The SNP has threatened its own MPs with criminal action after a recording was leaked of the party’s Westminster leader Ian Blackford defending a colleague who has been sanctioned for sexual misconduct.
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  SNP chief whip threatens MPs with criminal action over Ian Blackford recording leak linked to Patrick Grady  
     
  The SNP has threatened its own MPs with criminal action after a recording was leaked of the party’s Westminster leader Ian Blackford defending a colleague who has been sanctioned for sexual misconduct.  
     
SNP chief whip threatens MPs with criminal action over Ian Blackford recording leak linked to Patrick Grady
     
   
     
 
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