An SNP MP who had the celebration whip suspended has introduced he is not going to rejoin the Westminster group till it "is clear that the SNP are pursuing independence".

Angus MacNeil was suspended final Wednesday for every week following a row with the celebration's chief whip, Brendan O'Hara.

The Western Isles MP has now revealed he'll proceed to take a seat as an impartial till no less than after the SNP convention in October, and can solely rejoin if the celebration supplies "clarity on independence".

Posting a letter on Twitter, he stated his resolution was not in regards to the incident with Mr O'Hara.

Instead, he criticised the SNP and stated the celebration was "utterly clueless" on its independence technique.

Mr MacNeil stated: "I will only seek the SNP whip again if it is clear that the SNP are pursuing independence.

"At the second, the SNP has change into a model identify lacking the important thing ingredient. The urgency for independence is absent."

Mr MacNeil stated the Scottish authorities went to the Supreme Court a 12 months in the past "utterly clueless about how to pursue independence" after which left the court docket "utterly clueless about how to pursue independence".

He added: "The SNP nonetheless haven't any clear understanding that it has to make use of elections to barter Scottish independence from Westminster by getting the backing of the vast majority of the voters.

"The SNP membership must have a say at conference on the policy direction, which is hasn't until now."

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Mr MacNeil said that the "tricks of the last six years of kicking the can down the road" had not served Scotland nicely, with the nation "trapped with Brexit in a socially failing UK".

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The MP, who has sat within the House of Commons since 2005, stated he would stand once more within the subsequent election, including: "And I hope after clarity on independence after the October conference that I will be standing for the SNP."