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Joanna Cherry and Angus Robertson set for battle to run for SNP in Edinburgh Central
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Feb 22, 2020 03:34pm |
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| Author | Ian Swanson |
| News Date | Thursday, February 20, 2020 07:30:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A CONTEST looks likely between two of the SNP’s most powerful figures over who becomes candidate in the SNP’s most winnable seat in the Capital.
Joanna Cherry, the party’s home affairs spokeswoman at Westminster, sent a strong signal she could bid to stand in Edinburgh Central at next year’s Holyrood elections just hours after former Westminster SNP leader Angus Robertson used his column in the Evening New to announce he would be seeking the nomination.
Ms Cherry, who led the successful Supreme Court legal action against Boris Johnson’s prorogation of parliament, said: “Edinburgh Central is my home branch, I have been a member there since 2008, and there is a substantial overlap with my Edinburgh South West constituency.
“Several fellow branch members have approached me and encouraged me to put my hat into the ring.
“It is only right that I give these requests serious consideration and speak with my local branches in Central and South West.
“There will undoubtedly be a strong contest for the selection and that shows the breadth of talent in the party.” |
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