Reply to: Nicola has been arrested

[NigelJK]

Private Eye have been exposing this for years.

[JustKeepSwimming]

You are either an idiot or you're taking the piss. The police in the UK don't investigate reported drug dealing, serious assault, burglary, car theft and a myriad of other things, but launched an investigation of some 2 years (so far at a cost of just short of the amount they are investigating) on the say so of someone convicted of wasting police time. An investigation that in 2 years has resulted in zero charges, but involved forensic tents in gardens, multiple police vans surrounding houses, seizing of boxes of tea bags from offices. The people interviewd (unless the police were confident of pressing charges post interview) would have been phoned or visited and asked to attend a police station and invited to answer questions or make statements, not arrested with full media warning.

For context, do you remember the 8 year old girl that was murdered on The Isle Of Bute a few years ago ? Well, the teenager convicted of it was my next door neighbour. There were no tents in the garden, dozen police officers or multiple vehicles present at his arrest.

Police Scotland report to... Scottish Government, the SNP. They are devolved.

You clearly have no familiarity with financial crime. Extensive investigation prior to arrests and interviews under caution is absolutely standard. Further investigation after interviews is also normal prior to any charges. Financial crimes are almost inherently complicated. If anything Police Scotland has shown undue bias towards the SNP. Awfully odd how Chief Constable is recorded as having spoken to the SNP, then followed by St Nici resigning, then followed by a usually quick leadership process and only then was the first arrest made.

Of course it's not like Police Scotland hasn't been involved in any other corruption scandal that happened to also align with the SNP bidding.

It's pretty obvious the evidence tents were to protect the evidence from the media.

[TestMangler]

This is an investigation that started 2 years ago, all 3 of the leaders (Sturgeon, her husband, and Beatie) of the SNP at the relevant time have been arrested and interviewed under caution in the last few months.

But yes, this is a witch-hunt by Cruella's English storm troopers to persecute the oppressed Scots, of which Sturgeon is our dearest of true leaders.

STOP THE STEAL!

You are either an idiot or you're taking the piss. The police in the UK don't investigate reported drug dealing, serious assault, burglary, car theft and a myriad of other things, but launched an investigation of some 2 years (so far at a cost of just short of the amount they are investigating) on the say so of someone convicted of wasting police time. An investigation that in 2 years has resulted in zero charges, but involved forensic tents in gardens, multiple police vans surrounding houses, seizing of boxes of tea bags from offices. The people interviewd (unless the police were confident of pressing charges post interview) would have been phoned or visited and asked to attend a police station and invited to answer questions or make statements, not arrested with full media warning.

For context, do you remember the 8 year old girl that was murdered on The Isle Of Bute a few years ago ? Well, the teenager convicted of it was my next door neighbour. There were no tents in the garden, dozen police officers or multiple vehicles present at his arrest.

[JustKeepSwimming]

Care to tell us some details or are you just making up tulip cause it fits with your pre conceived ideas ?

The main complainant (who initiiated the police complaint) is Sean Clerkin, a well known nut job on the extreme side of the indy debate (think more IRA than Liberal Republican). He's is plenty well known to the police and his most recent interaction with them was to be done for wasting police time. He's done lots of stuff that clearly indicate his lunacy, like jumping in to a hustings and going for a nose to nose shouting match with a previous Scottish Labour leader, putting banners up at the border etc Police know plenty about him for loads of previous incidents, and was generally branded a 'nutter'. For some reason, all of a sudden, he's now become a reliable source of information about a funding campaign that he never even contributed to. Draw your own conclusion. Oh wait, you did, based on **** all knowledge of any of it.

This is an investigation that started 2 years ago, all 3 of the leaders (Sturgeon, her husband, and Beatie) of the SNP at the relevant time have been arrested and interviewed under caution in the last few months.

But yes, this is a witch-hunt by Cruella's English storm troopers to persecute the oppressed Scots, of which Sturgeon is our dearest of true leaders.

STOP THE STEAL!

[TestMangler]

Yes. They must have strong suspicion there has been a crime though. If there has been wrongdoing there is absolutely no way Sturgeon is not up to her eyeballs in it because of how she structured the party.

Care to tell us some details or are you just making up tulip cause it fits with your pre conceived ideas ?

The main complainant (who initiiated the police complaint) is Sean Clerkin, a well known nut job on the extreme side of the indy debate (think more IRA than Liberal Republican). He's is plenty well known to the police and his most recent interaction with them was to be done for wasting police time. He's done lots of stuff that clearly indicate his lunacy, like jumping in to a hustings and going for a nose to nose shouting match with a previous Scottish Labour leader, putting banners up at the border etc Police know plenty about him for loads of previous incidents, and was generally branded a 'nutter'. For some reason, all of a sudden, he's now become a reliable source of information about a funding campaign that he never even contributed to. Draw your own conclusion. Oh wait, you did, based on **** all knowledge of any of it.

[vetran]

Not strictly true though that, is it ?

Alex Salmond said that a husband and wife team shouldn't be in charge of both sides of the snp (the party and the back office).

If, in your Daily Mail inspired wisdom, that translates to 'she was warned not to marry him' then, yeah, you're right

to be fair that is probably a good recommendation for large most organisations.

[TestMangler]

She was warned not to marry her husband if she wanted to be leader in case this tulip happened.

Not strictly true though that, is it ?

Alex Salmond said that a husband and wife team shouldn't be in charge of both sides of the snp (the party and the back office).

If, in your Daily Mail inspired wisdom, that translates to 'she was warned not to marry him' then, yeah, you're right

[vetran]

She was warned not to marry her husband if she wanted to be leader in case this tulip happened.

is he a wrong un then?

[d000hg]

Yes. They must have strong suspicion there has been a crime though. If there has been wrongdoing there is absolutely no way Sturgeon is not up to her eyeballs in it because of how she structured the party.

You should give them a call, they are clearly missing out on your expert knowledge. Just tell them "she's obviously guilty innit" and they'll lock her up.

[wattaj]

Can't any politicians and ex ones behave? I just touch my phone and get a news flash of misconduct.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...nances-inquiry

Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested by police investigating allegations of financial misconduct by the Scottish National party.

Sturgeon, who quit as first minister and SNP leader in early April, is the third person to be arrested as part of Operation Branchform, the Police Scotland investigation into allegations that more than £600,000 in donations for an independence campaign was misspent by the party.

Sturgeon, who quit as first minister and SNP leader in early April, is being interviewed by detectives as part of Operation Branchform, the Police Scotland investigation into allegations that more than £600,000 in donations for an independence campaign was misspent by the party.

Ha-ha-he-ha-ho...

[SueEllen]

the establishment work to stop independence continues.

She was warned not to marry her husband if she wanted to be leader in case this tulip happened.

[saptastic]

the establishment work to stop independence continues.

[courtg9000]

I wonder how Police Scotland coped with Jimmy Krankie in the custody suite?

[JustKeepSwimming]

Now released without charge

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-investigation

Did anyone expect anything otherwise? Fraud cases take an age.

[SueEllen]

Now released without charge

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-investigation