SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: SNP leader John Swinney is making the agreement with his political opponents ahead of a crunch vote this week.
John Swinney could rely on a backroom deal with the Greens to save face in a crunch vote over his support for shamed former minister Michael Matheson.
It recommended banning Matheson for 27 sitting days of Parliament and docking 54 days’ pay. MSPs will vote on this and also a Conservative motion calling for Matheson to resign this week. “In truth, in any other walk of life Michael Matheson would be sacked for making a false claim for £11,000 and lying about it. Only the SNP think what he’s done is acceptable.
“Based on the damning evidence in the report into this scandal, it is only a matter of time before Matheson is reported to the police for alleged fraud.” “What we will not do is support the unscrupulous and vindictive calls for him to resign from the Tories who are being not just shallow and callous, but abusing their positions as parliamentarians through partisan self-interest.”
He insisted another Conservative MSP had withdrawn from the Standards Committee due to previous comments about Matheson.
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