Sarwar admits Labour complaints process ‘broken’ Top Story March 9, 2021 EDINBURGH: Anas Sarwar has said his party’s complaints process is “broken” and pledged to fix the problem. The newly-elected Labour leader said he felt he was failed by the process when he alleged that Labour councillor Davie McLachlan made a racial remark to him, an allegation which was thrown out by the party’s UK-wide national constitution committee (NCC). The decision led to then leader, Richard Leonard, describing the process as “flawed”. A similar complaint, made by Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf against Dumfries and Galloway councillor Jim Dempster, has been working its way through the process for more than three years.