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Scotland election live: Labour celebrates after gains from SNP as Conservative leader Douglas Ross loses seat

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Scotland election live: Labour celebrates after gains from SNP as Conservative leader Douglas Ross loses seat

Sarwar: ‘This is a historic day for Scotland’published at 10:48 5 July

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Meanwhile, in Glasgow a beaming Anas Sarwar joins his new Westminster colleagues to celebrate Labour’s landslide win.

Speaking on the banks of the Clyde, the
Scottish Labour leader says people have woken up to a “historic day” and the
end of 14 years of “Conservative chaos and division”.

Sarwar says voters have put their “faith and trust” in his party and it is up
to them to deliver.

“This
is a historic day for Scotland and for the entire UK,” he tells the media.

“The people you see around me today, these new Scottish
Labour MPs, and aren’t there so many of them, they are not going to Westminster
to sit on the opposition benches, to shout, to protest, and ultimately come
back with nothing.

“They are going to sit on the government benches, to sit
round the table and make decisions for the people of Scotland.

“That is the change that people have voted for.”

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