LAWYERS have urged the Crown Office to explain why the probe into the SNP’s finances is taking so long to conclude. Two former sheriffs have suggested that the lengthy investigation could “stimulate perceptions of a cover up” and called for clarity on its progress.
The SNP promised to spend money on an independence referendum. Such a referendum hasn’t happened - despite SNP efforts.
Until such a referendum occurs the money hasn’t been misspent. There needs to be a referendum, and the SNP have to not spend at least the amount raised on campaigning for it.
What can the police take to the prosecuter. The prosecutor will ask when was the crime committed. The police will have to tell them in the future.
So it must be a conspiracy to commit a crime you want to charge.
No, they fully intend to campaign for independence and are likely to spend much more than the alleged misallocated funds. In fact campaign for such an event is their reason for existence. To the point where their political opponents routinely accusing them of doing it too much.
The whole thing is a fix up. Money is fungible. You don’t need to keep the money you got for one reason to fulfill your spending promises. Otherwise our entire banking system would collapse.
All that has been revealed from this investigation is the SNP finances aren’t in a good position. They have made some poor choices, and their leadership was lending them money to keep operating. Because the SNP are reliant on normal people supporting them, and support had dropped because independence wasn’t making progress. Labour and the Conservatives don’t have these issues, because they have lots of big financial backers like Baron Lebedev of Hampton and Siberia etc.