Voters want to see SNP change and that's what we're going to do
Daily Record|July 09, 2024
Deputy FM urges party against navel gazing as Neil calls for new guard
CHRIS McCALL
Voters want to see SNP change and that's what we're going to do

KATE Forbes has backed First Minister John Swinney to improve the SNP's "integrity" among voters following a disastrous General Election.

The Nationalists lost dozens of seats to Scottish Labour at the poll on July 4 to end up with just nine MPs.

Forbes, who was appointed Deputy First Minister by Swinney in May, said the party had to listen to the electorate and not enter a period of "navel gazing".

"They want to see change," she insisted on BBC Radio 4.

"This was a change election and that's what we're going to do."

It comes after one SNP veteran called for Swinney to quit as party leader to allow a new generation to take charge.

Alex Neil, who served as a Scottish Government minister under both Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond, said that Swinney should make way for Forbes or Westminster leader Stephen Flynn.

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