SNP News

Labour MP thanks SNP on how to govern

The SNP’s Westminster Leader and party Business Convener Angus Robertson MP has commented on a report in the Sunday Mail where Labour MP Tom Harris is quoted as saying "Alex Salmond should have the gratitude of the Scottish Labour Party” for showing his party how to govern.

Peter Grant to run for Glenrothes by-election

The SNP tonight announced that Cllr Peter Grant will be the candidate for the Westminster by-election in Glenrothes.

SNP pays tribute to John MacDougall

The Scottish National Party's Westminster Leader Mr Angus Robertson MP issued the following statement on behalf of the party, on learning of the sad news of Glenrothes MP John MacDougall's death.

SNP win sends shockwaves round the world

The SNP's victory in Glasgow East has brought the eyes of the worlds media to Glasgow and to Scotland.

By-election brings membership boost

SNP membership continues to rise with 250 new members signing up over the recent Glasgow East by-election.

John Mason: "send Brown a message"

SNP Candidate Cllr John Mason today urged people to send a strong message to Gordon Brown with a vote for the SNP on polling day.

Action on knife crime

SNP Candidate in the Glasgow East by election Cllr John Mason today highlighted figures, released in a Parliamentary answer last week, showing that only one person was convicted of selling knives to underage people in Strathclyde between 2003/4 and 2006/7.

"People just don’t want to vote Labour"

A report from inside the Labour campaign in Glasgow East by the Sunday Times has exposed the chaos and disaffection in Labour’s campaign with a senior member of Glasgow Labour admitting "people just don’t want to vote Labour".

SNP backs Post Office card account

SNP candidate in the Glasgow East by-election Cllr John Mason today called on the UK Government not to take the Post Office Card Account Contract away from the Post Office.

SNP fighting back against the gangs

SNP Candidate Cllr John Mason today visited the Global Glasgow Youth project at Cranhill Arts Centre which has received funding under the SNP Government's Cashback for Communities Scheme which takes the money from criminals and invests it in communities affected by crime.