EXCLUSIVE: Tory MSP Graham will bring back an amendment to ban double jobbing after initially pulling back.
MSPs will be given a vote on banning double jobbing in the wake of the scandal involving SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn . Tory MSP Graham Simpson will resubmit an amendment to scrap ‘dual mandates’ which could scupper Flynn’s bid to hold down two jobs.Flynn is at the centre of a major political backlash over plans to stand for Holyrood in 2026 while keeping his Aberdeen South seat at Westminster.
“Stephen Flynn has helped me to make up my mind on this. Being an MSP is a full time job and anyone lucky enough to have the honour of being elected to the Scottish Parliament should be doing so on that basis. It is wrong that anyone should be able to sit as an MSP and MP at the same time. Flynn intends to go for the SNP nomination in Aberdeen South and North Kincardine seat by challenging sitting MSP Audrey Nicoll. His action has angered SNP MSPs who oppose double jobbing and believe trying to oust a female colleague is a bad look.
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