Graeme McCormick claims he will gather requisite number of signatures to force contest instead of unopposed coronation
Swinney speaking at a press conference in Edinburgh last week. ‘I think it would be better if we just got on with things,’ he said on Sunday.Swinney speaking at a press conference in Edinburgh last week. ‘I think it would be better if we just got on with things,’ he said on Sunday.John Swinney could face a leadership contest before he becomes Scottish National party leader after an activist said he expected to win enough nominations to stand.
One of McCormick’s backers, Iain Lawson, posted on X on Sunday that he had already obtained the 100 signatures required and was planning to hand them in to the SNP “in person”. McCormick, some of whose allies want the Scottish government to mount a second independence referendum without Westminster’s approval, won applause from hardliners when he denounced the SNP’s caution as “flatulence in a trance” during last year’s party conference.
Swinney, who has been expecting to be confirmed as the new SNP leader on Monday afternoon and be voted in as first minister this week, warned on Sunday that a contest would delay his efforts to rebuild the party and put its deep divisions on public display.
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