ANAS Sarwar and Douglas Ross will share a stage at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival today in what has been called a symbol of “just how indistinguishable Labour and the Tories in Scotland have become”.
The “dire duo” are appearing together at Ian Dale’s For The Many show in a partnership the SNP branded “less surprising than being handed a festival flyer on the Royal Mile”.
Sarwar and Ross, the leaders of Scottish Labour and the Scottish Tories respectively, have seen both their parties accused of forming Unionist alliances on councils across Scotland to block the SNP from power.
Scottish Labour seized power in North Lanarkshire from the SNP yesterday, partially with the help of Tory votes.
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The SNP have accused the parties of being “indistinguishable” on constitutional issues, with both opposed to indyref2 and re-joining the EU.
Rona Mackay, SNP MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, said: “Ross and Sarwar already have form for teaming up – whether it be in councils across Scotland, in their support for damaging policies Scotland hasn’t voted for or for attempting to block the Scottish people from democratically choosing their own future.
“Unfortunately, theirs is a partnership that people across Scotland are sadly all too familiar with and whilst the pair sit side by side on stage, people across Scotland will be thinking about just how indistinguishable Labour and the Tories in Scotland have become.
“The only way for Scotland to escape these damaging Westminster parties is to become a normal independent country.”
A Scottish Labour Party spokesperson said: “Even by the standards of petty and irrelevant SNP handout stories, this is a bad one.”
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