PRO-PALESTINE demonstrators have gathered outside a Labour fundraiser in Scotland, attended by Keir Starmer and Anas Sarwar.
The Labour leader is understood to have made the trip to Scotland this afternoon, with the location kept tightly under wraps from both public and media.
Activists from the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the Gaza Genocide Emergency Committee posted on social media channels an hour before the fundraising dinner in Motherwell was set to start, asking all those who could attend to “please come through”.
The location of the dinner was kept private after Starmer was met by pro-ceasefire protesters as he arrived into Glasgow in December.
Scottish Labour posted the event online, writing: "Join Keir Starmer MP, Anas Sarwar MSP, and Jean Johansson for a fun evening to raise funds for our seven Lanarkshire Labour candidates."
But added: "Please note that this event will take place in central Lanarkshire, the exact location will be given to those with tickets nearer the time."
Footage of his arrival showed people shouting "shame on you" as he arrived in Central Station and two protesters being pinned down by police while protesters chant "let them go" outside the Crowne Plaza hotel.
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On Friday night, the group told The National that security was refusing to let anyone into the car park or near the main entrance.
Starmer has so far refused to back calls for a ceasefire in Gaza despite considerable rebellion within his own party and his deputy, Angela Rayner MP, was confronted by pro-Palestine campaigners at a Labour fundraising event earlier this week.
Labour have been contacted for comment.
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