The Scottish National Party’s (SNP) former leader in the Houses of Parliament has said there is no need to suspend Nicola Sturgeon.
“Goodness, gracious, absolutely not, there’s no reason for that at all,” Ian Blackford told BBC Radio Scotland on Monday when asked if the former first minister should be sanctioned by the SNP.
Ms Sturgeon is facing fresh calls to quit after a leaked video shows the ex-first minister dismissing financial concerns.
The leaked footage from an SNP NEC meeting in March 2021 showed Ms Sturgeon giving her top officials a stern warning to be “very careful” about suggesting there was “any problems” with party accounts.
Mr Blackford, who held the Westminster role until last year, said: “I think that’s some of our opponents politicking, really, in this context.”
