Voters head to the polls in Scotland’s first-ever recall byelection after Covid rule-breaker Margaret Ferrier was ousted
Voters head to the polls in Scotland’s first-ever recall byelection after Covid rule-breaker Margaret Ferrier of SNP was oustedScotland’s first-ever recall byelection will also be Humza Yousaf’s first significant electoral test since he became SNP leader, and first minister, in the spring.Ferrier was ejected by the SNP after it emerged she had visited local businesses while awaiting the result of a coronavirus test and travelled by train from the Commons back to Scotland after testing positive.
“We approach that with excitement, we approach that with confidence, but we do it with a hunger and desire to recognise that we have come a long way in terms of persuading people that the Scottish Labour party is back, and we’ve still got a long way to go to earn the trust of the Scottish people, and I’m absolutely determined to do that.”
Ferrier first won it in the SNP landslide of 2015, then narrowly lost it to Labour in 2017, before retaking it in 2019 with a 5,230-vote majority. Shanks, who teaches modern studies at a local high school, said voters were desperate for “a fresh start” after years of limbo with Ferrier. He also attacked the record of the Holyrood SNP government on public services.
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