The chief executive of Scotland’s largest political party has resigned after the party misled the media and the public about its falling membership numbers.
Peter Murrell said on Saturday that he was resigning as the chief executive of the Scottish National Party (SNP) with immediate effect.
Murrell, who is the husband of former SNP leader and Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon, has been the party’s chief executive for more than 20 years.
On March 16, the SNP was forced to confirm media allegations that its membership has dropped by 30,000 in just over a year, which it had previously denied.
According to the party’s own statistics, as of Feb. 15, 2023, its membership was 72,186, having fallen from 103,884 in 2021….