More Labour Misery in Scotland as they Ditch MP
Anne Moffat
Scotland on Sunday reveals that
ONE of Labour’s most controversial Scottish MPs has been effectively deselected by her local party following concerns about her erratic behaviour and anger over her travelling expenses.Scotland on Sunday can reveal that activists have voted overwhelmingly to unseat Anne Moffat as MP for East Lothian and are seeking a candidate to replace her before the general election.
Their decision will now go to Labour’s National Executive Committee as a matter of urgency, where it is expected to be rubber-stamped before Gordon Brown goes to the polls later this year.
Assuming the decision is ratified by the NEC, Moffat will become the second sitting Scottish Labour MP to be deselected in the run-up to the election.
Jim Devine, the Livingston MP, was deselected after his expenses were criticised for submitting invoices for electrical work worth £2,157 from a firm with an allegedly fake address and an invalid VAT number.
This has been a long running sore point for Labour and shows the disarray they are now in, in Scotland.
Her former opponents in East Lothian must be laughing at this time.
Party ditches controversial Labour MP – Scotsman.com News.
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