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Trial of SNP MP Angus MacNeil adjourned as witnesses need to catch ferries

The trial of an SNP MP who is accused of dangerous driving after a crash which saw a 17-year-old seriously hurt has been adjourned because the politician and witnesses had to catch their ferries home. Angus MacNeil appeared at Lochmaddy Sheriff ...

22 Mar 2022 at 18:25

Ukraine war ‘a warning shot’ for possible future energy shortages

The war in Ukraine is a “warning shot” for the possibility of a future with energy shortages, the new chair of the Commons Energy Security and Net Zero Committee has said. SNP MP Angus MacNeil has been elected as chairman of the cross-party ...

05 May 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

MP Angus MacNeil will not re-join SNP group after suspension

Angus MacNeil has announced he will not re-join the SNP group after he has completed a suspension this week as he criticised the party’s policy on achieving Scottish independence. The Western Isles MP was kicked out of the party’s ...

12 Jul 2023 at 13:55

Angus MacNeil’s membership of SNP suspended as he refuses to rejoin MP group

MP Angus MacNeil has had his membership of the SNP suspended after he refused to rejoin the party’s Westminster group. Mr MacNeil, who has often voiced criticism of the SNP leadership, was kicked out of the Westminster group for ...

14 Jul 2023 at 14:32

SNP’s Philippa Whitford announces she will stand down at next election

The SNP’s Dr Philippa Whitford has announced she is stepping down at the next general election, becoming the party’s eighth MP to do so. The Central Ayrshire MP, who has been at Westminster for eight years, has said she will ...

18 Jul 2023 at 13:00

Scotland

SNP activist hints at attempt to challenge Yousaf leadership

An SNP activist has hinted at an attempt to challenge First Minister Humza Yousaf, claiming the leader’s position was “conditional” on listening to party members. Chris Hanlon, the secretary of a Fife branch of the party, ...

24 Jul 2023 at 10:09

MacNeil does not get to ‘pick and choose’ whether to have SNP whip, says Flynn

The SNP’s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has said MPs cannot “pick and choose” when they take the party whip after Angus MacNeil’s membership was suspended. The Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Western Isles) MP, who has sat in ...

18 Jul 2023 at 10:58

MacNeil to stand as independent ‘unless change of direction in SNP leadership’

Ex-SNP MP Angus MacNeil has said he will stand as an independent candidate in his Na h-Eileanan Siar constituency unless there is a “substantial change of direction” in the party’s leadership. Speaking at a meeting of ...

22 Aug 2023 at 08:18

Scotland

Scottish Government took ‘high and mighty’ approach to HPMAs, says ex-SNP MP

An MP recently kicked out of the SNP has accused the Scottish Government of taking a “high and mighty” approach to controversial fishing restrictions. A consultation on highly protected marine areas (HPMAs) closed ...

20 Aug 2023 at 13:50

Yousaf: Expelling Angus MacNeil from SNP ‘absolutely the right thing to do’

Humza Yousaf has insisted expelling veteran MP Angus MacNeil from the SNP was “absolutely the right thing to do”. He spoke out after Mr MacNeil, who has been an SNP MP since 2005, announced he had been removed ...

11 Aug 2023 at 16:12

MP Angus MacNeil expelled from SNP after row with chief whip

MP Angus MacNeil has announced he has been expelled from the SNP. Mr MacNeil was suspended from the party’s Westminster group last month after reportedly clashing with chief whip Brendan O’Hara. The party’s ...

10 Aug 2023 at 23:59

Parliamentarians write to ask US to drop extradition proceedings against Assange

A letter to the US attorney general has been signed by 35 parliamentarians calling for extradition proceedings to be dropped against Julian Assange on the fourth anniversary of his detention at Belmarsh ...

10 Apr 2023 at 22:00

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