Fergus faces selection battle to stand again as SNP candidate in next year's Holyrood elections

The National reports: "Shirley-Anne Somerville and Fergus Ewing are both facing selection battles after party activists forced a contest."  More here.

All SNP members who are currently registered with branches in Fergus's Inverness and Nairn constituency will have the opportunity to back him or any challenger(s) in a ballot. 

 

Flashback to 2016 and a confident looking Fergus Ewing campaigning on Nairn High Street in the spring sunshine.