Minister Jamie Hepburn resigns after assault claim

The Scottish Government Minister Jamie Hepburn resigned after being accused of physically being attacked against the conservative MSP Douglas Ross.

Ross said the Parliamentary Minister had caught him and swore an aggressive way as he left the Holyrood room on Wednesday.

Hepburn said he had put his hand on his shoulder by the former Scottish Tora leader and used some “election words”.

Resignation came hours after Ross officially complaining in a letter to the SNP MSP’s first Minister John Swinney.

In his resignation letter, Hepburn wrote: “I believe that I do not act in accordance with my personal application code, even if he does not complain, regardless of whether the rules of the ministry have been violated.

“This decision is the decision I feel for the best in these circumstances, and my own side is the way of action for me.”

In a letter of response, Swinney said Hepburn accepted his resignation with “very personal regret”.

“I know that there will be no one more angry with you on this shift in your approach to normal courtesy and respect for everyone.”

Ross claimed on Thursday at the end of the first Minister’s questions.

After leaving the room, he told the journalists that Hepburn had caught him and he swore “aggressively” the day before.

MSP, the plateaus and islands, the event, the couple’s “out of control” seagulls to discuss the planning of a summit, after the clash, security and other parliamentary personnel claimed that it occurred.

Ross asked for an official investigation as to whether Hepburn has violated the ministry law and said that his behavior was “far below the standards” for ministers.

Hepburn is a student of SNP and a career politician who manages the youth wings. In 2007, he worked for MSP Alex Neil before his elections at the age of 28.

Under Nicola Sturgeon, Humza Yousaf and John Swinney, Higher Education, Youth Employment and Education, work and skills, employment and education and sports and mental health organized young ministry tasks.

However, his role as the Minister of Independence was perhaps the most remarkable of the complaints that even the unionist opposition parties should not exist.

He pioneered the publication of a series of government articles on the subject that he participated in independence marches and spoke at rallies.

John Swinney eliminated the task when he became the first minister, but he held Hepburn in a relatively important job – Parliament Minister of Business.

There is an old joke in Holyrood because this minister should only make one-word speeches in the room-this was “moved” to a business movement.

Of course there is more than that. The Minister sits on the cabinet meetings and has a difficult task in balancing Holyrood’s timeline – especially when he has a pile of legislation to be forced until an election.

Hepburn is also a popular figure in the Holyrood group and a well -known SNP activist and his wife Julie and is currently the head of the party’s strategic delivery. There was no shortage of members who wanted to defend him.

As a result, it was a line on a timeline that led to his collapse.

He accelerated some sharp shopping between Hepburn and the former conservative leader Douglas Ross, where he could postpone a saliva and a planned summit on the seagulls and make a statement in that room.

SNP members, Ross, while members of the procedure to vote for justice reforms, chose to spend a few minutes about the procedure and watched from the public gallery of the victims of crime victims.

After this vote, he took his job to the incident that cost Hepburn.

Douglas Ross has long like to be a thorn with the ministers. The first minister’s question exchanges with Nicola Sturgeon was calculated to provoke the first minister in a way to return to him.

In fact, he recently managed to rise from Alison Johnstone, a light -tempered presidential presidency who threw him out of the room for heckling.

So at the beginning, SNP was initially attractive to take the wagons around Hepburn into the apartment. They felt that it turned into a moment of weakness.

At one point, a source of government argued that no one would stay if you are going to dismiss people to use the word F.

The Ministry states that the Ministry of the Ministry states that “working relations, including parliamentary colleagues, should be appropriate and appropriate” and “harassment, bullying or other inappropriate or discriminatory behavior is not consistent with the ministry code and not tolerate.”

Furthermore, John Swinney’s approach since the first minister is about trying to establish bridges to encourage the union within the parliament.

Considering that the Parliamentary Minister of Business was a very important role in interacting with the opposition parties, Hepburn’s position could not be defended.

In order for the conservatives to raise the issue many times, each business movement would have been very opportunities for each time to make political straw every time.

In addition, if it is returned to the parliament in May and there is a possibility that the SNP will be returned to the government, a quick and clean exit means that it can easily return to the government.