An Edinburgh city councillor suspended from the Labour group has launched an astonishing attack on colleagues, accusing the local party of using "Tory votes" to prop up an administration that was "avoiding accountability".
Ross McKenzie lost the party whip for the second time since entering the City Chambers in May, after he broke ranks last month to vote with the SNP and Greens on a bid to speed up a review of the council's controversial strip club ban.
After being suspended he claimed Edinburgh Labour group leaders were shutting out members who are 'not favoured' and making decisions with a 'small inner circle'.
