The election campaign in Scotland has been unsavoury – but it has taken its worst turn yet with the news that a Labour candidate has received a death threat.
Glasgow Central candidate Anas Sarwar – a Shadow DFID Minister and a key part of the pro-union campaign last year as Scottish Labour’s then Deputy Leader – received the threat by voicemail earlier this month. The message (which you can hear over at the Daily Record), says:
“You dirty f*****g scummy b*****d. I hope you f*****g rot in hell because I’ll come down with a f*****g bullet and put it in you. You f*****g …. you sell your soul for a bit of money. You cowardly b*****d.”
The matter is now being handled by the police. This is how Scottish Labour Deputy Leader Kezia Dugdale reacted to the news:
”These types of threats have no place in our society. No-one, politician or otherwise, should have to face threats of violence.
“What has it come to when people seeking to be part of the democratic process face threats of this nature?
”Anas Sarwar has a family who will rightly be concerned and staff who should, at all times, be able to go to work without fear of violence.
”In the face of threats we have to stand together and unite in our condemnation of this vile and disgusting behaviour. Anas Sarwar is a popular local figure and this sort of threat will not deter him.”
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