Article 6RJDW SNP chief executive Murray Foote quits after heavy general election defeat

SNP chief executive Murray Foote quits after heavy general election defeat

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Severin Carrell Scotland editor
from World news | The Guardian on (#6RJDW)

Former Daily Record editor says he could not make personal commitment to lead changes party requires

The chief executive of the Scottish National party, Murray Foote, has unexpectedly quit in the best interests of the party" after it suffered its worst election defeat in nearly two decades.

Foote, a former editor of the Labour-leaning Daily Record newspaper, said he did not believe he was the right person to oversee a reorganisation of the SNP and to run the party during the critical" 2026 Holyrood election campaign.

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