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I hope so @Chillidoggy. Alex Salmond and his Alba Party have seen an uptick in support following her resignation and this stuff, so if anything the SNP vote will surely be split next time around which may well just give Labour the opportunity to make in roads and hopefully bring some focus back to the important matters that most Scottish citizens want to see addressed after 14 years of an obsession with a referendum.

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New SNP campaign van.

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The problem with your comment @Mysterae (there, I've bloody done it now and that's Toyah off in my head again for the next 4 hours!) is what you are missing is that essentially, a large voice of pro-i

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Surely the opposition parties should be calling for an immediate Scottish election? After all, who was shouting loudest for one when BoJo, Truss et al were up to their shenanigans.  Why, Wee

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Sounds that things could get worse...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65212357

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The firm that audits the SNP's finances has resigned, the BBC has learned

By law, the party has until 7 July to present their accounts to the Electoral Commission or face possible sanctions.

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Maybe they are admitting they did a crap job of auditing ?? Time and time again these audit firms walk away when they have in fact overseen such poor practices 

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On 07/04/2023 at 14:22, Barrykearley said:

Maybe they are admitting they did a crap job of auditing ?? Time and time again these audit firms walk away when they have in fact overseen such poor practices 

Not defending auditors at all.

FYI if auditors blow the whistle on a client, they are not allowed to tell the client. They are not allowed to use that as a reason for resigning. Just saying!

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That does seem like an issue. Probably why so many corporations end up collapsing into a financial mess. Audit should surely ensure that firms are being open and honest about their finances - time and time again it would seem the audit firms walk away in failure.

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Plot thickens. But can't see that anyone actually faces any charges - yet.

Police arrest SNP treasurer in finance probe.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65309791

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Can't be. No way anyone ever paid as much as £100k for an IVECO!

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39 minutes ago, Chillidoggy said:

SNP treasurer has now been arrested.

Wake up at the back Chillydoggy 🤣

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Plot thickens. But can't see that anyone actually faces any charges - yet.

Police arrest SNP treasurer in finance probe.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65309791

 

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@exeterjeep I don't know the form but aren't they placed under arrest so they can be brought in "officially" for questioning as part of the evidence gathering for the investigation?

Also, does that not mean that  anything they say or reveal (whether confirming, denying or hiding anything) becomes a point of record?

I would have thought that in a case like this several people could be arrested over time to help with the evidence gathering and to corroborate or otherwise "stories" or "facts" revelead?

Once it's all gathered I suspect a case file will be passed to our Procurator Fiscal (CPS in England) for a decision on whether to prosecute based on facts and public interest.

I think either way, what has been shown is a seeming disregard for transparency within the SNP, but whether or not that warrants a prosecution we'll just have to wait and see based on the investigation.

I can't see how this will not be damaging though as those who were not fanatical supporters may now be questioning why they were following the SNP. The same scenario that befell Labour under Corbyn and the Consrvatists under Johnson where I think both parties lost supporters as a result of the lack of transparency over certain issues. If only we had a credible opposition up here in Scotland.

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On 13/04/2023 at 21:21, Barrykearley said:

That does seem like an issue. Probably why so many corporations end up collapsing into a financial mess. Audit should surely ensure that firms are being open and honest about their finances - time and time again it would seem the audit firms walk away in failure.

I dealt with auditors in a previous role, the guys doing the leg work are straight out of college. They turn up in their sharp suits and are not smart enough to know their limitations.

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@exeterjeep I don't know the form but aren't they placed under arrest so they can be brought in "officially" for questioning as part of the evidence gathering for the investigation?

Also, does that not mean that  anything they say or reveal (whether confirming, denying or hiding anything) becomes a point of record?

 

Arrested and Placed under caution so "Anything you do say may be given in evidence". Primarily in case they are in the car and mumble "I only did it to pay the kids school fee's".

That they are then released without charge just means the Police are evidence gathering, not that they aren't guilty of some crime. 

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they aren't guilty of some crime.

everyone is guilty of something at sometime...particularly anyone driving a car, cycling etc.

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Threatening MSPs re their phones and email accounts. Missing burner phone sim cards.

This is turning out to be more entertaining than House of Cards...

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/sturgeon-threatened-seize-phones-senior-29783163

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Surely the opposition parties should be calling for an immediate Scottish election?

After all, who was shouting loudest for one when BoJo, Truss et al were up to their shenanigans. 

Why, Wee Krankie, the nippy sweetie.

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I agree. On has to ask qhwere Mr. Blackford and the rest of the cronies who were so "loud mouthed" re the Westminster antics are hiding these days.  It really does show just how shallow and self obsessed our politicians are.

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Think the media have a lot of questions to answer - Even now NS is largely flying under the radar.   Anyone remember the rolling coverage of Bojo for weeks on end cos he'd broken the rules and attended several lame workplace events.  

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Totally agree @910Esprit.

Even on here, people were fawning all over Sturgeon in the past, saying how much better she was than the Westminsiter Government lot. Just like the the bloody english press. It was like you lot in England were having a love in.

So many years of the SNP's vice like grip on life up here, it really is not as great as you guys were making out back then. Now, maybe we are starting to see the reality.

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Ex-SNP treasurer now says he was aware of motorhome. Wonder who actually arranged the payment for the tour bus.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65385825

Colin Beattie, who was in the role for a total of nearly 20 years, was asked by journalists whether he knew about and had signed off the purchase.

"No, I didn't know about that," he said.

He later said although he did not know about the transaction at the time of purchase, he found out about it in the 2021 annual accounts.

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