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Sturgeon -v- Salmond. This is going to be very interesting. Is the SNP finished? And what impact on the Scots regarding Indy2? ?

(189 Posts)
Urmstongran Tue 23-Feb-21 13:58:22

This was posted yesterday, very revealing!

www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2021/01/my-sworn-evidence-on-the-sturgeon-affair/

Alegrias1 Tue 23-Feb-21 13:52:06

Strangely UG, I agree with you!

Urmstongran Tue 23-Feb-21 13:48:09

With only ten weeks to go until the elections the SNP could do without this brouhaha. Mud sticks.

Alegrias1 Tue 23-Feb-21 13:44:00

I guess it was just a strange turn of phrase Casdon, to be sorry for us. Maybe to say that you could see how this would present a dilemma about who to vote for. Anyway, its not for me to tell you how too express yourself, sorry flowers Just being a touchy Scot smile

Casdon Tue 23-Feb-21 13:40:10

I do feel sorry for the electorate Alegrias1, as I’m sure there are many who are not as clear in their choices as you are. I don’t think it’s ever helpful for there to be situations like this so close to elections. It will make people unsettled, in any election there are lots who are ‘undecided’, which means that whatever the outcome of the election it will be different to what it would have been otherwise.

Alegrias1 Tue 23-Feb-21 13:14:12

I feel sorry for the Scottish electorate

Sorry Casdon, what? I think we'll cope.

No idea if the allegations Salmond has made are true or not. I guess we'll find out. As for the SNP and Indy2, I'm with paddyanne.

Aveline Tue 23-Feb-21 13:11:52

But why all the obfuscation? All the obstacles put in the way of just publishing evidence? It's all very suspicious and certainly makes you wonder about the heart of it all. So much money involved. So much money to pay to coach the civil servants in how to present their evidence among other things. It's just too easy to dismiss it all and blame the media. We need to have faith in the central 'establishment' and currently, that's being shaken.

Casdon Tue 23-Feb-21 13:08:58

It’s not going to be pretty whatever comes out of it, at least if the BBC news has reported accurately so far. I feel sorry for the Scottish electorate, as the elections are so close this can’t help.

paddyanne Tue 23-Feb-21 13:06:58

It wont be the end of either the SNP or Indy ref 2.The Independence movement is much bigger than two personalities .The truth is as was said by many that teh "crown Office" went after AS ,Lesley Evans an employee of WM in Scotland went looking for "complaints" about AS ,I believe she asked 400+ women of their experiences of working with him over the years .
As we know and as I said at the time it was a setup.Alex was found not guilty .Now the target is the FM .If she hadn't gone down the court route and agreed to an internal inquiry she would have been slated and so we have the nit picking nonsense thats happening now .
We've more sense than to let this derail Independence.MSM are of course having a field day but then the BAD SNP reports are the norm for us .

Aveline Tue 23-Feb-21 12:20:40

Who can you believe? The politicians, civil servants, the Crown Office even the Police seem to be embroiled in it all.

Urmstongran Tue 23-Feb-21 11:55:42

What worries you about it Aveline?

Aveline Tue 23-Feb-21 11:54:25

Its all very unpleasant and quite worrying really.

Anniebach Tue 23-Feb-21 11:49:39

Will the truth come out

Urmstongran Tue 23-Feb-21 11:41:59

It’s a very public spat.

The amount of illegal obstruction Salmond faced and still faces in getting documents is prima facie evidence of a huge cover up.

Salmond is about to check mate Nicola, but its a strange game of chess where the King takes the Queen.