PRESSURE GETS TO GRAY AS HE LASHES OUT AT FORMER FIRST MINISTER

PRESSURE GETS TO GRAY AS HE LASHES OUT AT FORMER FIRST MINISTER

GRAY’S RESHUFFLE DESCENDS INTO UNCIVIL WAR

Commenting on Iain Gray’s attack on the former Labour First Minister Henry McLeish this evening, the SNP Group Convener Gil Paterson said:

“Iain Gray’s reshuffle now not only looks like a panicked measure in response to the whispering campaign underway against him within the Labour group, but it has also descended into an uncivil war with his attack on a fellow party colleague.

“It just shows the depths Labour have shrunk too under Iain Gray when instead of accepting friendly advice from their own former First Minister, he responds with attack and insult. It epitomises the type of unattractive party Iain Gray is now leading.

“Labour are struggling to raise the tone of political debate in Scotland and this is just another example of their negative knee jerk approach to Scotland and Scottish politics.”