Anas Sarwar was asked today about several of his party s Holyrood candidates previously making comments backing a second independence referendum. ANAS Sarwar is under pressure to drop his opposition to a second independence referendum as it emerged a string of Labour candidates have backed a new vote. At least six of the party s contenders have spoken out in favour of indyref2 in recent months, while UK party leader Sir Keir Starmer has refused to rule out his agreeing to the vote should he become prime minister. In an interview on the BBC s Marr this morning the Scottish Labour leader was asked if he supports Scots right to choose their own future.
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“The reason I am standing, really, is Joe FitzPatrick has put in an Oscar-winning performance as the Invisible Man as a Dundee MSP,” says Ewan Gurr.
Mr Gurr claims he had no real intention of becoming a politician. The committed Christian has spent a decade or so helping set up foodbank services in Dundee and appeared on hit Channel Four programme The Secret Millionaire.
He has also been advising the Scottish Government on its new benefits service, Scottish Social Security Scotland.
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“The reason I am standing, really, is Joe FitzPatrick has put in an Oscar-winning performance as the Invisible Man as a Dundee MSP,” says Ewan Gurr.
Mr Gurr claims he had no real intention of becoming a politician. The committed Christian has spent a decade or so helping set up foodbank services in Dundee and appeared on hit Channel Four programme The Secret Millionaire.
He has also been advising the Scottish Government on its new benefits service, Scottish Social Security Scotland.
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