THE Scottish Greens amendment to Labour’s call for an inquiry into Peter Murrell’s looting of SNP funds was called “a smokescreen" today.Holyrood debated Labour’s motion for a parliamentary inquiry into the affair on Wednesday, but a Green amendment calling for a wider independent review into party political finances won SNP support and the vote.Scottish Labour deputy leader Dame Jackie Baillie told BBC Radio Scotland:: “The Greens amendment is literally a smokescreen that affords cover for the SNP.

THE Scottish Greens amendment to Labour’s call for an inquiry into Peter Murrell’s looting of SNP funds was called “a smokescreen" today.

Holyrood debated Labour’s motion for a parliamentary inquiry into the affair on Wednesday, but a Green amendment calling for a wider independent review into party political finances won SNP support and the vote.

Scottish Labour deputy leader Dame Jackie Baillie told BBC Radio Scotland:: “The Greens amendment is literally a smokescreen that affords cover for the SNP.

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