'He needs to lay out his exit strategy and to be clear with the party to allow them to go forward and rebuild the integrity that many feel has been lost' Sky's ConnorGillies reports on the no confidence vote SNP's Peter Murrell is facing 📺 Sky 501
Peter Murrell, who is also Nicola Sturgeon's husband, is accused of undermining the current leadership contest, according to the NEC member.after it emerged he inadvertently provided bogus membership numbers to a journalist.
Murray Foote was told to deny reports the party had lost 30,000 members branding them"inaccurate" and"drivel". In the face of claims the integrity of the leadership process was being undermined by a refusal to issue membership data, the party was forced to confirm the figures were true. The source within the NEC told Sky News:"The buck stops with Peter... he shouldn't have thrown a junior member of staff under the bus".Advertisement
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