Murray Foote had rubbished reports in the media that the party's membership had dropped by 30,000 since 2021. However, it was later revealed by the party that this was in fact true.
At the time, Mr Foote described the story as"drivel", and the party further claimed the"figure that was reported is not just flat wrong, it's wrong by about 30,000" in response to similar reporting by the National.the party membership when the leadership race started last month was down 31,698 from the numbers in 2021.
A longer statement was then released, which said:"Murray has been an outstanding head of press for the Holyrood Group and we thank him for his service."The party was asked a specific question about loss of members as a direct result of the [Gender Recognition Reform] Bill and Indyref2. The answer given was intended to make clear that these two reasons had not been the cause of significant numbers of members leaving.
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