SNP treasurer in the dark about motorhome purchase
Spectator (UK)Nov 26, 2022
Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon Released Without Charge
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The Facts
The former Scottish first minister and Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon was on Sunday evening released without charge, pending further investigation, after being detained and questioned for more than seven hours.
The 52-year-old member of the Scottish Parliament, whose arrest is linked to the Operation Branch probe involving SNP finances, maintained her innocence in a statement on Twitter, saying she had "committed no offense" and calling the current situation "a shock and deeply distressing."
The Spin
Establishment-critical narrative
By outrageously insisting on continuing the bizarre investigation into indyref2 donations, Police Scotland is promoting a circus while failing to bring charges against anyone. Once this spurious case is over, the Scottish Parliament must scrutinize Operation Branch and how investigations were handled.
Pro-establishment narrative
Sturgeon and Murrell, once the hardline leaders of Scotland's election-winning machine, have fallen from grace and dragged the party into its biggest crisis in decades. It's evident that something suspicious has happened within the SNP, especially after a luxury motorhome was seized outside the home of Murrell's mother.
