A furious Nicola Sturgeon ordered the SNP’s ruling body to stop asking
questions about the party’s finances shortly after police started investigating
them, it has been alleged.
Insiders said the then first minister tried to quash questions from the party’s
national executive committee (NEC) about £600,000 that had been raised
from supporters to fight a new independence referendum campaign.
Ms Sturgeon was said to have told the recorded meeting in August 2021, a
month after police launched an investigation: “We don’t need to talk about
the finances. The finances are absolutely fine.”
The Sunday Mail reported that a “raging” Ms Sturgeon warned the NEC
members that raising the issue “was undermining the party” and made clear
“it shouldn’t be discussed”.
Sources also alleged that Peter Murrell, her husband and the SNP’s former
chief executive, was behind the shortened timetable for the party leadership
contest to succeed her.
Although the party has insisted that Lorna Finn, the national secretary, was
in charge of the process, insiders said that Mr Murrell was in “complete
control”.
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