Keir Starmer is set to urge Scottish voters to "take another look at Labour” and portray his party as the "change that Scotland needs". In the wake of Nicola Sturgeon’s shock resignation last week, the Labour leader will promise a “bold, reforming government” in what he will call a “new era for Scotland and Britain”. Starmer is expected to say: “Amidst all the chaos of Tory and SNP rule, there is a growing impatience for change, and for national renewal. In his speech, Starmer will acknowledge that many Scots who “want change and hope” see independence as the only “way out of Tory Britain”. Ahead of Starmer's speech, she said: “Like the Tories, they are intent on blocking the cast-iron democratic mandate for an independence referendum.
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