The SNP’s former leader Alex Salmond has lost his Gordon seat to the Scottish Conservatives. The Tories also defeated the SNP’s deputy leader Angus Robertson as they surged across Scotland. The SNP are currently on 34 seats – a majority of the 59 Scottish constituencies but a drop of 22 from the 56 they won … Read more
Labour and the Liberal Democrats have already said they support the move. SNP MPs will abstain in the House of Commons vote on whether there should be a snap general election, the party’s leader at Westminster has confirmed. Angus Robertson said his party believed in fixed-term parliaments, but would not stand in the way of … Read more
The Scottish Conservative leader has said the majority of Scots do not want a second independence referendum. Ruth Davidson told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show that Nicola Sturgeon’s call for such a vote was “not the will of the Scottish people”. She said: “The SNP is not Scotland, they are acting against the majority wishes … Read more