Murray Foote claims that the police investigation has become a “grotesque circus” and compares it to the failed prosecution into Rangers
A former SNP spin doctor believes the donations probe could turn into a debacle like the failed Rangers prosecutions that cost taxpayers £50million.
In an article for the Record, he wrote that it “worth” considering whether Operation Branchform is a “wild goose chase” and raised concerns about the authorities getting it wrong. The Crown Office later accepted that the prosecutions, which related to the financial collapse and sale of Rangers, had been “malicious”.Foote compared the SNP probe to the Rangers case: “The legal costs over the wrongful pursuit of those involved in the administration and purchase of the Ibrox club are upwards of £50m.“If they have spectacularly misjudged this one too, then the reputational cost will be far more substantial than the cash spent on manpower.
“The use of forensic tents and a whole platoon of plod at the house turned a routine process into a grotesque circus, compounded by the storming of SNP HQ. He said: “I believe the police behaviour in the use of tents outside and invading the former First Minister’s home has been very heavy handed. It was completely over the top.
Scottish politics Scottish Labour deputy leader Jackie Baillie said: “The SNP keep using former staff to try and discredit this police investigation - but they never offer up an explanation of how Scotland’s party of government was allowed to become so corrupt.
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