A crusading campaigner for drug policy reform has given his backing to a Dundee MSP who was criticised for not showing up at a Holyrood summit on the issues facing his city.
Peter Krykant said SNP man Joe FitzPatrick couldn't be at the roundtable discussion convened by Labour MSP Michael Marra on Tuesday because of a pre-arranged meeting with him and support charity Cranstoun. North East Conservative MSP Tess White - who serves as the party's public health spokesperson - had described his no-show at the summit as a "snub" in comments to The Courier.
However, Mr Krykant says any suggestion that the Dundee City West MSP had deliberately missed the meeting, which heard from Dundonians affected by drug addiction, was "blatantly false". He was backed by Cranstoun, which said on Twitter that Ms White's comments were "unfair and unhelpful".
