SNP leave Administration
The SNP group on Highland Council have left the Administration set up just one year ago with Independent councillors. They quit on Wednesday (June 18th) leaving the Independents, who currently number 33 out of 80 councillors, alone in the administration.
Black Isle Independent councillor Isobel McCallum has resigned as Vice-Chair of the Planning, Environment and Development committee after questioning whether SNP member Pauline Munro (Inverness West) should be the Council’s agriculture spokesperson.
Indicative of the stresses of recent events, doubts have emerged over who leads the Independent group, with press reports suggesting that both Cllr McCallum and Convenor Cllr Sandy Park made claims to the leadership.
Intensive discussions with the various groups and between them will occur in the next few days, but the Council meeting scheduled for Thursday 26th June will be held as planned.
Posted: 21 June 2008