Labour councillor quits selection race after concerns over ‘sexy, satanic’ novels

Sources close to Fife politician Altany Craik suggest he pulled out because party raised issues about occult horror books he writes

A veteran Scottish Labour councillor has quit the contest to be his party’s local candidate in next year’s general election after concerns were raised about his “sexy and satanic” novel writing.

The Fife councillor Altany Craik told the Guardian that he had withdrawn from the selection process to represent Scottish Labour in the Glenrothes constituency “for family reasons”.