FERGUS Ewing has been suspended for a week following an internal SNP disciplinary hearing...
group for a week following an internal disciplinary hearing.
SNP MSPs met on Wednesday evening to discuss what disciplinary action to take against the former frontbencher for backing a no-confidence motion against Scottish Government Green minister Lorna Slater earlier this year. A two thirds majority was needed, a threshold which was passed and members have opted to suspend the veteran MSP from theAn SNP spokesman said: “At a meeting this evening, a proposal was carried to suspend Fergus Ewing from the SNP Holyrood Group for a period of one week."– John Campbell KC – at the meeting, which is understood to have been a first for an SNP internal hearing of this kind.
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