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SNP veteran Michael Russell to quit Scottish Parliament at next election

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Nicola Sturgeon's Brexit minister is standing down at the next Holyrood election. Veteran SNP politician Michael Russell has been in a range of prominent roles since the party came to power in 2007.

He served as a minister for the environment, culture, and education before taking on the task of representing the SNP administration in Brexit talks.

That effectively ended this year when the UK Government over-ruled demands and took Scotland out of Europe with the rest of Britain.

Russell said he’ll be 67 at the time of the next election next spring and thinks a younger candidate might be better able to cover the sprawling Argyll and Bute constituency.Announcing his decision at a local constituency meeting in Tarbert, Russell said he was

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