A THIRD Nats bigwig has quit the party’s Commons top team after its leadership coup.
Dundee West MP Chris Law followed fellow frontbenchers Pete Wishart and Stewart McDonald by publishing his resignation letter on Twitter.
It comes days after MP Stephen Flynn ousted Nicola Sturgeon loyalist Ian Blackford as Westminster chief.
International development spokesman Mr Law insisted Mr Flynn had his “full support”, writing “I look forward to working with you.”
But a senior Nats source said there were “deep” splits in the Westminster group over Mr Flynn’s coup.
We told today how Perth and North Perthshire MP Mr Wishart accused Mr Flynn of plotting to overthrow Mr Blackford.
But in an interview Mr Flynn rubbished claims the First Minister did not want him in the post as “crap”.
Aberdeen South MP Mr Flynn added : “Pete’s a valued colleague. There’s going to be absolutely no issues between me and Pete going forward.”
All of the MPs to quit the SNP’s Commons frontbench are seen as loyal to Ms Sturgeon.
Other MPs are said to be frustrated about the First Minister’s team controlling the MP group.
It comes as we told after Flynn’s win sources revealed that behind the scenes, there was a flurry of grimaces from MPs seen as “uber loyal” to Nicola Sturgeon when the result became known.
Sources say Ms Sturgeon is going to have to grin and bear it and make the relationship work, or risk further alienating some of the group of MPs who have been described variously as “restless” or even “ungovernable”.
Flynn choose Renfrewshire South MP Mhairi Black as his running mate and she will now become the Westminster groups Deputy Leader.
