Starmer Calls for Scottish Voters to Help Labour’s Path to Power
- Opposition leader says both SNP and Tories have ‘failed’
- Labour is seeking to capitalize on SNP turmoil in Scotland
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Keir Starmer put Scottish voters at the heart of his campaign to become prime minister, urging them to vote for his opposition Labour Party to end the Conservative Party’s 14-year grip on UK power.
Kicking off Labour’s campaign in Glasgow ahead of the July 4 general election, Starmer said his party offered a third way between the Scottish National Party’s focus on independence and the “chaos” of Rishi Sunak’s governing Tories in Westminster. A Labour government would “chart a new course,” citing his plans to base a new publicly-owned clean energy company in Scotland.