DOUGLAS Ross has urged John Swinney to abandon independence and rule out any form of deal with the Scottish Greens in a bizarre letter to the…
Swinney is expected to be crowned leader of the SNP when nominations close on Monday"As you will be very much aware, the SNP Government's continued campaigning for independence after the 2014 referendum has led to a decade of division in Scotland," he said.
Stating that you will not make any referendum request to the UK Government for your duration of your time in office. He added that Green MSPs should not be appointed as ministers – as had been the case under the Bute House Agreement – and he called on the Scottish Government to commit to support newA Green MSP has already said a new Bute House Agreement, or similar deal, is “very, very unlikely” to come to fruition under Mr Swinney.
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