TALK of a divide in the SNP between "Sturgeon loyalists and Sturgeon sceptics" is a “complete fiction” pushed by the party’s opponents, an MP has said.
Stewart Hosie spoke out after Stephen Flynn was elected to lead the SNP group at Westminster, taking over from Ian Blackford in what was interpreted by some as a blow to Nicola Sturgeon.
Craig Hoy, the Scottish Tory MSP and chair, claimed in the wake of the Flynn’s election: “Stephen Flynn’s victory over Nicola Sturgeon’s candidate [Alison Thewliss] is a personal humiliation for the First Minister and lays bare the deep splits within the SNP.”
