Back to Scotland, where the Nats are still reeling after their general election defeat. The national poll left the SNP with just nine seats and the exodus has rocked the secessionists. It transpires that while Stephen Flynn has remained leader of the Westminster group, Pete Wishart is now his deputy and Kirsty Blackman is the party’s new Chief Whip. But while the SNP attempts to reassemble, there are financial problems to worry about. Thanks to the bad publicity of the ongoing police probe into party funds, member donations dried up – and now it turns out that the SNP is facing more post-election financial woes.
The party is set to lose out on nearly £1 million of short money now that it is no longer the third largest group in Westminster – and having fewer MPs means that the Nats will also lose individual contributions usually paid to the party HQ by their politicians.
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