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Labour is boasting that Nicola Sturgeon's departure as SNP leader makes it 'easier' for Sir Keir Starmer to enter Downing Street.
The party's Scottish leader, Anas Sarwar, claimed none of the three candidates to replace Ms Sturgeon was of the same 'calibre' as the departing First Minister.
This afternoon, either Scottish Health Secretary Humza Yousaf, Finance Secretary Kate Forbes or former community safety minister Ash Regan will be named the new SNP leader.
They will then officially replace Ms Sturgeon as Scotland's First Minister.
Mr Sarwar hailed how Ms Sturgeon's departure after eight years in office would help deliver a Labour government at Westminster headed by Sir Keir.
But he insisted there would be 'no deals with the SNP' in order for the nationalist party to prop up a Labour miniority government in the House of Commons.
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar boasted Nicola Sturgeon's departure as SNP leader makes it 'easier' for Sir Keir Starmer to enter Downing Street
Mr Sarwar insisted there would be 'no deals with the SNP' in order for the nationalist party to prop up a Labour miniority government in the House of Commons
The Scottish Labour leader claimed none of the three SNP candidates to replace Ms Sturgeon was of the same 'calibre' as the departing First Minister
Speaking to the Telegraph's 'Chopper's Politics' podcast, Mr Sarwar claimed the SNP was 'in turmoil' amid the party's divisive contest to choose Ms Sturgeon's successor.
But he warned his own party 'can't just wait for the wheels to come off the SNP bus and assume that means people automatically shift to Labour'.
Looking forward to the next general election, Mr Sarwar stressed predictions that 'Red Wall' seats in the north of England would determine the outcome were misplaced.
'A lot of the UK general election debate focuses on the Red Wall... people
