The suspension of Pam Duncan-Glancy lances a boil, at least in part, for the embattled Scottish Labour leader.
Anas Sarwar had been facing repeated questions since late last year over why his former education spokesperson was allowed to retain the Labour whip.
Tomorrow, at Holyrood, he was bound to be asked by journalists firstly if he had made an error of judgement in calling for the prime minister to quit and secondly if it was right that Duncan-Glancy was allowed to be a Labour MSP?
Sarwar’s answer that Duncan-Glancy was only around for a “matter of weeks” after announcing she wouldn’t seek re-election didn’t cut the mustard – with the SNP repeatedly pressing that point home.
Now it looks like internal party wheels have been turning which has also resulted in the suspension of Lord Doyle over his links with the same man.
It is a bit of a party mystery why these suspensions have taken so long to enact – and why Lord Doyle is facing this just five weeks after being made a peer despite concerns being raised.
