Can Sarwar reverse Scottish Labour's fortunes?

Has Anas Sarwar got what it takes to woo Scottish Labour’s lost voters? I joined the recently-elected leader of the party while on the campaign trail in Glasgow and you can read my interview with him in this week’s magazine. His analysis is that Labour was in danger of becoming part of the past for many Scottish voters. His solution is to stop talking about the constitution in an attempt to avoid the ‘divisive’ politics that has dominated the country for years now and to encourage voters to take another look at his party.

He told me that the ‘big mistake that other political parties are making’ is to ‘make these elections about the British constitution’. He added: ‘Because it’s a pandemic election. They’re only really speaking to the half of the country that agrees with them on the constitution and making no effort to pull the country together and making no effort to talk to people who don’t agree on the constitution.’