Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says Sturgeon's arrest is a further sign the SNP and wider independence movement are in chaos
Nicola Sturgeon’s arrest in a police probe into party finances is the darkest day in the SNP's 89-year history.The SNP/Green Government is in a tailspin and struggling to lift itself out of Sturgeon’s shadow.Operation Branchform, which has been looking into how nearly £600,000 of IndyRef2 donations were spent, did not unduly concern party bosses at the outset.
Alex Salmond getting charged over multiple sexual offences claims was a massive story but the Sturgeon arrest is bigger. Yousaf has since managed to get a grip by ditching unpopular policies and making focused announcements on child poverty and school violence.He and his advisers will live in fear of every Police Scotland tweet in case it provides details of another arrest.
Anas Sarwar’s party is talking about the sort of political tsunami the SNP benefited from in 2015, saying it could be repeated in reverse.Labour insiders believe the dark cloud hovering over the SNP, coupled with under-performance in Government, could see their party leapfrog the nationalists next year.
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