Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says Blackford's departure was inevitable after a disastrous 12 months.
Ian Blackford’s departure as Westminster leader has brought to an end a turbulent five years in charge of the SNP group.
But Blackford has had a difficult twelve months - wounds that are largely self-inflicted - and his resignation has not come as a shock. His handling of sexual harassment claims made against MP Patrick Grady by a young staffer was widely derided. He also blundered by insisting that the UK after independence would be liable for state pension payments - a nonsense claim easily debunked.
One senior SNP source said it was hard to argue that the dial on independence had shifted on Blackford’s watch. If anything, Blackford’s leadership has been a reverse gear manoeuvre.
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