SNP has 'undoubtedly' moved to the right under John Swinney, says Anas Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader agreed with the Greens that the Nationalists seem to have shifted away from left-of-centre politics.

Sarwar was speaking in Glasgow as he unveiled a set of plans to reform Holyrood 25 years after the Scottish Parliament was set up.He said: "I think undoubtedly there is a language shift, and perhaps a positioning shift from the SNP, that has shifted more to the right that what was there previously. When asked afterwards if he had spoken to any Tory MSPs about possible defections and if he would accept any Conservative members into the Labour group, Sarwar said: "I can clamp down .

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