Fergus Ewing 'absurd' to brand Scottish Greens extremists, says SNP depute leader Keith Brown
dailyrecord.co.ukIt was "absurd" of Fergus Ewing to describe the Scottish Greens as extremists, SNP depute leader Keith Brown has said. Former Scottish Government minister Ewing had said that SNP members should be given the chance to vote again on the party’s deal with the Scottish Greens.
The Bute House Agreement was signed under Nicola Sturgeon and brought Green co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater into Government as junior ministers as well as setting out a shared policy platform.
But Ewing said members should be given their say because it is now clear that the Greens are "extremists". Brown rejected his allegation, saying the SNP would not be in coalition with an extremist party.Brown told BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: "That is an absurd characterisation of the Scottish Greens.
We wouldn't, as the SNP, be in coalition with extremists of any kind. And I think it's been a very positive relationship. "I worked in the government for a number of years where that relationship, which is pretty unique, which is very mature, which is very much in the mainstream in terms of coalitions.
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