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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Severin Carrell and Libby Brooks

Humza Yousaf urges Lisa Cameron to resign as MP after Tory defection

Lisa Cameron
Cameron’s announcement came on the day she was expected to hear she had not been selected by the SNP to defend her seat. Photograph: Richard Townshend/UK parliament

Humza Yousaf has urged Lisa Cameron, the Scottish National party politician who has defected to the Conservatives, to do the “honourable thing” and resign as an MP.

The first minister told the Guardian Cameron’s decision to cross the floor, after accusing the SNP of “toxic and bullying” behaviour, was a betrayal of her constituents and of the party activists who campaigned to get her elected.

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