The SNP has postponed a meeting due to be held today (Saturday 21 Apr 2017) to select the party’s prospective parliamentary candidate for the Edinburgh West seat. Mark R Whittet, Leader of Scotland’s Independence Referendum Party (SIRP) – who is also the SIRP candidate for Edinburgh West – said today: “After the scandal involving allegations of business impropriety over Michelle Thomson – who won the seat as MP for the SNP – the SNP is a now a ‘soiled brand’ in Edinburgh West. “If the SNP decide to put up a candidate in Edinburgh West against Scotland’s Independence Referendum Party
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Scotland’s Independence Referendum Party has asked the SNP to join with the SIRP in a ‘progressive alliance’ to maximise the Scottish Independence vote. SIRP leader Mark R. Whittet has written to his SNP counterpart, Nicola Sturgeon, with proposals for both parties to collaborate in both the forthcoming British general election and also the next Holyrood general election. This is because of the thousands of ‘wasted’ SNP second preference votes in the proportional representation system used to elect MSPs to Scotland’s Parliament. As a result of the SNP’s dominant lead in the first-preference vote, the party won most of the constituency
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Scotland’s Independence Referendum Party stands against SNP The newly-established Scotland’s Independence Referendum Party (SIRP) is standing to fight on a pro-Independence ticket against the SNP in Edinburgh West.   This seat was won by ​in 2015 by the SNP by Michelle Thomson, who was almost immediately involved in a scandal involving purchase of former council houses.   Michelle Thomson was suspended by the SNP last year and now sits alone in Westminster. Mark R. Whittet, leader of Scotland’s Independence Referendum Party, said:   “As a result of the unfortunate Thomson-scandal, the SNP cannot win Edinburgh West at the snap general election
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