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A FORMER SNP cabinet secretary has called on his party to make the first move as the Scottish Greens prepare to debate the future of the coalition government.
Alex Neil, long-term critic of the coalition, called for change to fend-off Labour on BBC Radio’s Good Morning Scotland today.
He said: “One of the ways in which we can change direction and send a more positive message out to our own voters is by ditching the coalition with the Greens.
“I think that overnight would actually help our situation and help us to turn round the polls.
“I honestly believe people are not enthusiastic about Labour, they are only voting for them because they think we have lost the plot a bit.”
The deal was thrown into crisis last week when SNP net-zero secretary Mairi McAllan announced the SNP-Green Scottish government would ditch key climate targets, infuriating Scottish Green activists who demanded a new vote on the coalition deal.
Green co-leader Lorna Slater told the same programme that “it’s up to our members to decide” on the future of the coalition.
