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Jun 6, 2023 · Mr Blackford has now confirmed that he will not be seeking re-election as an MP when the country goes to the polls next year.
- Ian Blackford to stand down as SNP MP at next election
The former banker stepped down as group leader in December....
- Ian Blackford to stand down as SNP leader at Westminster - BBC
He faced calls to resign from political opponents after the...
- Ian Blackford to stand down as SNP MP at next election
Dec 1, 2022 · Ian Blackford – one of the most recognisable faces of the Scottish independence movement – has resigned as the SNP’s leader in Westminster as Nicola Sturgeon was forced to reject suggestions a...
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During a speech in the Commons on the publication of Sue Gray’s partygate report in January 2022, Blackford told MPs how Johnson had “dishonoured” the office of prime minister and “wilfully misled parliament”. This put him in hot water with the House of Commons speaker who repeatedly asked him to withdraw. When he refused to do so, insisting that h...
In November of 2021 Blackford used one of his party’s rare opportunities for an opposition day debate to censure Boris Johnson for violating the sixth principle of public life(honesty). This was a clever move, enabling him and his party to have a more frank debate on the conduct of the former prime minister than they would ordinarily be able to do,...
As MPs debated Brexit in June 2018, the SNP was frustrated that the changes being made to to the devolution settlement as the UK left the EU were not being given adequate debating time. Cheered on by his colleagues, Blackford interrupted prime minister’s question time(PMQs), requesting that the House vote to sit in private and discuss the matter. W...
When former prime minister Theresa May postponed a vote on the Brexit deal she had negotiated with the EU back in December 2018, MPs called for a no-confidence motion in the prime minister. When Jeremy Corbyn, then Labour leader, failed to call it, Blackford described him as the “midwife of Brexit”and accused him of letting the government off the h...
When the supreme court ruled last month that Scotland could not hold a second independence referendum, Blackford was granted an urgent questionin the Commons. He used it to call on the prime minister to make a statement on the rights of the Scottish people and how the court’s decision relates to democratic principles. Read more: UK supreme court ru...
Dec 1, 2022 · One senior SNP figure told The National that Blackford “jumped before he was pushed next week at the AGM”, while another SNP MP has claimed the move is bringing to an end "remote control" decision making in Edinburgh.
Dec 1, 2022 · His resignation comes just days before the SNP Westminster group’s annual general meeting on December 6, at which he was set to face a leadership challenge. In a statement, Blackford said...
Jun 6, 2023 · The former banker stepped down as group leader in December. The resignation avoided Mr Blackford facing a possible challenge from his eventual successor, Stephen Flynn, amid speculation that...
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Dec 1, 2022 · He faced calls to resign from political opponents after the Daily Mail reported in June that it had obtained a recording of Mr Blackford urging fellow MPs to give "absolute full support" to SNP...
