THE leader of an SNP council group has quit the party – and looks set to join the ruling Tory administration as an independent ...
THE leader of an SNP council group has quit the party – and looks set to join the ruling Tory administration as an independent.group was stunned by the shock resignation of their leader, William Grant, on Monday, which came alongside a Tory councillor resigning from their party.While Grant refused to comment directly about the administration offer, council leader Martin Dowey confirmed the move had been agreed. It was a position Grant held when the SNP was in power.
Grant, who has represented Maybole and North Carrick since 2012, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that he remained"supportive of a strong Scotland" but that he had"grown apart from the SNP" ultimately leading to his resignation. He said: “My current portfolio holder has resigned from being portfolio holder and from the Conservative group and I have asked William to be education portfolio holder. ”"He is vastly experienced and he is now independent. While we couldn’t work in a leadership role with the SNP we worked well behind the scenes.”
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