What was her husband doing? I’m presuming the allegation is that he moved money for the purpose of political activity that he did not have the right, legally or morally to do? I can’t imagine he just wanted a camper van. How the fuck would he think he would get away with it?
Time for a RV holiday to celebrate?
Looks like Branchform is wrapping up then.
This was always going to happen. Murrel to take the fall.
Surely Nicola Sturgeon must now be held liable for the costs of the investigation into her alleged wrongdoings.
Let the conspiracies of a cover up flow
Damn, must’ve been a right kick in the balls to find out that your husband was fudging the numbers under your premiership with police at the door.
I, for one, am looking forward to reading the balanced and reasonable discussions that this news is certainly going to result in.
Interesting they released this on a day when there are Council by elections in Glasgow.
EDIT: There should be restrictions on releasing information on an election day.
To be clear, I have plenty of issues with the way Nicola Sturgeon has dealt with things. Equally, she was ultimately a force for good in the country and passed a lot of progressive legislation that helps vulnerable people to this day.
[In the secretive State of the Union report](https://www.ukonward.com/reports/state-of-the-union/), commissioned by Gove during the height of the pandemic (because priorities…), Nicola Sturgeon was specifically highlighted.
> Yes voters say that if Nicola Sturgeon resigned they would be less likely to vote for independence. 28% of Yes voters say they would be less likely to vote Yes in this scenario, versus 23% who say it would make them more likely. It appears that support for independence is at least partially stored in the political personality of the First Minister.
It was not long after that report was released (not to the public at that time) that baseless, wall-to-wall attacks regarding Nicola Sturgeon “breaking the ministerial code” and “having to resign” broke out across most of our unionist outlets.
This went on and on and on, with Nicola looking visibly more drained and exhausted as she was barraged (in much the same way as Corbyn was) with toxicity and innuendo.
This attempt, along with the VONC, failed. So a new angle had to be found.
Now, I’m not in any position to say whether embezzlement happened from Murrell – and obviously it does have implications for Sturgeon, as his then-wife, if he is found guilty.
If you think for a second that this hasn’t been politically orchested to some degree – the blue murder tents, the spectacle, the breathless insults fired from our mostly-male unionist “journalistic” class, the smear campaign that will never fully wash off due to its enormity and persistence – then I have a bridge to sell you.
Let’s assume that Nicola Sturgeon is completely innocent and had no knowledge of embezzlement- an act which has not been proven to be the case, and the reporting has been suspicious, inflammatory, confusing (is it to do with the £600k or not?) and deliberately so – what has happened to this theoretically innocent woman?
Her reputation, which was at an all-time-high during Covid, is in tatters no matter what she says or does.
Her party is weak, unable to pass legislation that the UKGov disagrees with, and shifting ever more into yet another right-wing neoliberal party.
For unionists, the removal of Sturgeon is the death of independence. Time will tell whether this is truly the case or not.
Make no mistake though – it doesn’t matter whether you have broken any laws or not – if you represent a genuine threat to the status quo, the reactionary machine of the British press and political class will come after you with unbelievable co-ordination and viciousness for as long as it takes to unseat you from power.
It happened to Corbyn, and now Sturgeon. Who’s next in the firing line?
Huge surprise!! No, we all knew she’d be cleared once the damage was done.
Compare and contrast this with the Met’s partygate investigations. On the one hand I’m quite proud Police Scotland showed neither fear nor favour in their investigation. No-one is above the law.
Disappointed about the number of serious leaks though.
Why are they not saying ‘cleared’? This makes it sound like she could be a suspect again in the future.
A lot of fucking apologies to be made.
Branch office BBC will be chewing their faces in rage
Wow, that taxi driver whose taxi I got in that time will be pissed!
Is this the thing Police Scotland had a big tent up in her garden for? As if she was a serial killer? Bunch of clowns
Cool. Do we get a murder tent for Wendy Alexander re Dundee Uni?
Would you look at that… 🙄
Well I want to know why Sturgeon hasn’t yet condemned this decision. Her silence is clearly a tacit acceptance of the wrongdoing she hasn’t done and frankly that’s not acceptable.
She must condemn this *and* resign!
Wow perhaps her contacts in the police aren’t as good as we thought? Maybe she could have stayed on. I’m joking of course. She’s yesterday’s news.
Yes, to the surprise of absolutely nobody except rabid dumb fuck yoons.
This has been a farce since day one.
We all know a small but vocal portion of unionists will never let this go, its the only thing they have to hold against what is arguably the most successful Scottish politician in modern history. I fear the caravan comments that are always plastered under every thread that mention her by a small group of very simple-minded people are here to stay for the foreseeable future unfortunately.
Glad to see it, I’ve always liked Sturgeon, and now I look forward to battering unionists using this as a talking point.
Thoughts and Prayers to all those working at Pacific Quay in their hour of need…
Good. I have stated my opinion on this subject matter on this forum so many times that I am bored of typing it. But I am genuinely glad that my taxes are used to fund a thorough and complex four year (and counting) investigation into how volunteered donations, donated voluntarily, were (mis)spent by Murrell, ~~Beattie~~, ~~Sturgeon~~ et al. If anyone is found guilty at the end of the investigation, then I hope they are punished appropriately.
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This must be a pro-nat inside job!!!
Sturgeon must… condemn?
Am I doing this right?
Fair enough, accept it and move on
Who gets custody of the campervan in the divorce?
What was her husband doing? I’m presuming the allegation is that he moved money for the purpose of political activity that he did not have the right, legally or morally to do? I can’t imagine he just wanted a camper van. How the fuck would he think he would get away with it?
Time for a RV holiday to celebrate?
Looks like Branchform is wrapping up then.
This was always going to happen. Murrel to take the fall.
Surely Nicola Sturgeon must now be held liable for the costs of the investigation into her alleged wrongdoings.
Let the conspiracies of a cover up flow
Damn, must’ve been a right kick in the balls to find out that your husband was fudging the numbers under your premiership with police at the door.
I, for one, am looking forward to reading the balanced and reasonable discussions that this news is certainly going to result in.
Interesting they released this on a day when there are Council by elections in Glasgow.
EDIT: There should be restrictions on releasing information on an election day.
Breaking news, so not much to the article yet: https://archive.ph/nxexz
Mission success though.
To be clear, I have plenty of issues with the way Nicola Sturgeon has dealt with things. Equally, she was ultimately a force for good in the country and passed a lot of progressive legislation that helps vulnerable people to this day.
[In the secretive State of the Union report](https://www.ukonward.com/reports/state-of-the-union/), commissioned by Gove during the height of the pandemic (because priorities…), Nicola Sturgeon was specifically highlighted.
> Yes voters say that if Nicola Sturgeon resigned they would be less likely to vote for independence. 28% of Yes voters say they would be less likely to vote Yes in this scenario, versus 23% who say it would make them more likely. It appears that support for independence is at least partially stored in the political personality of the First Minister.
It was not long after that report was released (not to the public at that time) that baseless, wall-to-wall attacks regarding Nicola Sturgeon “breaking the ministerial code” and “having to resign” broke out across most of our unionist outlets.
This went on and on and on, with Nicola looking visibly more drained and exhausted as she was barraged (in much the same way as Corbyn was) with toxicity and innuendo.
This attempt, along with the VONC, failed. So a new angle had to be found.
Now, I’m not in any position to say whether embezzlement happened from Murrell – and obviously it does have implications for Sturgeon, as his then-wife, if he is found guilty.
If you think for a second that this hasn’t been politically orchested to some degree – the blue murder tents, the spectacle, the breathless insults fired from our mostly-male unionist “journalistic” class, the smear campaign that will never fully wash off due to its enormity and persistence – then I have a bridge to sell you.
Let’s assume that Nicola Sturgeon is completely innocent and had no knowledge of embezzlement- an act which has not been proven to be the case, and the reporting has been suspicious, inflammatory, confusing (is it to do with the £600k or not?) and deliberately so – what has happened to this theoretically innocent woman?
Her reputation, which was at an all-time-high during Covid, is in tatters no matter what she says or does.
Her party is weak, unable to pass legislation that the UKGov disagrees with, and shifting ever more into yet another right-wing neoliberal party.
For unionists, the removal of Sturgeon is the death of independence. Time will tell whether this is truly the case or not.
Make no mistake though – it doesn’t matter whether you have broken any laws or not – if you represent a genuine threat to the status quo, the reactionary machine of the British press and political class will come after you with unbelievable co-ordination and viciousness for as long as it takes to unseat you from power.
It happened to Corbyn, and now Sturgeon. Who’s next in the firing line?
Huge surprise!! No, we all knew she’d be cleared once the damage was done.
Compare and contrast this with the Met’s partygate investigations. On the one hand I’m quite proud Police Scotland showed neither fear nor favour in their investigation. No-one is above the law.
Disappointed about the number of serious leaks though.
https://preview.redd.it/to3it16kqupe1.png?width=933&format=png&auto=webp&s=a0df20291521c62157badb6dd2e88d829688b9c5
Why are they not saying ‘cleared’? This makes it sound like she could be a suspect again in the future.
A lot of fucking apologies to be made.
Branch office BBC will be chewing their faces in rage
Wow, that taxi driver whose taxi I got in that time will be pissed!
Is this the thing Police Scotland had a big tent up in her garden for? As if she was a serial killer? Bunch of clowns
Cool. Do we get a murder tent for Wendy Alexander re Dundee Uni?
Would you look at that… 🙄
Well I want to know why Sturgeon hasn’t yet condemned this decision. Her silence is clearly a tacit acceptance of the wrongdoing she hasn’t done and frankly that’s not acceptable.
She must condemn this *and* resign!
Wow perhaps her contacts in the police aren’t as good as we thought? Maybe she could have stayed on. I’m joking of course. She’s yesterday’s news.
Yes, to the surprise of absolutely nobody except rabid dumb fuck yoons.
This has been a farce since day one.
We all know a small but vocal portion of unionists will never let this go, its the only thing they have to hold against what is arguably the most successful Scottish politician in modern history. I fear the caravan comments that are always plastered under every thread that mention her by a small group of very simple-minded people are here to stay for the foreseeable future unfortunately.
Glad to see it, I’ve always liked Sturgeon, and now I look forward to battering unionists using this as a talking point.
Thoughts and Prayers to all those working at Pacific Quay in their hour of need…
Good. I have stated my opinion on this subject matter on this forum so many times that I am bored of typing it. But I am genuinely glad that my taxes are used to fund a thorough and complex four year (and counting) investigation into how volunteered donations, donated voluntarily, were (mis)spent by Murrell, ~~Beattie~~, ~~Sturgeon~~ et al. If anyone is found guilty at the end of the investigation, then I hope they are punished appropriately.
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