SNP at odds over Keir Starmer's EU ‘reset' deal
A member of the SNP was accused of undermining John Swinney after rejecting claims that a UK deal with the EU was a 'surrender'.
Scotland's first minister said the fishing industry 'looks as if it's been surrendered by the United Kingdom government' in the negotiations between Sir Keir Starmer's Labour administration and Brussels.
However, Stephen Flynn, who is standing for Holyrood next year and is said to have leadership ambitions, said in the Commons on Tuesday that the deal was 'obviously not a surrender'.
Ian Murray, the Scottish secretary, said that Swinney's deputy, Kate Forbes, had 'congratulated the UK government' on the package at a meeting with business leaders at Downing Street on Monday.
He said that the SNP was 'all over the place' over
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