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An SNP MSP has had the whip removed following “utterly abhorrent” comments about the Israel-Hamas conflict. The party confirmed it has taken action following social media comments from Glasgow ...
It follows SNP MP Angus MacNeil’s call for Ms Sturgeon’s suspension, tweeting: “This soap-opera has gone far enough, Nicola Sturgeon suspended others from the SNP for an awful lot less!”
There are even sitting Scottish government ministers whose Holyrood careers began when they took on a sitting SNP MSP. And other parties have similar internal mechanisms for contests.
Some SNP politicians, including Ash Regan MSP, called for Sturgeon to be suspended from the party, but new leader Humza Yousaf said he would not suspend her as she had not been charged. [59] By the end of June, the SNP was reported to be ready to submit audited accounts to the Electoral Commission ahead of a deadline of 7 July.
In April 2024, Humza Yousaf, first minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), faced a confidence challenge following his termination of the Bute House Agreement between the SNP and the Scottish Greens, which meant that Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater, co-leaders of the Greens and their only government ministers, were removed from government. [2]
Following Nicola Sturgeon's resignation as leader of the SNP and as first minister, Humza Yousaf won the 2023 SNP leadership election, defeating Kate Forbes with 52% to her 48% in the final stage. Yousaf was appointed first minister on 29 March 2023, becoming the youngest person, the first Scottish Asian , and the first Muslim to serve in office .
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This is a list of Scottish National Party MPs.It includes all members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons representing the Scottish National Party since the party's formation.