Anas Sarwar attacks Tories 'record of shame' as he says Scotland deserves better opposition

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.The Scottish Greens, Conservatives and Labour have all won list seats in the West Scotland region as the final result was declared at Braehead Arena this evening.Russell Findlay, Jamie Greene and Pam Gosal were elected MSPs for the Conservatives, while Neil Bibby, Katy Clark and Paul O’Kane will represent Labour at Holyrood for the next five years.It will be a second term in office for Mr Bibby and Mr

Perthshire South and Kinross-shire constituency for the SNP. The farmer won the seat over the Conservative's Liz Smith.Mr Fairlie will take over from Roseanna Cunningham, who had been Scotland's longest serving parliamentarian.

Neil Findlay said Sarwar’s campaign was simply a “rehash” of the 2016 election and urged Labour to recognise the right of the Scottish people to self-determination.Sarwar has been credited for the Holyrood election campaign he fought after taking over the leadership of Scottish Labour ten weeks ago.He rejected calls for indyref2 and made national recovery from covid his party’s top priority.However, although Labour held on to key constituencies yesterday, they could come third again for the

Scottish Labour leader is determined to build a credible alternative to Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP but acknowledged he had work to do.It's been less than three months since Sarwar replaced Richard Leonard and despite an energetic campaign his party has trailed the Scottish Conservatives in recent surveys of voting intentions.But he made a direct pitch to Daily Record readers before polling stations open across Scotland.

Richard Madden has teamed up with Angelina Jolie for a new Marvel superhero film.

Line of Duty has seen a rise in kinky police role play requests from people wanting to spice up their sex life following the top cop drama. The characters played by Vicky McLure and Scotland's own Martin Compston have ignited a flame in viewers that has been smouldering over recent weeks.

Alba’ s position was for Scotland to pay no share of the UK national debt if independence is achieved. When Salmond was first minister, the SNP Government explicitly said Scotland would agree a share of the national debt as part of an independence settlement.In an interview with the Record, Salmond said the previous position had been based on a currency union with the rest of the UK.

Anas Sarwar today accused the Scottish Government of having “failed” children as he argued that the next Parliament should be focused on recovery from the pandemic rather than another independence referendum.

Labour and the Tories all underestimate how hard it will be to pay for their manifesto commitments and are failing to level with voters on the scale of the challenge. They say the Scottish Government’s budget is likely to be tight in certain areas from next year, even before the parties’ new spending plans are accounted for.

Love Island winners Paige Turley and Finn Tapp have shared their advice to the new islanders heading into this year’s series. Scottish beauty Paige, 23,and former semi-pro footballer Finn, 21, won the last series of the show, filmed in South Africa before the pandemic locked the country down.

Sarwar repeated his message that Scots faced a “pandemic election, not a normal election” and that recovering from Covid-19 was the main priority over independence.

Anas Sarwar has taken his election campaigning to the next level - by whipping out some top notch dad dancing. The Scottish Labour leader took some time out from canvassing in West Lothian to break out into an incredible routine outside the Tony Macaroni Arena in Livingston this afternoon.

Chvrches have shared a powerful new video for recent single ‘He Said She Said’ – watch it below.The Scottish pop trio released the new track on Monday (April 19) after teasing it for a week in a series of cryptic posts.

manifesto.Labour’s national recovery plan includes detailed policies for turning the country around, including a catch up plan for schools.One of the policy commitments is to strip away some of the financial support received by fee-paying schools.The manifesto states: “Scottish Labour will end all public sector support for fee-paying private schools, implementing the recommendations made by the Barclay Review to end their charitable status for rates relief as a contribution towards achieving a

National Union of Students leaders' hustings last night where representatives from the main five parties discussed a range of issues. During the argument between Sturgeon and Ross, the Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar jumped in to say they weren't setting a good example for young people across the country by shouting at each other.

Pollen levels are set to soar across Scotland this weekend sparking misery for hay fever sufferers. Scots will enjoy the sunniest week of the year so far, which also creates the perfect conditions for a so-called ' pollen bomb ' to thrive.

Scottish Water of sitting on half a billion pounds of surplus cash and demanded the money is handed to hard-pressed families. The 38-year-old also admitted his party had not been good enough in the past and made a personal appeal for voters to back him.

Glasgow when this week's stunning winning picture was taken.Bobby Hughes captured Scotland's changeable weather perfectly with this moment a white-out struck the city centre – and scooped our £100 Picture Scotland prize.

Glasgow Southside seat, has criticised the SNP leader for failing to keep her promises when she took over from Alex Salmond in 2014. During a TV interview Sarwar highlighted Scotland's awful drug deaths record which is currently the highest in Europe.

manifesto launch from Tuesday to Thursday due to an " unscheduled " announcement. Labour's Scottish Parliamentary election manifesto launch was initially supposed to take place on Monday, however due to the death of the Duke of Edinburgh it was shifted.