Scottish Labour leader blasts Reform 'race baiting' and makes election vow

EXCLUSIVE: Scottish Labour leader blasts Reform 'race baiting' and makes election vowThe Scottish Labour leader called out the 'race-bating' of Nigel Farage's party, and while accepting his party were "underdogs", claimed he could defy the polls on May 7CommentsNewsAlexander Brown Assistant Political Editor13:08, 11 Apr 2026Anas Sarwar has branded Reform 'Tories in disguise' and insisted he can win May's Holyrood election. Anas Sarwar has branded Reform 'Tories in disguise' and insisted he can win May's Holyrood election.‌The Scottish Labour leader called out the " race-bating " of Nigel Farage's party, and while accepting his party were "underdogs", claimed he could defy the polls on May 7.‌It came as polling guru Sir John Curtice claimed “no politicians” were popular at the moment, and polls showed Labour faced an uphill battle to dethrone the SNP in Scotland.‌READ MORE: Nigel Farage confronted over Southport attack comments on visit to the townREAD MORE: Nicola Sturgeon blasts Nigel Farage for being 'not who he pretends to be'View ImageSir John Curtice spoke with The Mirror's Assistant Political Editor Alexander BrownSpeaking to this newspaper, Mr Sarwar said: “I accept that we go into the election as underdogs, but this is an election I believe that Labour can win and the reason why I think this election Labour could win is the SNP has been in power for almost 20 years.“I'm confident over the four weeks left of the election campaign, more and more focus will be on Scotland’s NHS, our schools, our justice system, our housing system, our local councils, local authorities, what we do with Scottish taxes, and I think the more that focus goes on in this election campaign, the weaker the chances for the SNP and the stronger chances for us.”‌Mr Sarwar also attacked Reform UK, who recently sparked fury after suggesting they could rerun an attack ad that claimed...