Anas Sarwar

even if perhaps not expressed by the old man always motivated always being driven particularly by mum but also posed its challenges in terms of being brought up in a political household and my dad trying to be Britain's first Muslim member of parliament and in a weird way because he was a politician

And because of many of the dark things that we had to experience, because either he wanted to be a politician or after he became an elected member in the House of Commons, it really put me off politics.

I hated the idea of being an elected member.

So I was a member of the Labour Party.

I love being a member of the Labour Party.

I love being involved in campaigns.

But the idea of being an elected member honestly repulsed me.

And it's one of the reasons why I went to

I studied to be a dentist and worked in the NHS as a dentist.

And it's one of the reasons why my dad and I fell out at one point because he was very keen for me to be a politician.

I was desperate not to be a politician because of some of the things we experienced growing up.

He won.

Absolutely.

It's really funny because he makes a point even to this day of reminding me that every day he was a member of parliament was every day of the Labour Party being in government.

And every day of me being in politics is every day of Labour being in opposition when I was in Westminster or in opposition when I'm in the Scottish Parliament.

So I need to break that duck in the election.

Does he?

I suppose I should first of all explain why I was repulsed by the idea of being an elected member.

I was, of course, really proud that he was standing for politics.

I was really proud that he was able to be Britain's first Muslim Member of Parliament.