It comes as a newspaper reports the Greens will back an SNP amendment to reduce Mr Matheson’s suspension.
Labour MP Ian Murray has said the First Minister’s decision to defend Michael Matheson after a Holyrood committee ordered a 27-day suspension will lead to a “Swinney slump” for the SNP on polling day.
First Minister John Swinney has claimed the committee’s decision was “prejudiced” by the previous comments of one of its members, Conservative Annie Wells, who had criticised Mr Matheson’s explanation.The Sunday Mail reports the Greens will back an SNP amendment to reduce the length of Mr Matheson’s suspension – with the two parties having enough votes for it to pass at Holyrood.
“The country is crying out for change but John Swinney can’t deliver that because he’s been at the heart of the SNP for decades. He only offers continuity, and we all know continuity won’t cut it. Mr Swinney said: “We cannot have our national Parliament presiding over prejudice and certainly not prejudice from the Conservatives.”
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