borisjohnson know when he stood up in the house of commons and made those comments, made those assertions. and, is it possible that he was in contempt of parliament if he knew, and that is a big if, the interim chief executive of the scottish national party, michael russell, says the party is in as a tremendous mess . he replaces peter murrell, who s married to scotland s first minister, the outgoing party leader, nicola sturgeon. he resigned, taking responsibility for misleading journalists who asked about the snp s membership numbers. it lost 30,000 members injust over a year. mr russell, said trust in the party needed to be rebuilt. it is a tremendous mess and we have to clear it up. that is the task that i am trying to take on in the short term, and the most important thing in that short term, this is about scotland, notjust the snp and that is that we have a fair electoral process.
engulfing so many families and pensioners, like using a proper windfall tax to cut energy bills. but we need far more than that, too. the interim chief executive of the scottish national party, michael russell, says the party is in as a tremendous mess . he replaces peter murrell, who s married to scotland s first minister, the outgoing party leader, nicola sturgeon. he resigned, taking responsibility for misleading journalists who asked about the snp s membership numbers. it lost 30,000 members injust over a year. mr russell, said trust in the party needed to be rebuilt. it isa it is a tremendous mess and we have to clear it up. that is the task that i am trying to take on in the short term, and the most important thing in that short term, this is about scotland, notjust the snp and thatis about scotland, notjust the snp and that is that we have a fair electoral process.
the party forced to admit a massive drop in membership numbers. catriona renton reports. behind the scenes, peter murrell has been a key figure in the snp. for the last 20 years he has run the party as its chief executive and he married party leader and first minister nicola sturgeon in 2010, but the campaign to succeed his wife has put his role under the spotlight. last month the snp denied its membership had fallen sharply. this week it admitted that was wrong, with more than 30,000 fewer members than in december 2021. and now peter murrell has accepted responsibility for the confusion although he insisted there was no intention to mislead. he says speculation about his future has been a distraction from the leadership campaign. ash regan, who is running in that campaign, had been especially critical of peter murrell. her rival kate forbes had also raised concerns about the election process.
is campaigning for independence for scotland from the rest of the united kingdom, a group of members on that ruling body, which is known as the national executive committee, have been meeting. therefore, his decision is in the context of this meeting. his decision to retain dunne resigned with immediate effect. the move does come a week after what many are describing is chaos in the scottish national party, which sought two leadership campaigns. campaigners question the process. the party was forced to confirm the massive drop in its membership numbers, in a situation that the party has previously denied. but this newsjust that the party has previously denied. but this news just coming into us at the bbc that the snp s chief executive and the husband of
staying here in the uk, the scottish national party s chief executive peter murrell, who s married to first minister nicola sturgeon, has resigned with immediate effect. the move comes after a week of chaos in the snp, with the party forced to confirm a massive drop in membership numbers, and two of the candidates in the leadership race questioning the election process. behind the scenes, peter murrell has been a key figure in the snp. for the last 20 years he has run the party as its chief executive and he married party leader and first minister nicola sturgeon in 2010, but the campaign to succeed his wife has put his role under the spotlight. last month, the snp denied its membership had fallen sharply. this week, it admitted that was wrong, with more than 30,000 fewer members than in december 2021. and now peter murrell has accepted responsibility for the confusion although he insisted there was no intention to mislead. he says speculation about his future has been a distraction fro