Labour for Independence 'a Scottish Nationalist front' Mr Salmond and the official Yes Scotland referendum campaign has been keen to use this and similar groups to portray support for independence as a phenomenon that reaches across society instead of being limited to the SNP. Another group, Crofters for Yes, has been launched with eight members. Mr Grogan said Labour for Independence has around 30 card-carrying party members, including those who sit on its executive committee. But Anas Sarwar, Scottish Labour deputy leader, said: "For prominent MSPs, council leaders and party officials to masquerade as Labour supporters to give a false impression about their campaign is disrespectful to ordinary Scots. Labour for Independence appears to be nothing more than a sham and a SNP front. This represents the worst of our politics and Nicola Sturgeon should condemn SNP members participating in this charade. He estimated around 20 people attended last weekend's conference. The row erupted after a prominent political blogger posted an article on the internet about the group. It highlighted a publicity photograph of five individuals stood in front of a Labour for Independence banner in the party's traditional red and yellow colours. One was a Labour member but the other four were disclosed as having appeared in other pictures with SNP rosettes, one of whom was Douglas Reid, the SNP leader of East Ayrshire Council. A photograph of a man displaying a Labour for Independence leaflet turned out to be a member of Young Scots for Independence, the youth wing of the SNP. Mr Grogan said: "I am aware that there are other examples of SNP members handing out Labour for Independence leaflets. We have never made any bones about the fact that we are a growing organisation. If SNP members are handing out our leaflets it is an acknowledgement that Labour vote is an important one in this referendum and they are willing to forgo Party politics to help us get our message across.