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Labour peer backed plot to topple PM
Daily Record
|February 16, 2026
ONE of Scottish Labour's top donors has claimed Anas Sarwar's call for Keir Starmer to quit was the “best Machiavellian plot" the party has ever hatched.
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Lord Haughey said the Scottish Labour leader and the Prime Minister are both in a stronger position after Sarwar's intervention.
He sent shockwaves through Scots politics last Monday after he demanded the resignation of Starmer.
He said the Labour government had made too many mistakes and called for fresh leadership.
This story is from the February 16, 2026 edition of Daily Record.
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