Peter Murrell arrested

That arrest? Very dramatic. Unexpected dramalama in Westminster and the question always asked is What’s this being used to cover up?
So. . .
Thanks for the explanation about it being only donations from the SNP members that has allegedly been misappropriated, rather than public money.
I don’t condone any misappropriation of money, but if X misappropriated more than Y did justifies it for some posters-that’s their choice.

I would never trust an organisation that could not see the dangers of having a related couple, whether married, in a relationship, siblings, parent or child, or any other combination, holding the two key roles in an organisation.

In this case if couple themselves and party members cannot see the dangers, even though the couple be as pure as driven snow, I wouldn't trust their judgment on anything else.

Paddyann- misappropriating funds is misappropriating funds no matter where it came from.

FannyCornforth

corsetclique

I appreciate you linking to my post in the other topic, Blondiescot. drive mad

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What is all this?

ronib

Released without charge! Good! But what was all that about?

Remains under investigation though.

Labour: Unionist Party
SNP: Independence Party

No doubt some people will switch from SNP to Labour. However I don't think Labour should be "rubbing their hands in glee" too quickly. They will not give credence to the idea of independence and will not accept that some people might vote Labour if they did. They might also consider that entering unofficial pacts with the Tories is not a good look.

Sarwar seems to be a good guy but he needs to establish Scottish Labour as distinct from UK Labour.

No point in speculating about the background, which will hopefully come out in detail as the investigation progresses, and will hopefully address exactly who did what and when, and who knew about it. This could be the reason for Nicola Sturgeon's rapid and unexpected departure, but how likely are we to get to know that for sure? What is certain, is that whatever the outcome, this will not benefit the prospects of the SNP, and Labour must be rubbing their hands with glee.

For those SNP supporters s don’t worry Peter has been released without charge it’s funny there were more police outside his house than a man wielding a gun in my local vicinity I personally think it’s a ploy to discredit the SNP when we’re doing so well

corsetclique

I appreciate you linking to my post in the other topic, Blondiescot. drive mad

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Just an average day in the SNP ,and people wonder why Nicola stepped down.She/they live in a very ordinary wee street, no gated community ,The threats have been relentless and regular .The guy jailed last month threatened to decapitate her .Today saw numerous police ,a forensic tent and the local EEGIT waving his butchers apron outside her house .
If they (westminster) cant bring her down one way they'll try all and anything else .Note ,BILLIONS misappropraited by Bojo's circus .Mone still sunning herself on the continent....NO police raids for what was misuse of PUBLIC money .

The money they allege has been misappropriated by Peter Murrell is not public money ,its money raised BY SNP members for use by the party .
Today saw a flood of donations to the party as well as new memberships ,one woman posted on FB ,"donating £50 to the SNP the ONLY party I trust with my hard earned cash"

£50 is nothing in the scheme of things when you think of the billions wasted /pocketed by tories but it shows that the SNP is not finished however much some want it to be.

Released without charge! Good! But what was all that about?

Thank you Blondiescot, I was going to direct people to your post on the other thread.

Murrell released without charge:

not only Scots law, but throughout the uk, a criminal case is live once a person has been arrested.
those interested could read up on the contempt of court act 1981, with particular regard to the strict liability rule, and bearing in mind that for the purposes of the act these forums are an example of published material.
also remember that ignorance is no defence.

The police will always turnover the arrested person's house, they probably do not expect to find anything, but now and again they find odd papers, letters, disks, that add substance to the evidence they already have. Plus of course people will hide things under floor boards, in attics, even boxes buried in the garden.

Their vans no doubt contain scanning and other equipmnt plus space for police to change into those all purpose evidence gathering white overalls. Possibly also decontamination equipment.

M0nica

Doodledog They will be searching for evidencce and devices that may have been hidden in the house in hopes of them not being found or documents and devices that had been accidentally left there or left there and forgotten about.

Yes, but what could be on them that is not accessible anyway? Any financial transactions that happen digitally will be visible to the police, and in any case, unless he had a computer the size of Bletchley they wouldn't need two big vans.

Doodledog They will be searching for evidencce and devices that may have been hidden in the house in hopes of them not being found or documents and devices that had been accidentally left there or left there and forgotten about.

Parsley3

Callistemon21

Anything that could prejudice a trial if there is one.

Why was it on the Christmas board? 🤔 If that's not a leading question?

It was on the Christmas board because I wasn't paying attention when I posted it. It was a mistake.

Thanks Parsley!

I thought you wanted to claim the first mention of Christmas on GN this year 🎄

Joseanne

Callistemon21

Anything that could prejudice a trial if there is one.

Why was it on the Christmas board? 🤔 If that's not a leading question?

To wrap it in mystery, or to spruce things up a bit?

Groan 😂😂😂

Regardless of any thoughts about innocence or guilt, what were the police searching for in their house? I saw the News this afternoon, and there were two large vans outside the house and several police officers going in and out.

Unless they were expecting to find used fivers under the mattress (unlikely) or an accountant hidden in the wardrobe (even less probable) what was that in aid of? I assume they'll have his devices anyway, and they'll be able to see his communications and bank transactions even without them, so I found a search of the house mysterious.

Oreo

tickingbird 👍🏻

I don’t know a great deal about this but did think there was another reason NS resigned. I believe she knew this was coming and regardless of her husband’s innocence or guilt it wouldn’t really be feasible to carry on as FM once it was made public.

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