THE SNP OPPOSITION group at Moray Council is under new leadership this morning after the surprise resignation of Cllr Pearl Paul for health reasons. Cllr Paul will remain on the council but has handed control of the main opposition group to Keith & Cullen councillor Gary Coull with immediate effect. The timing of the move … Read more
A MORAY SNP branch has moved to distance itself from what has been described as “shameful harassment” against under pressure Orkney MP Alistair Carmichael. The Lossiemouth, Hopeman and Burghead branch of the SNP insisted that a Twitter account apparently used to launch a campaign against Scotland’s only remaining Liberal Democrat MP was not of their … Read more
The SNP’s main priority is to end austerity and so help thousands of families throughout Moray currently struggling with low wages and cuts to the welfare system. That is the message being broadcast by their candidate in May’s general election, Angus Robertson, who is this week setting out his party’s manifesto commitments – and pledging … Read more
Moray could be set for a new approach in the council chamber – but only if the SNP can agree a way forward to majority rule with other groups. The Buckie by-election victory for the SNP’s Sonya Warren saw her party become the largest single group – and as such they have the right to … Read more
The Scottish National Party in Moray are celebrating a second by-election victory in a matter of months after they stormed to a convincing win in Buckie. Sonya Warren took the Moray Council seat polling 1485 of the votes against the 696 who preferred Independent candidate Norman Calder. The Scottish Conservative candidate Tim Eagle trailed a distance … Read more
Scottish National Party members in Moray welcomed Scotland’s Deputy First Minister as their guest speaker at the close of a year where membership has quadrupled. John Swinney MSP spoke to almost 100 members at the party’s Annual General Meeting in the Elgin Town Hall on Sunday, looking back on what he described as an “incredible” … Read more