The Scottish National party has been through difficult times in the past, but can anything compare with this week? Nicola Sturgeon arrested ‘as a suspect’ by Police Scotland in the investigation into party finances. The ignominious collapse of the deposit return scheme; the deepening scandal of the Ferguson Marine ferries. This must be the nadir, surely, of SNP fortunes. Or is it?
As the week progressed, SNP figures became visibly more relaxed and even started sounding rather bullish. Nothing to see here…Nicola hasn’t been charged with anything…voters are focussed on Boris’s crimes. The SNP MSP, James Dornan, even accused the police and the media of ‘collusion’ and complained that officers had raided Sturgeon’s Uddingston home as if it were ‘Fred West’s house’.
The independence cause is blocked and the party of independence is in disarray
Humza Yousaf wisely distanced himself from Mr Dornan’s hyperbole. However, he also called on SNP MSPs to back Nicola Sturgeon or quit.
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