Peter Murrell, the SNP’s chief executive and Nicola Sturgeon’s husband, has resigned with immediate effect.
’14 national election wins is testament to the skills of the dedicated and talented HQ team that I have been privileged to lead.‘I have worked for independence all my life and will continue to do so, albeit in a different capacity, until it is achieved – and I do firmly believe that independence is now closer than ever.
Mr Foote said that after speaking to the party’s HQ, he had issued responses to the media which had ‘serious issues’ and he later decided there was a ‘serious impediment’ to his role. On Thursday, the party revealed membership as of February 15 this year was 72,186, having fallen from 103,884 in 2021.
This corroborated a story in the Sunday Mail in February around the SNP losing 30,000 members, something Mr Foote had strongly denied at the time. On Saturday, the Herald newspaper reported a senior member of the NEC said: ‘We have the numbers. There’s not a hope in hell that Peter can survive a no confidence motion.’Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at
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