Scottish Government loses “second independence referendum” court case.

[Englishboy]

Independence referendum: Scottish government loses indyref2 court case

The Supreme Court rules that an independence referendum cannot be held without UK government's consent.

www.bbc.co.uk

What do the Scots (@Barbara Fan etc) who post on these forums make of this?

Do you want a second independence referendum?

Would you vote for Scotland to go it alone in a second referendum or vote to stay as part of the Union?

Just interested to get your thoughts.

 

[Angela Channing]

Scottish voters have to thank people that voted for Brexit for this. The Scottish government were clear that a material change in the UK's, and by default, Scotland's relationship with the EU, would provide grounds for a second referendum.

At the last election to the Scottish Parliament, the SNP made it clear that if the voters elected a majority of MSPs wanting a new independence vote then the Scottish government would pursue it. Unlike the liars we have in the UK Tory Government, the Scottish government are sticking to their election pledge. The UK government needs to recognise that and give the people an opportunity to vote for or against independence in the new post-EU world. People who oppose independence can make their case during a referendum campaign to persuade voters to vote against leaving the UK instead of trying to block the democratic process.

 

[Barbara Fan]

I am delighted that they lost,

Jimmy Krankie, the poisoned dwarf, mini Merkle, the wee nyaff- call her what you want is a one trick pony

She has no policies - no thats wrong, she has Only ONE
the only policy she has is to break up the UK and hgod forbid if it happens i will be heading South pronto
Scotland is headoing down the pan under her - failures at so many levels - NHS_ I work there and see it every day, Education, transport, roads, the ferry fiasco, the prosecution of Salmond, the waste of tax payer money

Scotland has one of the highest drugs death, alcoholism, underage pregnancy, heart deaths in Europe

Scotland is a divided, nationalistic and very bigoted country and Im a Scot!

Also the 2016 Referendum was a" once in a lifetime" vote, so how 6 years later is that once in a lifetime

I love seeing the Labour and Tory leaders in Scotland making her squirm and there is a lot of late lately - watch the wee tight mouth get even tighter!

I will leave it to Scottish Labour to sum all that is wrong

https://scottishlabour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/50-FAILURES.pdf

SNP FAILURES
AND BROKEN PROMISES
Health
1. Instead of ending delayed discharge in 2015 like they promised, in 2019/20 it cost the NHS
£139 million.
2. The SNP have broken their own legal Treatment Time Guarantee for patients over 380,000
times.1
3. The 62 day waiting time standard for urgent cancer referrals has not been met since 2012.2
4. 1 in 4 young people are still being rejected from specialist CAMHS services3, almost three
years after an external review called for rejections to end.4
5. The water contamination scandal at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital caused almost
40 infections in young cancer patients and the deaths of two children, but years on the
families are still waiting for answers.5
6. The flaws in the construction of the delayed Edinburgh Sick Kids hospital led to the SNP
paying £1.4million every month for an empty hospital which was not safe for patients.6
7. A decade of cuts has left the NHS with a maintenance and repairs backlog of £1.03billion.7
8. Increases to NHS funding in Scotland have failed to keep pace with those in England
meaning Scotland’s health spending advantage has almost been completely lost.8
9. Life expectancy has stalled in Scotland and there is at least a ten year gap between the
richest and poorest areas.9
Social Care
10. The SNP have failed to deliver fair work in social care – nearly 1 in 5 workers are on
insecure or temporary contracts and 15% of staff work unpaid overtime.10
11. As of January 2021, Scotland had the second highest rate of care home resident deaths
from Covid-19 in Europe.11
12. At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, 3,000 untested patients and 123 positive patients
were transferred to care homes – Health Secretary Jeane Freeman admitted the SNP “failed”
the social care sector.


Education and Childcare
13. The number of full-time equivalent teachers in Scotland’s schools is 1,700 fewer than when
the SNP assumed office in 2007.13 Additionally, more than 2,600 teachers have dropped or lost
their professional registration over the last five years.14
14. The SNP’s failure to work with the SQA to create a credible and fair moderation system
for exams in 2020 led to a grading system with inequality baked in and rushed u-turns from
Ministers.15
15. Failed to deliver their planned childcare expansion on time after years of opportunity to
improve childcare for families.16
16. There are 578 fewer specialist teachers for children and young people with additional
support needs compared with 2012, despite a near doubling of those with ASN.17
17. The SNP have failed to get all primary 1 – 3 pupils in classes with 18 or fewer despite
promising to do so.18
18. They failed to deliver on their commitment to close the attainment gap19 despite
almost a decade and a half in government and Nicola Sturgeon saying it was her “sacred
responsibility”.20
19. Students have been let down by the SNP scrapping their 2007 pledge to end student
debt,21 and they failed to return college student numbers to 2007 levels.22
20. They failed to scrap the Scottish National Standardised Assessments for Primary 1s, as
instructed by Parliament.23
21. Forced to scrap their flawed Named Persons legislation24 and permanently shelve their
proposed Education Bill.25
Economy and Jobs
22. 350,000 people in Scotland still do not earn the Scottish Living Wage.26
23. SNP cuts to local government have stripped £937.5 million from non-ringfenced revenue
funding.
24. The SNP have repeatedly broken their promise to scrap the “unfair council tax”.27
25. Before the pandemic, the Scottish economy had grown at roughly half the rate of the rest
of the UK following the 2008 crash.28
26. In 2010 the SNP promised 130,000 green jobs by 2020 but instead the number of people
directly employed had fallen to 21,400.29
27. The SNP’s mismanagement of Scotland’s manufacturing base has led to the loss of critical
contracts and jobs in yards such as BiFab.30

28. There are 45,000 young people unemployed in Scotland following Covid-19 but the SNP
young person’s guarantee only provided funding to create 18,000 job opportunities – offering
support to only 40% of the young people who need it.31
Environment and Climate Change
29. In 2016 the SNP promised to have the first low emission zone in place by 2018, but their
delays to enacting the Transport Act means the first zones will not be in place before 2022 at
the earliest.32
30. Since 2017, Nicola Sturgeon has promised the creation of a publicly owned energy
company, but it has not got beyond the business case stage.33
31. After 8 rounds of funding the SNP have supported the purchase of only 53234 low emission
buses, equivalent to only 12% of the Scotland’s total fleet. Continuing at this rate it will take
65 year before all of Scotland’s buses are low emission.35
32. The SNP has failed to protect wildlife. 49% of species have decreased in abundance, and
there has been little change in the rate of decline over the last 10 years.36 1 in 9 species face
extinction, including red squirrels, Scottish wildcats, and capercaillies.37 Scottish breeding
seabirds have declined by 38%.38 A leaked Scottish Government report shows a 10 year target
to prevent damage to marine wildlife has been missed.39
33. The SNP have slashed funding for major environment bodies – SNH, SEPA, Scotland’s
Rural College, and the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh.40
Transport & Connectivity
34. Failed to deliver41 their promise42 of delivering superfast broadband to every home and
business by 2021.
35. The SNP have presided over a catastrophic ferry building contract which has seen two
ships delayed by four years and running at least £100 million over budget.43
36. Bus services have been dismantled under the SNP, with many local routes disappearing
and passenger numbers down by 25% since 2007.44
37. The SNP’s own cycling targets45 have been missed – they promised that by 2020 10% of all
everyday journeys would be made by bicycle but it has been stuck at 1% for the last decade
and from 2009-2019, active travel and transport actually decreased.46
38. Glasgow airport is still without a rail link and after the SNP scrapped not one, but two
proposed projects.
31 https://www.gov.scot/binaries/conte...ung-people-16-24-years-scotland-and-uk---jan-
uary-2020-to-december-2020/documents/labour-market-statistics-for-young-people-16-24-years-scotland-and-uk---january-2020-to-december-2020/labour-market-statistics-for-young-
people-16-24-years-scotland-and-uk---january-2020-to-december-2020/govscot%3Adocument/Labour%2BMarket%2BStatistics%2Bfor%2BYoung%2BPeople%2B%252816%2Bto%2B24%2B-
year%2Bolds%2529%2B-%2BJD20.pdf


Housing
39. The SNP were failing to deliver their promise of 50,000 new affordable homes by 2021,47
even before Covid and in the end they missed they social homes target by over 22%.48
40. Their £60m First Home Fund was so inadequate that is closed to applications because it
was exhausted only 5 working days after it reopened.49
41. The Fuel Poverty Bill failed to meet the ambitions of the SNP’s promised Warm Homes
Bill, while figures show a quarter of households in Scotland are living in fuel poverty.
Poverty & Social Security
42. The proportion of Scottish pensioners stuck in persistent poverty has increased under the
SNP and is now higher than levels elsewhere in the UK.50
43. More than one in four (260,000) of Scotland’s children are officially recognised as living in
poverty and more than two-thirds of children in poverty live in working households.51
44. Despite welfare powers being devolved to Holyrood the SNP have twice delayed taking
over control of benefits, choosing instead to leave them the responsibility of the with the UK
Government and DWP.
45. In 2015/16 the SNP cut funding for alcohol and drugs services and now Scotland has the
highest drugs death rate in Europe; over 1,260 people lost their lives to drugs in 2019 alone.52
46. Food bank use has been rising, with the Trussell Trust recording a 75% increase in need in
Scotland between 2015/16 and 2018/19.53 This pre-dates Covid-19, which saw further rises, and
is a greater increase than in other parts of the UK. Meanwhile the SNP failed to introduce a
Good Food Nation Bill.
Justice
47. In 2007 the SNP promised to put more police on local streets but their centralisation of
police forces has resulted in a reduction of over 500 local officers since 2017 alone.54
48. In the eight years since the creation of Police Scotland there have been at least four chairs
of the Scottish Police Authority, three Chief Constables, and a recent independent report55
found serious flaws in Police Scotland’s misconduct proceedings, along with evidence of
mistreatment of minorities across the institution.
49. In 2013 the SNP closed a fifth of all sheriff courts56 and following Covid-19 there is now a
backlog of over 34,000 court cases to be heard.57
50. The Scottish Government’s flawed sexual harassment policy led to the concession of a
judicial review, costing the taxpayer over £500,000 and failed at least two women who had
raised complaints.

 

[Jock Ewing Fan]

I am delighted that they lost,

Jimmy Krankie, the poisoned dwarf, mini Merkle, the wee nyaff- call her what you want is a one trick pony

She has no policies - no thats wrong, she has Only ONE
the only policy she has is to break up the UK and hgod forbid if it happens i will be heading South pronto
Scotland is headoing down the pan under her - failures at so many levels - NHS_ I work there and see it every day, Education, transport, roads, the ferry fiasco, the prosecution of Salmond, the waste of tax payer money

Scotland has one of the highest drugs death, alcoholism, underage pregnancy, heart deaths in Europe

Scotland is a divided, nationalistic and very bigoted country and Im a Scot!

Also the 2016 Referendum was a" once in a lifetime" vote, so how 6 years later is that once in a lifetime

I love seeing the Labour and Tory leaders in Scotland making her squirm and there is a lot of late lately - watch the wee tight mouth get even tighter!

I will leave it to Scottish Labour to sum all that is wrong

https://scottishlabour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/50-FAILURES.pdf

SNP FAILURES
AND BROKEN PROMISES
Health
1. Instead of ending delayed discharge in 2015 like they promised, in 2019/20 it cost the NHS
£139 million.
2. The SNP have broken their own legal Treatment Time Guarantee for patients over 380,000
times.1
3. The 62 day waiting time standard for urgent cancer referrals has not been met since 2012.2
4. 1 in 4 young people are still being rejected from specialist CAMHS services3, almost three
years after an external review called for rejections to end.4
5. The water contamination scandal at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital caused almost
40 infections in young cancer patients and the deaths of two children, but years on the
families are still waiting for answers.5
6. The flaws in the construction of the delayed Edinburgh Sick Kids hospital led to the SNP
paying £1.4million every month for an empty hospital which was not safe for patients.6
7. A decade of cuts has left the NHS with a maintenance and repairs backlog of £1.03billion.7
8. Increases to NHS funding in Scotland have failed to keep pace with those in England
meaning Scotland’s health spending advantage has almost been completely lost.8
9. Life expectancy has stalled in Scotland and there is at least a ten year gap between the
richest and poorest areas.9
Social Care
10. The SNP have failed to deliver fair work in social care – nearly 1 in 5 workers are on
insecure or temporary contracts and 15% of staff work unpaid overtime.10
11. As of January 2021, Scotland had the second highest rate of care home resident deaths
from Covid-19 in Europe.11
12. At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, 3,000 untested patients and 123 positive patients
were transferred to care homes – Health Secretary Jeane Freeman admitted the SNP “failed”
the social care sector.


Education and Childcare
13. The number of full-time equivalent teachers in Scotland’s schools is 1,700 fewer than when
the SNP assumed office in 2007.13 Additionally, more than 2,600 teachers have dropped or lost
their professional registration over the last five years.14
14. The SNP’s failure to work with the SQA to create a credible and fair moderation system
for exams in 2020 led to a grading system with inequality baked in and rushed u-turns from
Ministers.15
15. Failed to deliver their planned childcare expansion on time after years of opportunity to
improve childcare for families.16
16. There are 578 fewer specialist teachers for children and young people with additional
support needs compared with 2012, despite a near doubling of those with ASN.17
17. The SNP have failed to get all primary 1 – 3 pupils in classes with 18 or fewer despite
promising to do so.18
18. They failed to deliver on their commitment to close the attainment gap19 despite
almost a decade and a half in government and Nicola Sturgeon saying it was her “sacred
responsibility”.20
19. Students have been let down by the SNP scrapping their 2007 pledge to end student
debt,21 and they failed to return college student numbers to 2007 levels.22
20. They failed to scrap the Scottish National Standardised Assessments for Primary 1s, as
instructed by Parliament.23
21. Forced to scrap their flawed Named Persons legislation24 and permanently shelve their
proposed Education Bill.25
Economy and Jobs
22. 350,000 people in Scotland still do not earn the Scottish Living Wage.26
23. SNP cuts to local government have stripped £937.5 million from non-ringfenced revenue
funding.
24. The SNP have repeatedly broken their promise to scrap the “unfair council tax”.27
25. Before the pandemic, the Scottish economy had grown at roughly half the rate of the rest
of the UK following the 2008 crash.28
26. In 2010 the SNP promised 130,000 green jobs by 2020 but instead the number of people
directly employed had fallen to 21,400.29
27. The SNP’s mismanagement of Scotland’s manufacturing base has led to the loss of critical
contracts and jobs in yards such as BiFab.30

28. There are 45,000 young people unemployed in Scotland following Covid-19 but the SNP
young person’s guarantee only provided funding to create 18,000 job opportunities – offering
support to only 40% of the young people who need it.31
Environment and Climate Change
29. In 2016 the SNP promised to have the first low emission zone in place by 2018, but their
delays to enacting the Transport Act means the first zones will not be in place before 2022 at
the earliest.32
30. Since 2017, Nicola Sturgeon has promised the creation of a publicly owned energy
company, but it has not got beyond the business case stage.33
31. After 8 rounds of funding the SNP have supported the purchase of only 53234 low emission
buses, equivalent to only 12% of the Scotland’s total fleet. Continuing at this rate it will take
65 year before all of Scotland’s buses are low emission.35
32. The SNP has failed to protect wildlife. 49% of species have decreased in abundance, and
there has been little change in the rate of decline over the last 10 years.36 1 in 9 species face
extinction, including red squirrels, Scottish wildcats, and capercaillies.37 Scottish breeding
seabirds have declined by 38%.38 A leaked Scottish Government report shows a 10 year target
to prevent damage to marine wildlife has been missed.39
33. The SNP have slashed funding for major environment bodies – SNH, SEPA, Scotland’s
Rural College, and the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh.40
Transport & Connectivity
34. Failed to deliver41 their promise42 of delivering superfast broadband to every home and
business by 2021.
35. The SNP have presided over a catastrophic ferry building contract which has seen two
ships delayed by four years and running at least £100 million over budget.43
36. Bus services have been dismantled under the SNP, with many local routes disappearing
and passenger numbers down by 25% since 2007.44
37. The SNP’s own cycling targets45 have been missed – they promised that by 2020 10% of all
everyday journeys would be made by bicycle but it has been stuck at 1% for the last decade
and from 2009-2019, active travel and transport actually decreased.46
38. Glasgow airport is still without a rail link and after the SNP scrapped not one, but two
proposed projects.
31 https://www.gov.scot/binaries/conte...ung-people-16-24-years-scotland-and-uk---jan-
uary-2020-to-december-2020/documents/labour-market-statistics-for-young-people-16-24-years-scotland-and-uk---january-2020-to-december-2020/labour-market-statistics-for-young-
people-16-24-years-scotland-and-uk---january-2020-to-december-2020/govscot%3Adocument/Labour%2BMarket%2BStatistics%2Bfor%2BYoung%2BPeople%2B%252816%2Bto%2B24%2B-
year%2Bolds%2529%2B-%2BJD20.pdf


Housing
39. The SNP were failing to deliver their promise of 50,000 new affordable homes by 2021,47
even before Covid and in the end they missed they social homes target by over 22%.48
40. Their £60m First Home Fund was so inadequate that is closed to applications because it
was exhausted only 5 working days after it reopened.49
41. The Fuel Poverty Bill failed to meet the ambitions of the SNP’s promised Warm Homes
Bill, while figures show a quarter of households in Scotland are living in fuel poverty.
Poverty & Social Security
42. The proportion of Scottish pensioners stuck in persistent poverty has increased under the
SNP and is now higher than levels elsewhere in the UK.50
43. More than one in four (260,000) of Scotland’s children are officially recognised as living in
poverty and more than two-thirds of children in poverty live in working households.51
44. Despite welfare powers being devolved to Holyrood the SNP have twice delayed taking
over control of benefits, choosing instead to leave them the responsibility of the with the UK
Government and DWP.
45. In 2015/16 the SNP cut funding for alcohol and drugs services and now Scotland has the
highest drugs death rate in Europe; over 1,260 people lost their lives to drugs in 2019 alone.52
46. Food bank use has been rising, with the Trussell Trust recording a 75% increase in need in
Scotland between 2015/16 and 2018/19.53 This pre-dates Covid-19, which saw further rises, and
is a greater increase than in other parts of the UK. Meanwhile the SNP failed to introduce a
Good Food Nation Bill.
Justice
47. In 2007 the SNP promised to put more police on local streets but their centralisation of
police forces has resulted in a reduction of over 500 local officers since 2017 alone.54
48. In the eight years since the creation of Police Scotland there have been at least four chairs
of the Scottish Police Authority, three Chief Constables, and a recent independent report55
found serious flaws in Police Scotland’s misconduct proceedings, along with evidence of
mistreatment of minorities across the institution.
49. In 2013 the SNP closed a fifth of all sheriff courts56 and following Covid-19 there is now a
backlog of over 34,000 court cases to be heard.57
50. The Scottish Government’s flawed sexual harassment policy led to the concession of a
judicial review, costing the taxpayer over £500,000 and failed at least two women who had
raised complaints.

Thank You, Barbara Fan, for your thorough detailing about life in Scotland

I am sorry that the Scottish people are having the difficulties that you have indicated
I have met many people of Scottish ancestry who are good, hard-working, family-loving people,
and I am sure that these people are saddened by these conditions.

I don't know much about the government of Scotland beyond the info in your post
I can tell that you are proud of your country and your heritage,
You seem to have much love and passion for your country.
I respect that immensely.

I respect Scotland in a special way, since Rod Stewart speaks often
about his Scottish heritage with both pride and love.

Once again, Thank You, Barbara Fan, and I wish you and the people of Scotland well
and hopefully conditions will improve.

 

[Angela Channing]

The people of Scotland repeatedly vote for parties that want another independence referendum. If they were satisfied with the status quo they would vote for a nationalist party such as Labour (which I support). Denying the will of the people will just boost support for the Scottish National Party and is why Nicola Sturgeon can get away with running the government poorly. If people want better government, they need to support a second referendum and put that issue to bed once and for all so MSP can focus on other issues like health, crime and education.

 

[Barbara Fan]

In case people ie you Nicola and your cronies - have forgotten - we had a referendum less than 10 years ago

We voted NO to INDEPENDENCE

Got that Nicola or do you not know what that means? - No means No - just because she wants Yes she goes on and on and on like some spoilt little brat who didnt get her way , but we rejected Yes and voted No, Non, Nien, Nee, Nu, Nej - so move on and accept it and try putting our broken, divided (thanks to your dreadful dictatorship) failing Scotland back together again



3 are quite funny, 1 is not!!

 

[Angela Channing]

Scotland voted to remain part of the UK that was within the EU. As England and Wales voted for Brexit, forcing Scotland to leave the EU against the overwhelming will of Scottish voters, it's entirely legitimate to ask whether people still want to remain in the UK or leave and rejoin the EU.

If the circumstances that lead to a particular referendum result changes significantly, then it is only right that the question is put back to the people to decide if they still agree with their original decision.

People shouldn't be afraid of democracy; let the Scottish people decide, not the courts and not UK government.

 

[Jock Ewing Fan]

In case people ie you Nicola and your cronies - have forgotten - we had a referendum less than 10 years ago

We voted NO to INDEPENDENCE

Got that Nicola or do you not know what that means? - No means No - just because she wants Yes she goes on and on and on like some spoilt little brat who didnt get her way , but we rejected Yes and voted No, Non, Nien, Nee, Nu, Nej - so move on and accept it and try putting our broken, divided (thanks to your dreadful dictatorship) failing Scotland back together again

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3 are quite funny, 1 is not!!

Those are some great examples of failed plans!

No pictures, but I would add Ralph Kramden, every attempt by the Castaways to leave Gilligan's Island,
every Batman villain in the 1960's, Lex Luther pre mid-eighties, every Spiderman villain in the original animated series

Come to think of it, it would be a great thread LOL

 

[Angela Channing]

One of the reasons why Nicola Sturgeon has been able to get away with poor government is because the Scottish Tories (the official opposition) are in total chaos and are totally incapable of holding her to account.

As Nicola Sturgeon said "Let me just reflect on the last few weeks in the life of Douglas Ross, leader - for now - of the Scottish Conservative Party. He called him Boris Johnson to resign, then he U-turned. Then he called on Boris Johnson to resign again, then he U-turned again. He demanded that I follow the mini-Budget, then he applauded Liz Truss for scrapping the mini-Budget. He voted for fracking in England, now I think he welcomes the fact that the fracking ban has been reinstated in England. Just last week or the week before he said that Liz Truss would win the next general election, and days later he welcomes the resignation of Liz Truss."

She went on to say "Deficits right now are created as a result of Westminster decisions and we are about to find out, later in November, the price Scotland is going to have to pay in the form of another wave of Tory austerity, probably in the form of tax rises. Independence is an alternative to the economic mess that the Tories have created."

So independence is a way that Scotland can escape the damage the Conservative Party have inflicted on Scotland and the wider UK. She isn't wrong about that.

 

[Seaviewer]

If people want better government, they need to support a second referendum and put that issue to bed once and for all

There are some issues that never go away until they pass.
It's similar with the republican movement in Australia. It doesn't matter how many polls show a lack of support, or that one referendum has already failed, those in favour keep pushing for another.

 

[Barbara Fan]

Oh its all unraveling and couldnt happen to a nicer party/person as Wee Jimmy krankie - her husband has expensive tastes - and how could she NOT!!!!! know.
Know its her turn to squirm!

Peter Murrell, the former SNP chief executive, used embezzled funds to purchase a variety of luxury items. Some of the notable purchases include:

• A £125k motorhome and a £4,000 fountain pen.
  https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=8d38...tNDAway1mcm9tLXRoZS1wYXJ0eS0xMzU0Nzg0MA&ntb=1
• A Jaguar I-Pace and a £1,200 space telescope.
  https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=9f06...b3RvcmhvbWUtamFndWFyLWIyOTgzNDc5Lmh0bWw&ntb=1
• A £16,489 Volkswagen Golf and a £81,277 Jaguar I-Pace.
  https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=46d7...XNwZW5kaW5nLXNwcmVlLTE1MDQxMzg5OS5odG1s&ntb=1
• A £124,550 Niesmann and Bischoff motorhome.
  https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=46d7...XNwZW5kaW5nLXNwcmVlLTE1MDQxMzg5OS5odG1s&ntb=1
• Other items included a PlayStation 3, games consoles, and expensive watches.
  https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=8d38...tNDAway1mcm9tLXRoZS1wYXJ0eS0xMzU0Nzg0MA&ntb=1
  
  These purchases were made using credit cards or charge cards belonging to the SNP, with false or inaccurate accounting codes and descriptions.

A Jaguar, a £1,200 space telescope, and designer salt and pepper shakers costing more than £2,000 are just some of the items former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell bought using money he embezzled from the party.
He also bought three designer manicure sets for nearly £294, two toilet seats, and a coffee machine for nearly £3,232.
Murrell also purchased a book of speeches by his estranged wife, Nicola Sturgeon.
Murrell pleaded guilty to embezzling over £400,000 from the party during a High Court appearance in Edinburgh on Monday morning.
The amended charge reduced the amount of the embezzled money from more than £459,000.
A 126-page indictment details hundreds of items that Murrell bought using the embezzled funds.

Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell, centre, arrives at Edinburgh High Court where he pleaded guilty to embezzling funds (PA)

List of some of the items bought with the embezzled money​

• Jaguar iPace (£81,000, for which he used £57,500 of SNP money).
• Volkswagen Golf (£32,989, for which he used £16,489 of SNP money).
• Niesmann+Bischoff motorhome (£124,550).
• Celestron 10169 NexStar 8SE computerised Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope (£1,199). He also bought a number of accessories for the device on the same day.
• The Killing seasons 1-3 on DVD (£60). The list also includes purchases of DVDs of Borgen, The Government and Sherlock Holmes.
• Grand Theft Auto V for Playstation 4 (£42.99). Other gaming-related purchases on the list include Fifa 2014, Battlefield 4, and a Playstation 3 console.
• Three Wusthof manicure sets (£293.70).
• Joseph Joseph bread bin (£60).
• Netatmo rain gauge for a Netatmo weather station plus mounts for rain and wind gauges (£78.99).
• The Beatles special edition fountain pen and rollerball (£1,475).
• 1:30 scale model helicopter from Let’s Shop Airbus of Airbus Operations Limited (£550.59).
• Two pairs of Fit Nation Socks (£11.95).
• Victorinox bike tool kit (£22.41).
• Two Freskaro carabiner clips and a 2win2buy rock climbing carabiner outdoor sports tool (£40.49).
• Oxo Good Grips egg poacher set (£23.98).
• The board game Monopoly (£19.79).
• The book Women Hold Up Half the Sky: Selected Speeches of Nicola Sturgeon (£22.04).
• Two Fisher bullet space pens in gift boxes and two Fischer Eclipse American technology space pens (£89.25).
• Two pairs of Gold Leaf gents dry touch gloves and six bottles of Avon Skin So Soft body spray (£58.73).
• Luxury handmade 90th birthday card (£5.85).
• Jura Giga 5 Cromo coffee machine (£3,231.90).
• Two Smedbo Sideline design soap baskets (£116).
• Oak library ladder (£943).
• Jamie Oliver Acacia wooden spoon set (£14.88).
• Four Simple Human kitchen cupboard cabinet organisers (£196.08).
• Two Helly Hansen men’s vests (£140.49).
• Le Creuset wine bottle cooler sleeve, foil remover, and champagne and sparkling wine bottle opener (£57).
• Three Take the Slow Road books, covering Scotland, Wales, England and Ireland (£42.45).
• 2017 United Kingdom silver proof coin set from the Royal Mint (£625).
• 600g pack of Chocolossus biscuits (£17.95).
• Two Ideal Standard toilet seats (£68.82).
• Fortnum & Mason musical advent calendar (£150).
• Two Addis washing-up bowls (£10.98).
• Folio Society edition of Walter Scott’s novel Rob Roy (£307.50).
• Two Feuilles pepper and salt grinders (£2,618.16).
• George Foreman Flexe 26250 electric grill (£49.99).
• Three Jacobi Jane bird feeders (£154.97).
• Eight umbrellas (£1,990.50).

Leaked footage showed Sturgeon insist SNP finances 'had never been stronger'

In the video, which was leaked from a meeting of the party’s ruling body in 2021, the former First Minister warned her officials to be “very careful” about suggesting there were “any problems” with the accounts.

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George Foreman Flexe 26250 electric grill (£49.99).

To be fair, he knows a good grill when he sees one.

Wait until people see the bill for how much the Royal Family have been fleecing the public for while they have been covering for an alleged paedophile. Estimates put it at around £500 million every year.