The first person of colour and first Muslim to lead a major UK party on following in the footsteps of his controversial father – and how he plans to save Labour in Scotland
Anas Sarwar can remember the exact moment he realised that his family was not like other families – and that the challenges they faced on account of the colour of their skin would be lifelong.
Sarwar, now the leader of Scottish Labour and the first Muslim and person of colour to head a major political party in the UK, was 12. He was watching cartoons at his grandmother’s house on the south side of Glasgow while his father, Mohammad, awaited the result of a bitter internal selection contest for the Westminster seat of Govan in 1995.
