The Labour leader said the nationalists are seeking to hide their ‘failure in record’ by trying to make the next election about independence.
Sir Keir Starmer has refused to rule out holding independence talks with the SNP if the party wins the most seats in Scotland at the next general election – as he accused Humza Yousaf of trying to hide his Government’s “failure in record” by focusing on the constitution.
A new policy from Mr Yousaf and SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn makes clear that winning the most Scottish seats in the next general election would give the Scottish Government a mandate to open such discussions. With polls suggesting Sir Keir could be in 10 Downing Street after the next Westminster election, he was asked if he would take part in talks with Mr Yousaf.Sir Keir responded by accusing the SNP of using “divisive politics” as a “mask for the failure in record”.“When a party goes on the attack like that, there is only one reason and that is because they know they haven’t got a record to stand on.
Polls suggest Labour could win a number of seats north of the border from the SNP at the general election, and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said the suggestion that the SNP could “lose tens of seats and it gives them a mandate is laughable”.
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