SNP MP Stewart McDonald is to host former Daily Record editor Murray Foote for a talk on why the man behind The Vow now backs independence.
Foote revealed this week that issues such as Brexit and the Tory power grab had swayed his position, coming out in support of a Yes vote.
During his time as editor of the Daily Record, which he left earlier this year, he was the architect of The Vow.
It brought together David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg to promise enhanced powers for Holyrood if Scotland voted to stay in the UK.
McDonald tweeted: "One not to miss: I’m hosting the former @Daily_Record Editor, and author of the famous 2014 ‘Vow’, @murrayf00te for a public talk on why he now backs independence for Scotland."
The event, "So independence it must be", will be held on Thursday, June 28, at 7.30pm in Langside Parish Church, Ledard Road, Glasgow.
Responding to the news that Foote had backed independence, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted: "That @murrayf00te - the architect of the ‘Vow’ - now supports independence is hugely significant. I’m delighted. Welcome aboard, Murray."
That @murrayf00te - the architect of the ‘Vow’ - now supports independence is hugely significant. I’m delighted. Welcome aboard, Murray. https://t.co/Ua690k6yGN
— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) June 14, 2018
Foote shared his change of heart in a newspaper article, as he slammed the "democratic abomination" of the Brexit Bill.
He wrote: "I cannnot tolerate a Tory Government prepared to treat devolution with the blatant contempt displayed in Tuesday's cynical one-man debate on the EU Withdrawal Bill.
"I can no longer stand by while a cabal of the privileged deprive our children the right to live in 27 countries because they don't like Johnny Foreigner encroaching their elite club.
"I can't watch a Labour party pursue its own destructive Brexit agenda full in the knowledge that the people it professes to represent will shoulder the greatest burden. I can't wait for that same party to recognise that Jeremy Corbyn seemed like a good idea at the time ... Nor can I await the arrival of a unicorn, that mythical federal Britain. So independence it must be."
You can book your place at https://bit.ly/2JIHlbF – McDonald has said that tickets are going fast.
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