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Where it went wrong for Anas Sarwar

Scottish Labour suffered its worst ever Holyrood election result.

If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like ‘Anas Sarwar: the election interview’: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002t1cw

Anas Sarwar (pictured) insists he is “absolutely” staying in post despite leading Scottish Labour to its worst ever Scottish Parliament election results.

We ask Paul Sweeney, one of the party’s 17 elected MSPs, whether its crushing Holyrood defeat is down to Sarwar or Sir Keir Starmer.

Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Natalie Higgins and David Wallace Lockhart.

Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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