Keith Brown
Deputy leader of the Scottish National Party.
Brown, SNP deputy leader, called Anas Sarwar's 22 July move to a Westminster ministerial post via a life peerage 'the most undemocratic trick in the Westminster book'.
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Criticised the peerage arrangement that vacated the leadership
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Keith Brown is deputy leader of the Scottish National Party.
He criticised Anas Sarwar's resignation as Scottish Labour leader for a life peerage and a Westminster ministerial post, calling the arrangement 'the most undemocratic trick in the Westminster book'.
His criticism came as Scottish Labour opened nominations on 3 August to choose a permanent successor, with Jackie Baillie holding the post on an interim basis and Monica Lennon the first MSP to declare she will stand, a contest that will hand the SNP its main opposition figure ahead of the next Holyrood election, with nominations closing on 17 August.
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