Scottish Labour leader calls claim he tried to do Reform deal a ‘desperate lie’
Anas Sarwar says there have been ‘no stitch-ups, no deals, no backroom chats, no back-channel contact with Reform’ UK politics live – latest updates Anas Sarwar has dismissed as “a desperate lie from a desperate man” a claim by Reform UK’s Scotland leader, Malcolm Offord, that he offered to do a deal with the hard-right party to keep the Scottish National party out of power. Offord made the claim on Channel 4’s Scottish leaders’ debate on Tuesday evening, alleging the Scottish Labour leader came
Anas Sarwar says there have been ‘no stitch-ups, no deals, no backroom chats with Reform’ over Holyrood elections
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Anas Sarwar has dismissed as “a desperate lie from a desperate man” a claim by Reform UK’s Scotland leader, Malcolm Offord, that he offered to do a deal with the rightwing party to keep the Scottish National party out of power.
Offord made the claim on Channel 4’s Scottish leaders’ debate on Tuesday evening, alleging the Scottish Labour leader came “bouncing up” to him at an event in December last year, suggesting they “work together to remove the SNP”.
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- Scottish Labour leader calls claim he tried to do Reform deal a ‘desperate lie’Guardian - World · Libby Brooks and Severin Carrell · Apr 15, 2026, 11:05 AM
- Scottish Labour leader says claim he tried to do Reform deal is ‘desperate lie’Guardian - World · Libby Brooks and Severin Carrell · Apr 15, 2026, 4:42 PM
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