viv_andersons_nana
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Interesting how she and her husband are being monstered by the press and then investigated in front of a baying crowd, isn’t it.
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Nicola Sturgeon has jacked
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Jedi boro
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Yes That’s the ultimate irony
ThePrisoner
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Well this is weird. Arrested, house searched, garden searched then released without charge on the same day. Something is off here. Scot Polis colluding?
Jedi boro
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Eh ????
Yearbyred
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All the Scottish people I know who support the SNP, are certainly not right wing.
ThePrisoner
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Something doesn't feel right. To go to this effort and then release him without charge on the same day. Either it was a performance by the police or they fecked up really, really badly when it seems they were sure they would find incriminating evidence.
Acklam_Lad
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Financial crime is an absolute nightmare to investigate and is totally reliant on paper trails usually. The arrest and release is not unusual… they have little evidence to go on from a few hours of questioning.
This was purely about securing anything and everything linked to him so that the financial crimes team can go through it all and then bring appropriate charges if required.
It could take months or even years to find what they need.
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HolgateCorner
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I think they must have had enough to put the performance on.
It was a public humiliation yesterday for the Sturgeons, regardless of what happens now, that will stay in the public’s memory.
On the news the house looked like a murder scene.
Glover_elbow
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said in the best Taggart impersonation. Murrrdor
SmallTown
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It wasn't to secure evidence from financial crimes you confiscate computers, remove ledgers, follow digital trails. You don't need to make the house look like a murder scene. No doubt this was staged to make it look a whole lot worse than it is.
Glover_elbow
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Please dont tell me your feeling sorry for the wee krankie. Maybe they were looking for physical cash under the patio
I'm not sure I understand the link you've included there. What does it have to do with Sturgeon?
The roots of the National Party in the 1930s had some right of centre followers. Not right wing though. Since the merger with the Scottish Party the SNP has been a social democratic party, so centre left. The choice for centre left voters in Scotland is SNP or Labour or Green. The Alba Party is drifting round in that space too, but nobody really knows much about them.
Historically, up to the 1950s, Scotland was quite Conservative. Most of that support has passed to the Libdems, Scottish Conservatism hasn't recovered much after Thatcher.
SNP - definitely not right wing though.
SmallTown
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I don't care about her. I care about the way the regime in this country is being ran.
And no, they aren't "looking for cash" under the patio. Unless they are investigating this financial crime in the 1700s
TeaCider
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Just a ridiculous policy introduced under her leadership.
Old enough to vote at 16, but also deemed not fully accountable for commiting crimes until you're 25.
Rofesleg
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Or 1980s Colombia.
I don't think that makes people wrong. That's like saying you'd be wrong to accuse the tories of being in favour of privatisation based on them going along with post war consensus politics in the 50s and 60s. The SNP have been a pretty left wing party for at least 20 years.
Don't agree that wanting independence from a country that always returns right wing governments is a right wing philosophy either. Is that a standard you'd apply to every country thats wanted independence from Britain over the last few hundred years or just Scotland?
But its a guideline from an independent body isn't it? Thats what your link says. The Scottish Sentencing Council.
Fair enough the votes at 16 bit is the SNP.
TeaCider
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A body set up by the SNP, and the Scottish government surely decides whether the recommendation would be accepted in to law or not.
They decided that it was fine.
New sentencing guidelines for under 25s come into force
The new "individualistic approach" makes rehabilitation rather than punishment a primary consideration.
www.google.com
SNP ‘soft-touch’ justice means criminals will be young offenders up to age 25
The Scottish Sentencing Council (SSC), which put together the guidance, said it accounted for the supposed “immaturity” of under 25's brains
www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk
Now people are getting community service for repugnant crimes.
viv_andersons_nana
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Your link literally says:A body set up by the SNP, and the Scottish government surely decides whether the recommendation would be accepted in to law or not.
They decided that it was fine.
New sentencing guidelines for under 25s come into force
The new "individualistic approach" makes rehabilitation rather than punishment a primary consideration.www.google.com
SNP ‘soft-touch’ justice means criminals will be young offenders up to age 25
The Scottish Sentencing Council (SSC), which put together the guidance, said it accounted for the supposed “immaturity” of under 25's brains
Now people are getting community service for repugnant crimes.
“The guidance gives more detail on how the assessment of a young person's maturity has a bearing on culpability, and gives more clarity on how the impact on victims is to be taken in account.
It suggests factors common to many young people who commit offences, such as childhood trauma, should be considered.
But it makes it clear that the full range of sentencing options will remain open to courts when sentencing a young person.”