Former SNP pair set up business venture

THE controversial former MP Michelle Thomson is attempting to relaunch her career as an international political and business consultant, it has emerged.

After being dumped by the SNP after a police probe connected to a disgraced solicitor she used in a property business, Ms Thomson has started the “niche consultancy” Momentous Change Ltd.

Her partner in the venture is Roger Mullin, who was until June also an SNP MP.

Boasting “international ambition”, it aims to help organisations “meet and manage corporate and cultural change against the current tumultuous political and societal backdrop”.

Its first interim report will be about Brexit and Scottish Business.

Ms Thomson, who rose to prominence in the independence referendum through the Business for Scotland group, was elected MP for Edinburgh West in 2015.

However she was suspended by the SNP after it emerged her former solicitor had been struck off for professional misconduct.

In its judgment on Christopher Hales, the Scottish Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal cited 13 property deals in which he acted for Ms Thomson or her business, M&F Property.

Ms Thomson, 52, and four others were later reported to the Procurator Fiscal.

Despite appealing to Nicola Sturgeon to be reinstated, Ms Thomson remained suspended for the 2017 election.

Two months after the election, the Crown Office announced it was dropping the case.