Alex Salmond had previously pushed for a single candidate from the independence movement to contest the seat.
Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has rejected calls to field a single pro-independence candidate in Rutherglen and Hamilton West.
“No, we are standing as the SNP in this constituency, in this by-election, to put forward the SNP’s proposition and policies like the Scottish Child Payment and to put a hard working MP into Westminster to stand up for her constituents and to support and push forward the very progressive policies that the SNP has,” she said.Mr Salmond said the by-election could see five pro-independence candidates on the ballot paper, including from the SNP, Greens and Alba – rather than one to take on Labour.
“It would seem more than a setback to the independence cause to let them regain a foothold by fielding multiple pro-independence candidates in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election.”
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