THERE are only two contenders in the running to take over the role of SNP Westminster leader after Ian Blackford resigned from the job after five and a half years.
Stephen Flynn, MP for Aberdeen South, and Alison Thewliss, MP for Glasgow Central, are set to go head to head at the group’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday night, where SNP MPs will vote to choose the winner.
Both have now reportedly picked their top choice for deputy. For Flynn it has been suggested that firebrand Mhairi Black (MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South) will act as his second in command, while Thewliss has won the backing of Stuart McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East).
