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Originally Posted by Chris
I imagine at this point, Swinney’s blindly assuming that the threat of a Scotland Office-led inquiry is grist to the nat grievance mill, but he needs to be a bit careful. The SNP garnered about a third of the votes the other week and is sitting on a plurality because of a quirk of the system (a quirk designed to keep Labour in power, to be fair). There’s no reason to believe public opinion will rally to his cause if it looks like an SNP first minister is refusing to have the SNP-led Parliament investigate a scandal that taints a former SNP chief executive, a former SNP first minster and other members of a former SNP cabinet in which Swinney himself served.
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My guess is this would massively backfire for Swinney. It would also rely on all of their stories holding up for a sustained period. No Comment Nicola is finding this is extremely challenging every time she opens her mouth this week.
It’s easier to manufacture grievance if the perceived injustice is against the people of Scotland. The UK squandering Scotland’s energy wealth, pesky UKG blocking the genderwoo Bill on a technicality (their sell, not my position), etc.
In this case Murrell has been caught with his hand in the till and when anyone pointed out the till was short they got told they couldn’t look any more by Sturgeon and others. For me it’s this detail, verifiable in meetings on record, public appearances, etc. that is the fatal blow more than flash cars, coffee machines, handbags.