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Nicola Sturgeon is arrested as part of police probe into SNP's finances: Ex-first minister is held in custody as she voluntarily attends interview weeks after arrest of her ex-SNP chief executive husband who was later released pending further investigation

11/06/23 13:40

Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested as part of the police investigation into the SNP's finances with the ex-first minister being held in custody as she is quizzed by detectives. The 52-year-old stood down as both SNP leader and first minister in March this year, since when there have been several developments in the probe into her party's spending. A spokesperson for Ms Sturgeon this afternoon said the former SNP leader voluntarily attended an interview with Police Scotland and that she would co-operate with the investigation. It comes after the arrest of her husband, Peter Murrell - the SNP's former chief executive - in April, just prior to a two-day police search of the couple's Glasgow home. This saw a blue forensic tent erected out the front of the property, while officers were spotted scouring both inside the house and outside in the back garden. Colin Beattie, the SNP's then treasurer, was arrested later in April and subsequently stood down from his party role. Providing a fresh update on their investigation this afternoon, Police Scotland said: 'A 52-year-old woman has today, Sunday 11 June 2023, been arrested as a suspect in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party. 'The woman is in custody and is being questioned by Police Scotland detectives.' Both Mr Murrell and Mr Beattie were released without charge pending further investigation. Police Scotland's probe, which opened in July 2021 and is known as Operation Branchform, centres on the spending of about £600,000 in donations that had been earmarked for Scottish independence campaigning....read

Nicola Sturgeon accused of 'staggering' lack of self-awareness as former Scottish first minister supports 'anti-car' policies - while learning to drive
08/06/23 10:29
Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of a 'staggering' lack of self awareness after advocating anti-car policies - while she is learning to drive, after supporting plans for Low Emission Zone.
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Scotland's top civil servant is accused of 'dodging basic questions' about whether ex-SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon told him she or her husband were being investigated by police
05/06/23 00:43
Permanent Secretary John-Paul Marks (pictured) was asked if Ms Sturgeon had disclosed that she and former SNP chief Peter Murrell were subject to a police probe.
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Scotland's top cop insists probe into SNP's finances is 'proportionate' after officers spent two days scouring Nicola Sturgeon's home and garden - as ex-first minister hits out at 'unexpected and unwelcome developments'
25/05/23 12:26
In his first public comments on Operation Branchform, Sir Iain Livingstone stressed the investigation 'must be allowed to progress without any form of political interference'.
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SNP faces losing 21 MPs at the next general election as devastating poll deepens the crisis engulfing the party in fresh blow to Humza Yousaf
24/05/23 00:26
The crisis engulfing the SNP has deepened as a new poll shows it is on course to lose 21 seats at the next general election.
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Crunch by-election looms as disgraced MP Margaret Ferrier loses appeal against 30-day Commons suspension for travelling between Scotland and England with Covid
22/05/23 10:59
A Parliamentary body revealed it had dismissed the 62-year-old's attempt to reduce her punishment over breaking Covid rules in 2020.
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Nicola Sturgeon accuses trans critics of 'divide and rule' as she hits London with her 'travelling squad of Scottish lesbians' and rubs shoulders with stars including Sam Smith while picking up an LGBT 'ally' award
18/05/23 12:02
The former first minister was named Celebrity Ally Of The Year at the Rainbow Honours Awards, held at the Natural History Museum - pipping singer Beverley Knight to the prize.
Ex-top cop says two-week wait to grant search warrant for Nicola Sturgeon's home 'stinks to high heaven' as pressure mounts on SNP to order public investigation into 'unprecedented' delay
17/05/23 23:25
Tom Buchan (pictured) last night described the Crown Office hold-up in agreeing to the raid as 'unprecedented' and insisted warrants could be obtained 'in a day'.
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Blustering Humza Yousaf insists that the SNP can be trusted with money amid police probe into party finances and claims there was no 'particular reason' for prosecutors to delay search of Nicola Sturgeon's home until after he was elected First Minister
17/05/23 09:12
The First Minister spoke out as its new auditors race to complete paperwork before the end of May in order to claim £1.2m of government funding.
Mystery of two-week wait to search Nicola Sturgeon's home: Cops 'asked for fraud probe warrant while she was still First Minister but only got approval once Humza Yousaf had replaced her'
16/05/23 10:20
Officers investigating the disappearance of £660,000 of donations asked for the warrant on March 20. But they did not get approval from the Crown Office until April 3.
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A generation of young people was 'absolutely failed by Sturgeon' during her time as Scottish First Minister, Children's Commissioner says
15/05/23 00:23
In a 'devastatingly brutal' assessment of her record in office, Bruce Adamson laid bare a litany of 'real failures'. Opponents also said that the former SNP leader has 'failed a generation'.
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Scottish cops asked 'Britain's FBI' to help with probe into missing SNP finances before arresting Nicola Sturgeon's husband
06/05/23 20:09
National Crime Agency (NCA) officers were drafted in several months before Nicola Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell (pictured with Sturgeon) was arrested.
'Desperate' SNP MP claims the struggling party should use ALL elections in Scotland as votes on independence as he admits referendum route to quitting the UK is 'dead'
05/05/23 10:47
He said that every election in Scotland where the SNP wins more than 50 per cent should be treated as a vote for the country to leave the UK.
Donald Trump says Nicola Sturgeon is a 'negative force' who has 'hurt' Scotland - and says of Humza Yousaf: 'I don't know the gentleman but I hear he is a good man'
04/05/23 15:26
Former US President Donald Trump has claimed that 'Nicola Sturgeon has not been very nice to me', adding that her resignation as first minister was a 'good change', as he visits to the UK.
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SNP has FINALLY found new auditors as it scrambles to get hold of £1.3m in 'short money' from taxpayer amid financial meltdown
03/05/23 09:11
The SNP has signed a contract to scrutinise its books after six months without any arrangements in place.
'Nicola Sturgeon quit to take driving lessons ... someone has to drive that motorhome': Rishi Sunak mocks SNP crisis as he tells Scottish Tories he was 'completely firm' with Humza Yousaf that there would be no new independence vote
28/04/23 10:13
The Prime Minister had a pop at Nicola Sturgeon's departure and the confiscation of a motorhome from her mother-in-law's home as he addressed the Scottish Tory conference.
Nicola, Peter, Yousaf and the wee campervan! SNP financial crisis likened to an episode of cop drama Line of Duty - as First Minister is slammed over island ferry fiasco set to cost taxpayers more than £300million
27/04/23 12:26
Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross threw the jibe at Humza Yousef at First Minister's Questions as they traded blows over the scandal that has engulfed the nationalists.
Is Nicola Sturgeon in the SNP deep freeze? First Minister Humza Yousaf reveals he has not spoken to his predecessor since her husband Peter Murrell was arrested and their home searched in party finance probe
26/04/23 08:55
Mr Yousaf admitted that had not spoken to her since detectives questioned Peter Murrell and searched their family home in Glasgow earlier this month.
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Nicola Sturgeon 'chokes up' over 'campervan-gate': Ex-FM appears tearful as she admits SNP collapse is her 'worst nightmare' - but denies knowing about the party's financial woes before she quit as First Minister and leader
25/04/23 15:24
The emotional former first minister spoke to reporters as she returned to Holyrood for the first time since her husband, Peter Murrell, was arrested by police probing missing donations.
SNP ex-Treasurer says he had no idea party bought £100,000 motorhome as Humza Yousaf admits party will struggle to appoint auditors in time for May 31 accounts deadline - with £1.3m of public funding on the line
25/04/23 13:03
Colin Beattie, who stepped down from the role after being arrested and released without charge last week, denied any knowledge of the mysterious purchase.
Change the record, Humza! SNP leader Yousaf is set to raise Westminster's block on looser gender ID rules and Scots independence as he meets Rishi Sunak face-to-face for first time in Westminster today
24/04/23 08:34
SNP leader Humza Yousaf will try to gloss over the mayhem consuming his party when he meets Rishi Sunak face-to-face for the first time.
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SNP First Minister Humza Yousaf faces renewed calls to suspend predecessor Nicola Sturgeon - as party chiefs remain silent on whether she will return to Holyrood amid belief she will be questioned by police 'imminently'
24/04/23 00:35
Senior government figures believe the former First Minister is likely to face questions 'imminently' from police over the probe into the party's finances.
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SNP mocked over deputy leader Keith Brown's claim they are 'most transparent party' amid police probe into finances - as it emerges former Westminster leader Angus Robertson was 'secretly paid a £33,000 salary top-up'
23/04/23 13:47
Keith Brown made the claim even as he acknowledged 'internal challenges' amid the continuing investigation into how more than £600,000 of donations were spent.
SNP police in hunt for phone chips: Cops probing fraud claims hunt for sim cards amid belief it will help build picture of 'missing' £600,000 funds
23/04/23 00:57
It is the latest twist in the probe into £600,000 of possible 'missing' SNP funds. SIM cards hold a record of texts and calls, and police believe they would help them build a picture for 'missing' funds.
ANDREW NEIL: Everyone who supports the Union should wish SNP leader Humza Useless a long and secure reign
21/04/23 21:01
ANDREW NEIL: The SNP's fall from grace has been spectacular, in both speed and extent. But once again truth has proved stranger than fiction.
Out of touch, incompetent and unpopular: SNP support slumps to its lowest since 2014 referendum under new First Minister Humza Yousaf as only a fifth of voters say he is doing a good job
21/04/23 12:00
Humza Yousaf took over as First Minister following a divisive SNP leadership contest, in which his past record as a Scottish Government minister was torn apart by his rivals.
SNP faces losing £1.1m of public cash over late accounts as Humza Yousaf refuses to update MSPs on police probe into party finances and Nicola Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell breaks cover for the first time since being arrested
20/04/23 10:21
Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt said that the troubled party had a deadline of March 31 to file its accounts or face its supply of short money being cut off after April.
Will Nicola Sturgeon be next target of police party finance probe? Nationalist politicians fear it is 'inevitable' ex-leader will be quizzed over missing £600,000
19/04/23 11:53
Following the questioning of treasurer Colin Beattie yesterday and Ms Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell, last week, sources believe it is 'inevitable' she will also be grilled by detectives.
Humza Yousaf 'ties himself in knots over Nicola Sturgeon': First Minister defends his predecessor and says there is 'no reason' to suspend her... but he WON'T speak to her over finances
18/04/23 01:07
Mr Yousaf said there was 'no reason' to suspend Ms Sturgeon or for her to stand down as an MSP, and he also confirmed that he would not seek to speak to her directly about the party's finances.
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Hamza Yousaf says people should stop judging Nicola Sturgeon 'based on what happens to her husband' as he defies calls to suspend ex-FM amid probe into party finances under her leadership after cops arrested partner Peter Murrell
17/04/23 12:27
Humza Yousaf told reporters that 'we are far past the time of judging what a woman does based on what happens to her husband' when asked about Ms Sturgeon's future as an MSP.
Nicola Sturgeon goes into hiding: Ex-first minister to attend Holyrood 'remotely' for a week as she faces calls to quit SNP over finance probe - as new leader Humza Yousaf bids to distract from meltdown by doubling council tax on second homes
17/04/23 08:09
The ex-first minister will work 'remotely' this week as the Scottish Parliament returns from its Easter break. Mr Yousaf will today unveil plans to double council tax for second homes in Scotland.
Nicola Sturgeon faces pressure to leave the SNP and 'will quit as an MSP sooner rather than later' as email suggests she refused to open up the party's finances to more scrutiny and video reveals she denied it was facing a cash crisis in 2021
16/04/23 22:20
A series of astonishing new allegations suggest the former First Minister scuppered efforts from party officials to hire a fundraising manager to provide checks and oversight of donations.
SNP leader plays down fears party faces bankruptcy as Keir Starmer eyes 'more than 20 seats' in Scotland at election with independence-backing voters 'switching to Labour'
16/04/23 08:04
Humza Yousaf denied that the SNP are on the brink of financial collapse as he confirmed forensic auditors could be appointed.
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Rapist 'too young to be sent to prison' fathered two children as he awaited trial after JK Rowling led backlash over soft-touch justice sex case
16/04/23 00:29
The case of Sean Hogg (pictured), 21, sparked anger from people including JK Rowling this month when he was spared a prison sentence despite being found guilty of raping a 13-year-old girl.
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Members of SNP's ruling body who raised concerns about party's finances were 'shouted down and hounded out of office' in a bid to 'hide the truth', Nationalist MP claims
15/04/23 00:29
Prominent MP Joanna Cherry (pictured) condemned the 'menacing atmosphere' and how people who asked questions were treated by the party.
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Humza Yousaf vows to push on with Nicola Sturgeon's gender identity reforms as he confirms he WILL launch legal action against PM's block on Holyrood legislation despite warnings SNP does not 'have a cat in hell's chance of winning'
12/04/23 12:18
First Minister Humza Yousaf is pushing ahead with the contentious legislation - introduced by his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon - by attempting to overturn the PM's use of a Section 35 order.
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£110,000 campervan seized by SNP cash probe detectives from outside home of Nicola Sturgeon's mother-in-law 'was bought by party to act as election battle bus during the pandemic' - as ex-ally demands 'forensic accountants' go over books
12/04/23 10:03
Police probing the SNP's finances took away the state-of-the-art Niesmann + Bischoff vehicle from outside 92-year-old Margaret Murrell's home last Wednesday after arresting her son Peter.
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Transgender paedophile who assaulted a 10-year-old girl in a supermarket lavatory and spent time in Cornton Vale women's prison calls Nicola Sturgeon a 'great First Minister' and praises her controversial gender reforms
12/04/23 07:30
Katie Dolatowski, 22, who was born a man but now identifies as female, has previously been held in the segregation unit at Cornton Vale women's jail in Stirlingshire.
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Humza Yousaf claims rivals 'envy' the SNP despite their 'difficulties'... as First Minister reveals how the party 'hid' the resignation of its auditors for SIX MONTHS amid police probe into its finances
11/04/23 13:02
The First Minister today astonishingly revealed how the resignation of the SNP's auditors was hidden for six months to leave the party in a 'problematic' position.
Fury as former SNP chief and Nicola Sturgeon's husband, Peter Murrell, avoids being suspended by party despite being arrested as part of police fraud probe
11/04/23 00:12
Nicola Sturgeon's husband has not been suspended by the SNP - despite being arrested last week as part of a police fraud probe.
'We don't need to talk about finances': Leaked audio allegedly shows Nicola Sturgeon telling SNP officials to stop asking about party's financial situation
10/04/23 00:04
Nicola Sturgeon told party officials to stop asking about the SNP's financial situation, it has been alleged.
EXCLUSIVE Fraud police probing 'missing' funds from SNP seize £110,000 motorhome from Nicola Sturgeon's in-law's drive
08/04/23 21:01
EXCLUSIVE: The Mail on Sunday can reveal another morning raid has taken place in connection with the SNP fraud probe - at a sleepy, private estate in Dunfermline, Fife.
Nicola Sturgeon emerges for the first time since her house was searched by police and her husband arrested in SNP finance probe to say last days have been 'difficult'
08/04/23 13:44
Former SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has said the last few days have been 'obviously difficult' after the arrest of her husband and the party's former chief executive Peter Murrell amid a police probe.
Now the SNP's accountants QUIT as arrest of Nicola Sturgeon's husband amid probe into missing £600k plunges the party into more chaos and sparks calls to RE-RUN the leadership election
07/04/23 07:05
Johnston Carmichael severed ties with the SNP. It comes amid the fallout from the police raid of the beleaguered party's HQ, the arrest of Nicola Sturgeon's and search of the couple's home.
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Even I am appalled at McPlod's raid on Wee Burney
06/04/23 22:49
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Peter Murrell, former chief executive of the Scottish National Party, has long had a fearsome reputation as the man who knows where the bodies are buried.
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A portrait of 'Naughty Nicola' in stockings and suspenders, a £1,400 coffee machine and a husband doing the chores: Inside the home of former first minister Sturgeon as detectives spend a second day probing its secrets in SNP funding probe
06/04/23 16:05
The former first minister's 'modest' property in Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, is around seven miles south-east of Glasgow city centre.
'It's hard to believe that it wasn't a factor': Ex-SNP minister says Nicola Sturgeon MUST have known police might arrest husband Peter Murrell in party finances probe before she quit as first minister - as it emerges she was home when officers arrived
06/04/23 08:51
Alex Neil, who served under Ms Sturgeon for two years, said it was 'hard to believe' that Peter Murrell's arrest was not a factor in her resignation last month.
Nicola Sturgeon pulls out of climate change event as police continue to search her home after arrest of her husband Peter Murrell - who has been released without charge
06/04/23 07:33
The former First Minister was due to appear at the Edinburgh Science Festival this evening but has cancelled hours after Peter Murrell was released without charge.
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Flip-flopping Sir Keir simply can't be trusted
06/04/23 00:57
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Until Sturgeon's downfall, Starmer was evangelical about automatic gender self-identification. Now, he paints himself as a champion on women's rights.
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It's beyond humiliation: Months ago Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell were Scotland's foremost power couple. But resignations, a police raid and arrest leave them on brink of a personal disaster 20 years in the making, writes JONATHAN BROCKLEBANK
05/04/23 23:00
JONATHAN BROCKLEBANK: In any marriage, it would have been the most excruciating of days: the police at the door at 7.35am and the man of the house placed under arrest.
'It was like Line of Duty': Neighbours compare huge raid on Sturgeon's home over missing SNP cash to a 'murder scene' - amid questions over if police were pressured to delay arrest of ex-leader's husband until Humza Yousaf was elected First Minister
05/04/23 22:32
Former SNP chief executive Mr Murrell was yesterday taken into custody after police arrived at the couple's Glasgow home at around 7.35am as part of a long-running investigation.
This arrest raises serious questions about what Nicola Sturgeon knew - and when, writes TOM HARRIS
05/04/23 17:44
TOM HARRIS: 'If Sturgeon knew then that her husband was about to be arrested, she must surely have taken the view that it would make her position as First Minister untenable.'
Nicola Sturgeon DENIES that she quit as First Minister knowing her husband would be arrested amid missing cash probe - as police release Peter Murrell after massive search of ex-SNP leader's Glasgow home
05/04/23 15:30
Former SNP chief executive Mr Murrell was taken into custody as part of the long-running investigation into how money raised for an independence referendum campaign had been spent.
Grin when you're winning: Alex Salmond can't contain his glee as Sturgeon's separatist enemies share news of her husband's arrest - with her successor Humza Yousaf denying claims the police probe into SNP was behind her decision to quit
05/04/23 14:07
The news was shared on Twitter by SNP MP Joanna Cherry. She quit as a frontbencher at Westminster over Ms Sturgeon's gender law reforms.
Who is Nicola Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell and why has he been arrested?
05/04/23 11:20
Peter Murrell is best known for being the husband of former Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon. Sturgeon recently resigned as First Minister of Scotland,
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SNP lead cut to just five points in Scotland with Humza Yousaf facing 'Unionist pincer movement' that could hammer SNP at next general election as Scottish Tories 'won't bust a gut' in seats where Labour can win
04/04/23 12:19
According to a new Redfield & Wilton Strategies survey, the SNP would be backed by 36 per cent of Scottish voters at a general election.
Keir Starmer says 99.9% of women 'of course haven't got a penis' as Labour leader scrambles to clarify his stance on transgender issues
02/04/23 07:36
The Labour leader is under pressure to define his party's position on gender identity following the fierce row in Scotland over legal reforms.
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Man, 28, seen 'acting suspiciously' near the official residence of Scotland's First Minister is arrested after police swoop
01/04/23 23:03
Police Scotland said they were called to the Charlotte Square area of Edinburgh, where Bute House (pictured) is situated, at about 7.40pm on Saturday.
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Nicola Sturgeon denies scurrilous internet gossip that she's 'secretly lesbian' - saying she has LAUGHED about it with female French diplomat she supposedly had an affair with, but the rumours were 'maybe part of the reason' she quit as First Minister
01/04/23 21:47
Speaking in the wake of her shock resignation, Nicola Sturgeon yesterday said scurrilous social media gossip had prompted her to seek more privacy.
Humza Yousaf is voted in as Scotland's new First Minister at Holyrood in place of Nicola Sturgeon - as JK Rowling warns new SNP leader he will 'disappear through the ice' behind her if he continues her gender rights battle
28/03/23 14:04
The SNP leader won a vote of MSPs at Holyrood this afternoon - with the support of the Greens - to become Scotland's first ethnic minority leader.
It's Nicola Stur-gone! Outgoing First Minister sends resignation letter to the King and bids emotional farewell to Bute House as she hands over to Humza Yousaf... leaving him to pick up the pieces of shattered SNP
28/03/23 12:41
Nicola Sturgeon walked out of the Bute House residence in Edinburgh for the last time this afternoon - after saying she is looking forward to having a lie-in.
JK Rowling warns Humza Yousaf he will 'disappear through the ice' behind Nicola Sturgeon as he vows to continue predecessor's gender rights battle ahead of his confirmation as Scottish First Minister TODAY
28/03/23 10:28
The Harry Potter author and women's rights activist lashed out at the incoming First Minister of Scotland as he prepared to be confirmed in the post at Holyrood this afternoon.
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Humza Yousaf will be confirmed as Scottish First Minister TODAY after 'gaffe machine' barely scraped home in SNP leadership battle despite backing from 'entire party establishment'
28/03/23 07:42
Humza Yousaf will be confirmed in the role by a vote at Holyrood this afternoon, with Nicola Sturgeon formally sending her resignation letter to the King this morning.
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EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: New Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf's election win might leave King Charles unamused after he once floated the idea of a referendum on the monarchy
28/03/23 00:00
EPHRAHIM HARDCASTLE: New First Minister Humza Yousaf's elevation might leave King Charles unamused. The SNP is in coalition with the Scottish Greens, who oppose the monarchy.
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SNP bigwigs shook hands and squeezed one another's shoulders... but he's hardly Robert the Bruce: HENRY DEEDES watches Humza Yousaf's victory speech
27/03/23 22:53
HENRY DEEDES: First impressions of yesterday's freshly anointed SNP leader Humza Yousaf are he's a windbag, as entertaining as a punctured bagpipe.
'Shallow as a spring puddle': A win for Humza 'Useless' in the SNP election means the Union is safe for now, writes EDDIE BARNES
27/03/23 21:40
EDDIE BARNES: Yesterday, a little-known 37-year-old named Humza Yousaf was elected the new leader of the SNP, replacing Nicola Sturgeon - until recently the party's all-powerful superstar.
Humza Yousaf won the SNP election... but is Sir Keir Starmer the real victor? Scotland's incoming First Minister 'could help give Labour the keys to No.10' amid a drop in nationalist support - and party sources believe up to 15 seats are already 'in play'
27/03/23 21:38
Continuity candidate Humza Yousaf yesterday triumphed by a whisker in the bitter battle to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the SNP.
DAN WOOTTON: By electing divisive Humza Yousaf, the most useless politician of his generation, to succeed Scheming Sturgeon, Scottish separatism is now an SNP pipe dream. The United Kingdom is more secure than at any time this century
27/03/23 18:24
DAN WOOTTON: Scotland's next First Minister has long been dismissed as a joke - the Transport Secretary caught by cops for driving without insurance.
Rivals warn Humza Yousaf 'continuity WON'T cut it' after he limps home in race to succeed Sturgeon despite backing of 'entire SNP establishment' and immediately demands new IndyRef... with Tories jibing about a rerun because margin was same as Brexit vote
27/03/23 16:12
The health minister is set to be installed formally as First Minister tomorrow after limping home in the contest by a margin of 52 per cent to 48 per cent.
The Sturgeon 'continuity candidate' who wants to keep pushing her trans rights agenda... and get rid of the King: Humza Yousaf narrowly wins SNP leadership battle despite campaign beset by gaffes and infighting - as he immediately calls for ANOTHER IndyRef
27/03/23 13:10
Humza Yousaf, seen as the 'continuity' candidate, emerged victorious and is now set to take over from Nicola Sturgeon as First Minister tomorrow.
Labour gloats that SNP meltdown will make it 'easier' for Keir Starmer to get into Downing Street at the next general election
27/03/23 09:41
The party's Scottish leader, Anas Sarwar, claimed none of the three candidates to replace Ms Sturgeon was of the same 'calibre' as the departing First Minister.
Nicola Sturgeon says she is 'a bit sad' in final TV interview with her SNP successor set to be announced TODAY as Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes battle it out… but is the party already in a death spiral?
27/03/23 07:06
Appearing on ITV's Lorraine, Nicola Sturgeon said she is 'emotional' but still confident she has made the 'right decision' to stand down - and looking forward to left after politics.
Just who is pulling the strings in SNP race? One of Nicola Sturgeon's closest aides tried to force Kate Forbes to ditch her leadership bid, allies claim
27/03/23 01:02
Liz Lloyd, who is reported to have been helping rival candidate Humza Yousaf with his campaign, is alleged to have urged Ms Forbes not to enter the contest.
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Nicola Sturgeon, 52, is in the 'early stages' of learning to drive as she prepares to step aside as First Minister after years of being chauffeur driven around
26/03/23 15:44
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has been behind the wheel as she prepares for the 'next phase of life'. Ms Sturgeon is preparing to stand down as First Minister this week after more than eight years.
'Ummm... I wish her well': Michael Gove's toe-curling EIGHT SECOND silence when asked for Nicola Sturgeon's 'biggest achievement'... as she prepares to hand over to new SNP leader being announced tomorrow
26/03/23 10:24
Michael Gove seemed completely stumped after being prompted to pay tribute to Nicola Sturgeon as he appeared on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme.
Whoever wins the toxic battle to lead the SNP, it'll be Scotland that loses, writes TOM HARRIS
25/03/23 01:25
TOM HARRIS: All the signs that Nicola Sturgeon (pictured) was tiring of leading the SNP were already there. Rumours had been flying around for months that she was considering life after office.
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Nicola finally gets her independence! Sturgeon completes her last official engagement as Scotland's First Minister after eight years in power and ahead of her SNP successor being announced on Monday
24/03/23 15:19
The departing SNP leader, who has spent more than eight years in office, opened a £33million treatment centre in Kirkcaldy, Fife, in her final act as First Minister.
HENRY DEEDES: Sturgeon's swansong turned so vicious it made Rishi and Keir's weekly ding-dongs look like a particularly genteel tea party
23/03/23 17:43
If she had been hoping to be whooped and cheered with gladioli, she was in for a nasty shock. Instead, Nicola Sturgeon's final session of First Minister's Questions turned out to be a rather vicious affair.
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'It has been an utter privilege': Nicola Sturgeon holds back tears as she bows out as Scotland's First Minister after eight years and urges SNP to keep going as a 'team' - but leaves party in smoking ruins and has one last row with the Tories
23/03/23 09:38
Any hopes that the SNP leader might have had of a calm and orderly handover of power to her successor appear to have been dashed.
Nicola Sturgeon fights back tears as she apologises to 60,000 Scottish mothers who lost children in forced adoption scandal between the 1950s and 1970s saying 'the horror of what happened to these women is almost impossible to comprehend'
22/03/23 15:50
The outgoing First Minister offered a 'sincere, heartfelt and unreserved' apology to the women, many of them unmarried, who were affected by the policy between the 1950s and the 1970s.

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