A councillor who was targeted in a firebomb attack has quit the Scottish Tories over internal party tensions.Graeme Campbell hit out at the “appalling” way colleagues had been treated over next year’s local elections.
The politician’s home in Strathaven, Lanarkshire, was first torched in an arson attack two years ago, after which it was targeted again.His home was badly damaged and two cars left burnt out after another attack this summer.
Organised crime has been blamed.In a recent interview, the South Lanarkshire councillor revealed he would not stand again and said the attacks had “destroyed” his family’s life.Separately, Campbell has now revealed he has left the Scottish Conservatives amid local political wrangles.He wrote on Facebook:
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