John Swinney has been warned he faces the “conference from hell” with party members "furious" over Angus Robertson’s meeting with an Israeli diplomat. Calls for the First Minister to sack his Cabinet Secretary for External Affairs have only intensified over the weekend. SNP MSP Ruth Maguire told The Herald that Mr Robertson had allowed himself to “appear to legitimise a genocidal, apartheid regime who continue to commit war crimes.
” Another MSP said it was an “avoidable misstep that has cost us our principled position on Palestine and a not insignificant amount of members.” However, there was some support for the beleaguered Edinburgh Central MSP, with Stewart McDonald, the party's former defence spokesman, saying that the Scottish Government was right to have taken the meeting. READ MORE: John Mason has SNP whip withdrawn after Gaza comment Swinney faces demands to sack Robertson as SNP fury grows Angus Robertson a 'liability' warns SNP MSP The party is due to gather in the capital at the end of the month for their annual conference.
It is thought members will bring emergency resolutions to force a debate on the situation in Gaza which would then allow them to talk about Mr Robertson. The conference is also due to start with an internal session to discuss the party’s poor result at the general election . One source said it was likely members would express their views on the talks then.
“Unless John wants the conference from hell, in less than a fortnight, h.