A FORMER Labour MSP has joined the SNP accusing her party of not doing "anything positive of note for a long time".

Anne McTaggart, who is a councillor in Glasgow said she thought independence was "the only way forward for the people and the communities I’ve represented for over 10 years."

The ex-list MSP - who served in Holyrood between 2011 and 2016 - told our sister paper, the Glasgow Evening Times: "I really want to be part of something positive, something which works for the people of our city.

"The Labour Party hasn’t done anything positive of note for a long time in Glasgow. Meanwhile, I’ve been watching the SNP delivering positive policies, both at a national and a city level, which are the right ones for my community.

"It’s now clear that independence is the only way forward for the people and the communities I’ve represented for over 10 years. It offers them the security and opportunity being eroded by Westminster."

The switch will give the SNP 38 councillors in Glasgow City Chambers, still short of the 43 needed for a majority.

It takes the Labour group down to 30 councillors.

Susan Aitken, Leader of Glasgow City Council, said: "Anne’s decision is an exceptionally brave one. It cannot have been easy.

"But the journey which Anne has made is one which many people across Scotland have been making over the past decade and particularly since 2014.

"She is part of a growing movement which sees that an independent Scotland is not only the best option for the future wellbeing our communities and our citizens, it is the only way to protect them from the chaos of Brexit and a broken Westminster system.”