Decisions need to be made by ‘big team’, says Kate Forbes

• Kate Forbes believes decisions should be made by a big team.
• Rather than a select few, in response to Peter Murrell’s resignation.
• Her remarks come in response to Peter Murrell, the chief executive of the SNP, resigning.

Decisions inside the party should be made by “a big team” rather than a select few, according to SNP leadership hopeful Kate Forbes.

SNP members want to know that the organisation is democratic, she told Laura Kuenssberg.

Her remarks come in response to Peter Murrell, the chief executive of the SNP, resigning.

He admitted to misleading the media about the size of the party’s membership and claimed to have detracted from the leadership contest.

The three contenders competing to lead the SNP have all promised to change the organization’s procedures.

Humza Yousaf promised an internal shake-up from day one telling the Media: “There needs to be internal reform within our headquarters, of that there is simply no doubt.

“I’ve said from day one, since I launched my campaign, that internal reform is very much needed and certainly I will be looking to see what I can do to shake up that operation at headquarters from day one.”

“Encouraged to see the democratic underpinnings of the party now exercising its due function,” said Ash Regan, the third candidate for the party’s presidency.

The SNP’s roots, she continued, were built on responsibility, openness, modernism, and accessibility.

Speaking on the Laura Kuenssberg program, Ms. Forbes said: “There have been questions around, for example, the membership numbers that we’ve been looking for answers to.

“I think at the heart of this is that the decisions within the SNP have been taken by too few people and I think that’s well recognized across the political domain.

“SNP members want to know that our institution is democratic, that they can influence it, that they can shape policy.”

She continued by saying that participants felt powerless throughout the process.

“I think within government we need to make sure that it’s a wide tent with a big team, rather than a very few people making decisions,” Ms. Forbes said.

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