SNP is ‘out of control’, claims Scottish Labour leader
Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, has claimed the SNP is “out of control” amid a police investigation into the party’s finances.
Mr Sarwar told TalkTV: “This is now a political party that is mired in scandal, mired in division, getting more and more out of touch by the day, focused on itself, talking to itself, about itself at a time when our country is in massive crisis, whether that is the NHS crisis or the economic crisis.
“I think people looking on will think that this party is out of control, it has lost touch and people will be desperate for change.”
Peter Murrell, the SNP's former chief executive and the husband of Nicola Sturgeon, was arrested yesterday in connection to a long-running Police Scotland investigation into the spending of about £600,000 which was earmarked for Scottish independence campaigning.
Mr Murrell was released without charge just before 7pm last night, pending further investigation.