Interview: Anas Sarwar, Scottish Labour (General Election 2024)
Podlitical
BBC
4.6 • 157 Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Martin Geissler sits down with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar. The polls suggest Labour are doing well just now – but of course, two weeks is a long time in politics. Can they keep up the pace they’ve set themselves? In this audio version of the BBC Scotland Sunday Show interview, Martin asks Sarwar about tax, just how Labour will get that growth they need to fund their pledges, immigration, and independence.
Part of a series of interviews with party leaders over the course of the general election campaign. To hear them all, subscribe to Podlitical on BBC Sounds, or tune in to the Sunday Show every Sunday from 10am on BBC One Scotland and Radio Scotland.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds. You're listening to BBC Scotland. |
| 0:12.9 | Hello, you're listening to Podlitical, BBC Scotland's politics podcast. I'm Martin Geisler, |
| 0:19.5 | a presenter based in Glasgow. I'm the host of the Sunday show, |
| 0:22.9 | where I've been interviewing the party leaders who want your vote in the general election on |
| 0:27.4 | the 4th of July. So, how are they planning to get it? The polls suggest Labour are doing pretty |
| 0:33.8 | well just now, but of course, two weeks is a long time in politics. Can they keep up the pace |
| 0:39.4 | they've set themselves? Today, I've been speaking to Scottish Labour leader, Anasarwar. I asked him |
| 0:45.3 | about tax, just how Labour will get that growth they need to fund their promises, and also |
| 0:50.7 | immigration and independence too. Anas's our work. Good morning. |
| 0:55.1 | Good morning, Martin. |
| 0:56.6 | What's the point in voting Labour at this election? |
| 0:59.6 | If the polls are to be believed, you're going to run away with this. |
| 1:02.6 | Why shouldn't people vote for a party who are actually going to keep you in check? |
| 1:05.2 | Avoid this super majority people are talking about. |
| 1:07.8 | Hold your feet to the fire. |
| 1:08.6 | Well, first of all, it's nonsense to even suggest there be a super majority. |
| 1:11.6 | Not a single vote has been cast, well, I suppose postal ballots have been cast, but we still don't have any results from this election. |
| 1:17.6 | And every vote for Scottish Labour in this election is, of course, to make sure we get rid of the Tories, |
| 1:22.6 | but it's also to put Scotland at the heart of a Labour government and to deliver the change our country |
| 1:27.7 | needs. And let me tell you what I mean by that is we have a choice in Scotland. We can either |
| 1:31.6 | elect MPs that are going to sit on the opposition benches, shout, protest, but ultimately |
| 1:36.7 | come back with nothing, or we can elect Scottish Labour MPs that will sit around the table, |
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