EXCLUSIVE: Senior party figures are claimed to be gunning for Ewing but their attacks on the MSP after his mum's death have been branded cruel.
Senior SNP figures who want veteran MSP Fergus Ewing out of the party could be thwarted over fears that it will damage the SNP vote in the by-election where his late mother won a legendary victory.
But sources told the Sunday Mail his outspoken opinions have made him a target by senior ministers who have used his vote against Slater as a reason to get rid of him. But plans to discipline him were put on hold after his mum died on June 21, the day after his rebellion. “Shirley-Anne Somerville [social justice secretary] and [Paisley MSP] George Adam think he should be expelled, as does [deputy First Minister] Shona Robison.
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