SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: Flynn's announcement on Monday has caused uproar inside the SNP.
SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn told his colleague he planned to take her job just hours before announcing it to the public.
Sources close to Nicoll said Flynn contacted her last Sunday evening to tell her of his plans and claimed he pressured her to stand aside - a claim Flynn’s spokesman has denied. Flynn’s plans were revealed in a front page article in a local Aberdeenshire newspaper on Monday morning. Blackford later told the Sunday Mail the group wanted more independence from Holyrood and the SNP leadership and were annoyed about perceived meddling from Nicola Sturgeon and her cabinet.
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