Mr Flynn denied just two weeks ago that he was plotting to oust Mr Blackford alongside colleagues from the so-called Tuesday Club - a group of male SNP MPs who are said to hold regular five-a-side ...

Even so, I felt a pang of nostalgia this week seeing members of the SNP dance around. Between Stephen Flynn, Dave Doogan and Stephen Gethins, we have not one but three recently elected MPs playing ...

A total of 17 Labour MPs are also standing down, along with nine from the SNP, two from Sinn Fein, one from Plaid Cymru and one Green - the party's only MP, Caroline Lucas. Other big names ...

The SNP has been accused of treating parliament like a ‘gravy train’ after it emerged a third of its MPs are now eyeing second jobs at Holyrood. Despite being re-elected just four months ago ...

And other parties have similar internal mechanisms for contests. Remember, dozens of SNP MPs lost their Westminster seats at the recent general election in July. There’s an expectation that some ...

Bending the “two jobs” rule, in the case of Stephen Flynn, has now seen another two SNP MPs, Stephen Gethins and Dave Doogan, throwing their hats into the Holyrood job ring for what must ...

Ahead of the 2021 election, the SNP changed internal rules to require MPs to resign their seat at Westminster to fight for selection to Holyrood. Flynn told the Press and Journal he understood ...

The SNP’s ruling body has proposed cutting staff ... The party suffered a heavy defeat in July’s general election, losing dozens of MPs and being reduced to just nine seats.

Former SNP minister George Adam said it was "wrong" for SNP MPs to try to also sit at Holyrood, adding he was "disappointed" with how Flynn had handled his decision to challenge Nicoll.