Swinney savages MacAskill 2nd party
BY PAUL HUTCHEON
JOHN Swinney has slapped down an SNP MP who suggested voters support another pro-independence party at the Holyrood election.
The Deputy First Minister said he could not understand the logic of Kenny MacAskill’s claim that voting SNP twice next year “doesn’t work”.
MacAskill served as Alex Salmond’s justice secretary but has become a critic of Nicola Sturgeon’s leadership.
He was elected as the SNP MP for East Lothian in December and has previously called for Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell to be replaced as SNP chief executive.
Speculation has mounted that Salmond, who is no longer an SNP member, is considering setting up a