Angus MacNeil has been suspended by the SNP after refusing to rejoin the party’s parliamentary group at Westminster.
The Western Isles politician was temporarily banished from the SNP’s UK Parliament group when he had the party whip removed last week. The move effectively expelled him from representing the party for seven days.
He quit the group earlier this week and refused to rejoin while also slamming the SNP’s “lack of urgency” over independence.
The MP said the SNP is “utterly clueless about how to pursue independence.”
He now sits as an independent MP, representing the Western Isles in the House of Commons.
An SNP spokesperson said: “Angus MacNeil MP was advised by the SNP national secretary on Wednesday that she considered him to be in breach of the party’s code of conduct by his decision to resign from the SNP Westminster parliamentary group.
“Having acknowledged this, Mr MacNeil did not take up the offer to rejoin the SNP parliamentary group and the matter was, therefore, yesterday referred to the SNP Member Conduct Committee for consideration.”
Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil suspended from SNP
14 July 2023