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Mr Ewing, who previously served in Nicola Sturgeon’s Cabinet, has repeatedly criticised his party’s decision to enter a power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Greens

MSP Fergus Ewing has hit out at his party after being suspended for staging a series of rebellions against the Scottish Government.

His support in June for a motion of no confidence in Lorna Slater, the Greens co-leader, finally prompted party chiefs to launch disciplinary action. “I did this because I knew that whatever disagreements or policy shortcomings I thought the party had, it was fundamentally attempting to do the right thing by my constituents and for Scotland.“In good conscience this is no longer the case – and it has nothing to do with personalities or my antipathy towards the Green Party.

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