Former council finance convener Willie Young was absent from the protest in UTG
Former council finance convener Willie Young was absent from the protest in UTG, but insisted he was “right behind” the suspended group.
Mr Young, now a Deputy Lieutenant of the city, said: “I support the Labour nine because the manifesto Aberdeen Labour stood on has been delivered in full.
“The party need to reinstate these councillors who have a collective membership of over 250 years.”
However, former city councillor Nathan Morrison, now a union organiser in England, said: “Their coalition proposal was rejected by the SEC as a matter of policy.
“They ignored the party’s refusal and went ahead anyway. Their expulsion is a result of their own arrogance in the belief that the rules don’t apply to them.’
Willie Young speaks out in support of Aberdeen Nine
