Sarwar’s move to the House of Lords has left Scottish Labour facing a leadership contest it “probably could have done without”, one of the party’s MPs conceded.

Michael Shanks spoke out after Mr Sarwar quit as Scottish Labour leader last month, stepping down from the post he had held for some five years.