Today's cartoon is on the story of Anas Sarwar getting a seat in the House of Lords

Why Anas Sarwar has a perfectly good reason for going to the House of Lords

Any politician worth their salt wants the opportunity to be in government rather than opposition, writes Brian Wilson

Today's cartoon is on the story of Anas Sarwar getting a seat in the House of Lords

Today's cartoon is on the story of Anas Sarwar getting a seat in the House of Lords.

Jackie Baillie claims Anas Sarwar's Lords appointment is 'about rewarding talent'

SCOTTISH Labour's acting leader has described Anas Sarwar's appointment in the House of Lords as an "offer you can't refuse".

Politics needs old-fashioned values and public service not the career ladder climbing of Labour leader Anas Sarwar in the undemocratic House of Lords

I don’t know about you, but I’m becoming pretty fed up with this type of politics. The politics of opportunism.

Just like Andy, Anas U-turns all the way to the top to fulfil his dad’s dreams

By a friend of Talking-up Scotland Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar MP was almost the first Lord Sarwar, having been proposed by PM Gordon Brown for a life peerage in May 2010. Significant objections, notably including HMRC, led to Brown’s nomination being blocked (ref 1). Other controversies included allegations of vote-rigging (not substantiated in Court) and running up almost £200,000 in MP expenses in 2008-2009. He also had the third highest MP expe…