Nicola Sturgeon arrested in SNP finance investigation
Coffee House Shots
The Spectator
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
A spokesperson for Nicola Sturgeon confirmed: ‘Nicola Sturgeon has today, Sunday 11th June, by arrangement with Police Scotland, attended an interview where she was to be arrested and questioned in relation to Operation Branchform. Nicola has consistently said she would co-operate with the investigation if asked and continues to do so.’
Katy Balls, Fraser Nelson and Iain Macwhirter discuss.
Produced by Oscar Edmondson.
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| 0:19.6 | Hello and welcome to a special episode of Coffee House Scots. |
| 0:23.6 | It's Sunday and Nicola Sturgeon spokesperson has just put out a statement. |
| 0:27.6 | Nicola Sturgeon has today, Sunday 11 June, |
| 0:30.7 | bi-arrangement of police Scotland attention interview, |
| 0:33.6 | where she was to be arrested and questioned in relation to Operation Branch Form. |
| 0:38.9 | I'm drawing by Fraser Nelson and Ian McWirter, who has just written about this for Coffee House. |
| 0:44.8 | Ian, just to bring listeners up to speed, this is a long-running investigation. |
| 0:49.8 | We've already had Nicola Sturgeon's husband brought in and questioned, arrested, |
| 0:54.3 | and then let go. This suggests that there's a significant ramping up in terms of seriousness. |
| 1:00.9 | Yes, about six weeks ago, when he was arrested and then after Colin Beatty, |
| 1:05.8 | the party treasure was arrested and released, we must insist on pointing out without charge. |
| 1:11.6 | Everyone, I think, thought that the campaign, rather than the investigation, |
| 1:15.7 | had sort of gone into a dance. And that's when you started getting figures in the SMP |
| 1:20.5 | around the SMP, like Murray Foote, the former spin doctor, |
| 1:23.8 | former head of communications for the SMP, coming out and saying, |
| 1:26.6 | well, you know, this looks like a wild goose chase. It's not going anywhere. |
| 1:30.0 | And you had Noel Dolan, one of her former top advisors, |
| 1:33.6 | really openly criticising the police and saying this was a circus, |
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