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Scottish Labour & Reform UK Feud Escalates

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Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar accuses Reform UKs Graham Simpson of calling him and other Labour leaders names, while Simpson denies the claims and accuses Sarwar of desperation. The feud escalates as both parties refuse to back down, with the SNP enjoying the showdown and polls tightening for the May election.

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Scottish Labour & Reform UK Feud Escalates

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Belfast News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Scottish Labour & Reform UK Feud Escalates. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

0:00On April 20th, Scottish labor leader Anna Sarwar dropped a bomb this week, claiming reform UK's only MSP in Holyrood, Graham Simpson, called there. Scottish leader, useless and terrible, and top candidate Thomas Kerr, a weasel. Sarwar says Simpson, who swiss from the Tories late last term, even tried to get his phone number at Parliament, but he shut that down quick. Simpson fired back hard, calling the claims preposterous, and Sarwar desperate. He insists they had a solid rapport until Monday and flips the script, saying Sarwar approached him three times, pushing for labor and reform to team, up against the S&P after the election. This views been brewing, with reforms Lord Malcolm offered, accusing Sarwar of the same kind of outreach at a paisley event and Kerr claiming Sarwar, suggested shadow boxing during the campaign before linking arms in government. The S&P is loving it, saying it shows Sarwar is cozy, with Nigel Farage's crew.

1:00Sarwar hid back at a union conference, labeling reform not serious, full of infighting, and deplorable. He bows his MSPs won't back any other leader for First Minister, no deals or packs, especially not with reform, even if it means scraping votes for, budgets and a minority setup. Meanwhile, reform calls it all nonsense, and smears, staying united on delivering for Scots, while labor's record crumbles. With polls tight for second place, this drama's just heating up the May vote, and neither sides backing down.

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