Sarwar's calls to leverage Trump's Scottish roots branded ‘crass, tone-deaf and stupid’
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar speaking during the Scottish Labour Party conference at the Scottish Exhibition Centre (SEC) in Glasgow, February 21, 2025
SCOTTISH Labour leader Anas Sarwar’s calls to leverage Donald Trump’s Scottish roots to “make Scotland greater again” were branded “crass, tone-deaf and stupid” today.
Mr Sarwar made the remarks in a column in the Times newspaper, published as he attended the annual Tartan Day Parade in New York City.
He has spent a week in the US catching-up with his friend Peter Mandelson, the British ambassador to the US, and joining Britain’s Trade Minister Douglas Alexander on a round of meetings with business leaders.
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