We’re nonetheless retired, however this simply can’t go unremarked.
That is absolute banana-republic stuff. Even earlier than you get into any of the specifics of the case, it’s merely not the Crown Workplace’s job to intervene with a police investigation by telling them who they might and will not interview below warning.
Scottish justice is extraordinarily significantly compromised.
It has lengthy been recognised that the twin standing of the Lord Advocate in Scotland – who’s each the pinnacle of the Crown Workplace, and a minister within the Scottish Authorities answerable to the First Minister – is a deeply unsatisfactory anachronism making a staggeringly apparent battle of curiosity.
Everyone knows the specifics of this case. The cash below investigation was EXPLICTLY solicited by the SNP below the clearest doable promise that it might NOT be used for on a regular basis social gathering spending, nor even for extra normal independence campaigning, however SPECIFICALLY for a future referendum.
It isn’t the place of the Crown Workplace to unilaterally determine that the cash may in actual fact be used for a super-lavish workplace refit as an alternative, or on £50,000 champagne events in elite London golf equipment (together with the Nationwide Liberal Membership, beneath), and by some means nonetheless rely as having been spent on an independence referendum.
Sadly, in addition to breaking the story in regards to the lacking cash within the first place, this website additionally found that the Crown Workplace in Scotland is accountable to utterly no one (besides, maybe, the Queen herself).
These information successfully place the First Minister (together with the remainder of her authorities and anybody else she looks like defending) above the legislation of the land. All she has to do is lean on her minister, the Lord Advocate, to lean on the police, and any crime might be merely and swiftly magicked out of existence by the Crown Workplace even on essentially the most absurdly, clearly unfaithful premise.
And naturally the Crown Workplace itself might be as corrupt and crooked because it likes. When you suppose somebody within the Crown Workplace has dedicated against the law you possibly can name the police, who will examine it, assess the proof, compile a report and ship that report back to… the Crown Workplace to find out whether or not to prosecute itself or not.
And readers, it’s more and more laborious to argue {that a} nation whose leaders and chief justice officers are past the legislation is a rustic in any match state for independence.
