SCOTTISH Labour leader Anas Sarwar has defended the party’s vetting process after it was forced to suspend a General Election candidate in a key…
Wilma Brown was hopeful of becoming an MP in the Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy seat currently held by Alba’s Neale Hanvey but was suspended by Labour on Wednesday after it emerged she had
Last month, Brown also liked a post telling an Indian man who was expressing his love for England and its flag “you will NEVER be an Englishman” and “it is not your flag”.Reform UK 'mortified' after sacking candidate who had diedSarwar has since spoken to Times Radio about the incident which has thrown Labour’s selection process into question.
“What’s happened over the last 24 to 48 hours has left a lot of people really upset, really disappointed. It came to our attention on Tuesday night, and the following morning she was suspended as a candidate and we are going through that process.“We have taken very swift action, I expect the highest standard from all our candidates and from all our MPs and given what we’ve seen in our politics over the last decade, I think the public expect politicians of the highest standard as well.
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