A Strathaven councillor whose home was deliberately torched in a horror firebomb attack has quit the Scottish Tories over internal party tensions.
Graeme Campbell hit out at the “appalling” way colleagues had been treated over next year’s local elections.
This summer the councillor watched his home go up in flames for the third time in three years.
His home was badly damaged and two cars left burnt out in the latest terrifying attack. Organised crime has been blamed.
Mr Campbell said he and wife Fiona were left “totally broken” saying the fierce blaze left them with nothing.
Emergency services raced to the scene on June 19 shortly after midnight, with Mr Campbell saying the fierce blaze left them with nothing.
The South Lanarkshire councillor recently revealed he would not stand again and said the attacks had “destroyed” his family’s life.
Campbell has now revealed he has left the Scottish Conservatives amid local political wrangles.
Mr Campbell said he was “horrified” to see “good” Tory councillors being subjected to “personal vendettas” by local Conservatives.
He wrote on Facebook this week: “I resigned my membership of the Scottish Conservative Party last week, so I’ll be seeing out my third term as an independent councillor.”
“This is not the Scottish Conservative Party I want to be a member of, so I hope you understand my reasons for walking away.”
A spokesman for the Scottish Tories said: "We don't comment on internal party selection matters."
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