The SNP’s Lisa Cameron has announced her defection to the Conservatives.
The East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow MP was facing a selection contest to remain as the SNP’s candidate at the next general election.
She said she quit because of a “toxic” culture in the SNP’s Westminster group.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross both welcomed Dr Cameron to the party, while SNP leader Humza Yousaf called on her to step down to allow a by-election
Want to see Scotland under the SNP?
https://www.scotlandmatters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Scotland-Environment-oil-energy.jpg
2000
1414
sm_admin
https://www.scotlandmatters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Website-logo-1.png
sm_admin2024-07-21 13:14:062024-07-22 17:56:17Grangemouth closure ‘most likely outcome’
https://www.scotlandmatters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Scotland-under-the-SNP-Youth-Violence.jpg
2000
1414
sm_admin
https://www.scotlandmatters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Website-logo-1.png
sm_admin2024-06-29 11:52:112024-06-29 11:52:11Gran, 52, battered black and blue by feral gang who stamped on her head as she slept near waterfall – The Sun
https://www.scotlandmatters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/E-bikes-Scotland-under-the-SNP-Crime-Transport.jpg
2000
1414
sm_admin
https://www.scotlandmatters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Website-logo-1.png
sm_admin2024-06-28 20:58:302024-06-28 20:58:30Inverness e-bikes suspended after £50,000 vandalism bill – BBC News
https://www.scotlandmatters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Scotland-under-the-SNP-Crime-Knife.jpg
2000
1414
sm_admin
https://www.scotlandmatters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Website-logo-1.png
sm_admin2024-06-28 19:50:572024-06-28 19:50:57‘Our carer mum was stabbed at work – we need high-secure facilities to protect others’ – STV News
https://www.scotlandmatters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Criminal-Scotland-under-the-SNP-jail-release.jpg
2000
1414
sm_admin
https://www.scotlandmatters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Website-logo-1.png
sm_admin2024-06-26 20:46:082024-06-26 20:46:08Prisoners released early to ease overcrowding – BBC News
https://www.scotlandmatters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Dissatisfied-Scotland-local-issues-politics.jpg
2000
1414
sm_admin
https://www.scotlandmatters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Website-logo-1.png
sm_admin2024-06-24 19:34:192024-06-24 19:34:19Majority of people think Scotland is a worse country than it was 10 years ago – Daily Express
https://www.scotlandmatters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Scotland-Housing-SNP.jpg
2000
1414
sm_admin
https://www.scotlandmatters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Website-logo-1.png
sm_admin2024-06-22 20:23:002024-06-22 20:23:00Campaigner says Inverclyde has a housing emerency with overcrowding – Greenock Telegraph
https://www.scotlandmatters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Scotland-under-the-SNP-crime-maske-men.jpg
2000
1414
sm_admin
https://www.scotlandmatters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Website-logo-1.png
sm_admin2024-06-22 20:16:322024-06-22 20:16:32Three masked Edinburgh youths on back of motorbike ’cause havoc’ on busy road – Edinburgh Live
https://www.scotlandmatters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Scotland-under-the-SNP-drug-consumption-room.jpg
2000
1414
sm_admin
https://www.scotlandmatters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Website-logo-1.png
sm_admin2024-06-22 20:11:492024-06-22 20:11:49SNP pledges ‘framework’ for drug consumption rooms in manifesto – Pharmaceutical Journal
