SCOTTISH Labour have entered their second day of silence on their UK colleagues praising Margaret Thatcher – despite demands they make their position clear.
Anas Sarwar’s party has refused to comment on a slew of top Labour figures praising the divisive former Tory prime minister as a “visionary” who oversaw “national renewal”.
SNP MSP Elena Whitham has called on Scottish Labour to come clean on their position on Thatcher – but her calls fell on deaf ears.
After shadow foreign secretary David Lammy (above) hailed Thatcher as a “visionary”, Whitham said: “Have we all woken up in a parallel universe? What do Labour even stand for anymore?
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“Placing Thatcher on a pedestal is beyond revolting to those left behind when she decimated our coalfields and our industry. Scottish Labour what say you?”
But when approached by The National again for a response to UK Labour praising Thatcher, Scottish Labour failed to respond.
When approached by The National earlier this week, a Scottish Labour spokesperson said Sarwar had previously distanced himself from Keir Starmer’s top team in instances where they had spoken positively about Thatcher and her legacy.
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