Neale Hanvey follows Kenny MacAskill in joining new independence-focused Scottish party
A second SNP MP has defected to the Alba party, which claims it can deliver a pro-independence super-majority in May’s Scottish parliament elections, as the Scottish Greens dismissed Alex Salmond’s new political venture as being “thrown together at the last minute by a man who is less popular in Scotland than Boris Johnson”.
Neale Hanvey follows the East Lothian MP, Kenny MacAskill, in joining the newly formed party, having previously been suspended by the SNP for using antisemitic language on social media. He apologised for any offence caused in the days following his suspension.
