Ian Blackford
Kevin McKenna: Forbes and Flynn must come up with a way to remove Swinney
![Ian Blackford](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13246916.jpg)
![Ian Blackford](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13246916.jpg)
![Former SNP MPs Joanna Cherry and Ian Blackford](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13918880.jpg)
![Former SNP MPs Joanna Cherry and Ian Blackford](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13918880.jpg)
General Election
![SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn at a recent PMQs](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16718162.jpg)
![SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn at a recent PMQs](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16718162.jpg)
Alison Rowat
![Nicola Sturgeon's 2021 Cabinet](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12622042.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon's 2021 Cabinet](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12622042.jpg)
![Alba leader AAlex Salmond appears on Sunday with Laura Kuensssberg](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18020048.jpg)
![Alba leader AAlex Salmond appears on Sunday with Laura Kuensssberg](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18020048.jpg)
![Ian Blackford](/resources/images/128x89/1x/15999695.jpg)
![Ian Blackford](/resources/images/180x180/1x/15999695.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17101771.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17101771.jpg)
![Ian Blackford only SNP MP not to back no confidence motion in Lindsay Hoyle](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16796237.jpg)
![Ian Blackford only SNP MP not to back no confidence motion in Lindsay Hoyle](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16796237.jpg)
![Stephen Flynn, Humza Yousaf and Ian Blackford](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17766202.jpg)
![Stephen Flynn, Humza Yousaf and Ian Blackford](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17766202.jpg)
![Ian Blackford](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17710252.jpg)
![Ian Blackford](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17710252.jpg)
![Former SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13206299.jpg)
![Former SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13206299.jpg)
![Is Douglas Ross being consistent in his attitude to parliamentary standards?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17458973.jpg)
![Is Douglas Ross being consistent in his attitude to parliamentary standards?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17458973.jpg)
![Mallaig](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12924986.jpg)
![Mallaig](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12924986.jpg)
Exclusive
!['Completely unforgivable' for China to spy on MPs says Ian Blackford](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9712576.jpg)
!['Completely unforgivable' for China to spy on MPs says Ian Blackford](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9712576.jpg)
![Former SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12382034.jpg)
![Former SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12382034.jpg)
![Angus MacNeil said he would not be rejoining the SNP group at Westminster](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16992078.jpg)
![Angus MacNeil said he would not be rejoining the SNP group at Westminster](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16992078.jpg)
![The Ravenscraig steel plant was just one of the many manufacturing closures to affect Scotland in the last century](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17122603.jpg)
![The Ravenscraig steel plant was just one of the many manufacturing closures to affect Scotland in the last century](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17122603.jpg)
Letters
![SNP MP Ian Blackford](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12176683.jpg)
![SNP MP Ian Blackford](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12176683.jpg)
![Joanna Cherry eyes move to Holyrood: 'I would really like to be in government'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17098479.jpg)
![Joanna Cherry eyes move to Holyrood: 'I would really like to be in government'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17098479.jpg)
![The Lib Dems are campaigning this weekend in Fort William](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11793244.jpg)
![The Lib Dems are campaigning this weekend in Fort William](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11793244.jpg)
![Ian Blackford](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17020944.jpg)
![Ian Blackford](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17020944.jpg)
![The SNP’s business ambassador said higher education in Scotland provides a ‘massive opportunity’ to reshape the future](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16998733.jpg)
![The SNP’s business ambassador said higher education in Scotland provides a ‘massive opportunity’ to reshape the future](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16998733.jpg)
![Is there a danger of the Highlands being industrialised by the big energy companies?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/5100880.jpg)
![Is there a danger of the Highlands being industrialised by the big energy companies?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/5100880.jpg)
Letters
![Mhairi Black is among SNP MPs who won't be standing again at the General Election](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16988255.jpg)
![Mhairi Black is among SNP MPs who won't be standing again at the General Election](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16988255.jpg)
Opinion
![SNP MP Douglas Chapman](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12457547.jpg)
![SNP MP Douglas Chapman](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12457547.jpg)
![A third SNP MP is to stand down at the general election](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9210481.jpg)
![A third SNP MP is to stand down at the general election](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9210481.jpg)
![Former SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford to stand down as an MP](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12553258.jpg)
![Former SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford to stand down as an MP](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12553258.jpg)
![Ian Blackford MP at a previous session of parliament](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13917051.jpg)
![Ian Blackford MP at a previous session of parliament](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13917051.jpg)
![Mallaig](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12924986.jpg)
![Mallaig](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12924986.jpg)
![Angus Robertson](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16731377.jpg)
![Angus Robertson](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16731377.jpg)
Updated
![You call that a drink? Ian Blackford and Stephen Flynn](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16721850.jpg)
![You call that a drink? Ian Blackford and Stephen Flynn](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16721850.jpg)
![Former SNP leader at Westminster Ian Blackford](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12553258.jpg)
![Former SNP leader at Westminster Ian Blackford](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12553258.jpg)
Exclusive
![Stephen Flynn](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16701570.jpg)
![Stephen Flynn](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16701570.jpg)
![Stephen Flynn and Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16658777.jpg)
![Stephen Flynn and Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16658777.jpg)
![More questions for SNP as Ian Blackford admits he knew last year auditors had quit](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12210783.jpg)
![More questions for SNP as Ian Blackford admits he knew last year auditors had quit](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12210783.jpg)
![Ian Blackford](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16674149.jpg)
![Ian Blackford](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16674149.jpg)
![Blackford accuses Salmond of 'trying to stir the pot' in SNP contest](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16517849.jpg)
![Blackford accuses Salmond of 'trying to stir the pot' in SNP contest](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16517849.jpg)
![Unspun: the political diary](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16377114.jpg)
![Unspun: the political diary](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16377114.jpg)
![Rebellion in the air, but Sturgeon still queen of all she surveys in SNP](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16308891.jpg)
![Rebellion in the air, but Sturgeon still queen of all she surveys in SNP](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16308891.jpg)
YEAR IN REVIEW
![Bye bye Blackford: A generational shift for the SNP](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16308836.jpg)
![Bye bye Blackford: A generational shift for the SNP](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16308836.jpg)
YEAR IN REVIEW
![Stewart McDonald resigned last month from the SNP frontbench at Westminster.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11210138.jpg)
![Stewart McDonald resigned last month from the SNP frontbench at Westminster.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11210138.jpg)
![Stephen Flynn, the newly elected leader of the SNP group at Westminster, speaking at Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons last Wednesday.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16251032.jpg)
![Stephen Flynn, the newly elected leader of the SNP group at Westminster, speaking at Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons last Wednesday.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16251032.jpg)
Exclusive
![Stephen Flynn at Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons last Wednesday.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16251032.jpg)
![Stephen Flynn at Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons last Wednesday.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16251032.jpg)
Exclusive
![You did what???](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16249849.jpg)
![You did what???](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16249849.jpg)
![Blackford: I believe I would have won if I’d put myself forward in SNP race](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11410054.jpg)
![Blackford: I believe I would have won if I’d put myself forward in SNP race](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11410054.jpg)
![Flynn attacks Labour and Tories in PMQs debut as SNP Commons leader](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16241379.jpg)
![Flynn attacks Labour and Tories in PMQs debut as SNP Commons leader](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16241379.jpg)
![Matt Hancock appeared on a TV reality show while the Commons was sitting](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16229605.jpg)
![Matt Hancock appeared on a TV reality show while the Commons was sitting](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16229605.jpg)
Analysis
![SNP MP Kirsten Oswald](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16227048.jpg)
![SNP MP Kirsten Oswald](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16227048.jpg)
![SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons, London. Picture date: Wednesday November 2, 2022. PA Photo.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16176796.jpg)
![SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons, London. Picture date: Wednesday November 2, 2022. PA Photo.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16176796.jpg)
!['Stop this shambles' SNP urge Labour to call vote of no confidence in Conservative government](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13700608.jpg)
!['Stop this shambles' SNP urge Labour to call vote of no confidence in Conservative government](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13700608.jpg)
![Ian Blackford: ‘Waves of revulsion’ in Scotland if Boris Johnson returns as PM](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13530729.jpg)
![Ian Blackford: ‘Waves of revulsion’ in Scotland if Boris Johnson returns as PM](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13530729.jpg)
![King Charles urged to open Balmoral to the public by Ian Blackford](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13206299.jpg)
![King Charles urged to open Balmoral to the public by Ian Blackford](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13206299.jpg)
![Nat Out of Hell: Blackford reveals Meat Loaf inspiration](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14628916.jpg)
![Nat Out of Hell: Blackford reveals Meat Loaf inspiration](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14628916.jpg)
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