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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Craig Paton

Former SNP spin doctor who stepped down after row made chief executive

PA Wire

The former SNP head of communications who stepped down after being misled over membership figures will return to the party as its chief executive.

Murray Foote left the post earlier this year after being given false information by his predecessor Peter Murrell to provide to the media, suggesting the party’s membership was more than 100,000, when it was really around 72,000.

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