MP Tommy Sheppard seeks SNP deputy leadership
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-36812267 Version 0 of 1. Tommy Sheppard has announced he will stand for the role of deputy leader of the party. The SNP MP for Edinburgh East said the party had to prepare for a second referendum on Scottish independence and still had "arguments to win". The current deputy leader, Stewart Hosie, has said he will step down in the autumn. Mr Sheppard wrote in a blog: "We need to prepare for the challenges ahead, including IndyRef2 when it comes. "That will be a far tougher test, and we need to be ready." Others to announce they are running are the party's Westminster leader Angus Robertson and MEP Alyn Smith. |