'Exploding' SNP dried up, says Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer said that if the SNP «had a good argument, they wouldn't say what they say.» The Labor Party

The SNP has used dirty tactics in its election battle with Labor because activists know the party has «run out of space,» said Sir Keir Starmer.

Speaking during a visit to the constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton -West Labor leader said the Nationalists had «exploded» and suggested their negative campaign was a sign of desperation.

Claire Haughey, SNP MP and former minister representing the region Holyrood was accused of «dirty politics» last week after she spread the attack on the local school on social media.

The blog, shared by Ms Haughey, highlights student exam results and questions the «underperforming Department of Modern Studies» where Labor candidate Michael Shanks is a teacher. She apologized for the backlash.

“People deserve better representation than they have in recent years,” Sir Keir said. “It's not just that they [SNP] exploded — they lost their way. That's why they get personal, that's why they make the arguments that they are. If they had a good solid argument, they wouldn't say what they say.

“Finally, their track record is being looked at and people are saying, ‘After so many years in office, is this, this is the state of the country? 2019, was removed by voters after she violated lockdown rules on traveling to London by train while being infected with Covid.

Margaret Ferrier, who won a SNP seat in 2019, was suspended by voters after violating quarantine rules.

The SNP has adopted a strategy of attacking Labor's position on issues such as social benefits and Brexit, rather than putting forward its own policies. .

It repeatedly stressed Sir Keir's position on the two-child allowance cut, which he said he would not lift if he gained power. The stance has caused a split in the Labor Party and Scotland's leader Anas Sarwar was among those opposed to it.

On Tuesday, Sir Keir rejected proposals to clash with members of the Scottish Party who oppose a benefit cut that does not allows applicants to claim universal credit or child tax credit for a third child.

He has repeatedly stated that he will not make «free» policy changes, but after a «talk» with Mr. Sarwar at Rutherglen Town Hall, he said Labor would make sure politics «worked more fairly» if they were elected next year.

Comments were about whether he would remove the relevant rape clause, which requires women to disclose, that their child was conceived as a result of rape in order to circumvent the cap on benefits.

Kathy Loudon, the SNP candidate for the seat, called Sir Keir's comments «shameful», adding: be a compromise between British Labor and their Scottish a branch in their desperation to cover up a growing list of divisions within the party.»