SCOTTISH Labour leader Anas Sarwar insisted yesterday that the party was backing his campaign message of unity despite concerns over candidate selections in Glasgow. 

Mr Sarwar was asked whether calling for unity among the Scottish people was hypocritical when some within Labour had been sidelined for defending internal party democracy and Scotland’s right to self-determination. 

Eleven officers at Glasgow Kelvin Constituency Labour Party resigned from their roles in March after locally selected candidate Hollie Cameron was replaced, having said she “respects the right” to have a referendum on independence.