ALBA Party leader Alex Salmond hailed Fergus Ewing’s commitment to the independence cause as he criticised Scottish Greens co-leaders Lorna Slater…
MSP faces severe disciplinary action over his rebellions against the Scottish Government and criticism of his party’s Bute House Agreement partners.Former first minister Salmond has now come out in defence of Ewing.
“In a full 20 years as SNP leader, I expelled but one parliamentarian and he was convicted of criminal assault. I never would have dreamt of getting rid of people just because they disagreed with me on politics or tactics or dissented from some votes in Parliament. “What Humza needs to understand is that expelling people is a sign of critical weakness, not strength, while to expel strong independence supporters at the behest of fair-weather friends in simply ridiculous.Meanwhile, Alba’s chair Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh hit back at minister Neil Gray after his comments on The National’s Holyrood Weekly podcast.
“The work that Jamie Hepburn is doing, that Angus Robertson is doing, that’s been led by the First Minister, in building our new prospectus series, our Building a New Scotland series, I can see there is a hugely ambitious programme of work there to ensure that we are taking the case for why we need to be independent to the people.”
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