24/10/2026
Did you hear this on the News, STV or BBC ๐ค
๐จ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐น๐ โ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ดโ ยฃ๐ญ.๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ก ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ? ๐
๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐.
Quelle surprise ๐โโ๏ธ
So let's remind ourselves how this developed.
On 5 July, the ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น reported allegations made by former SNP branch secretary David Henry. Fellow campaigner Sean Clerkin subsequently joined him in pressing police to investigate.
On 12 July, Stuart Campbell's ๐ช๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ amplified the story, using it to launch another attack on the SNP.
๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ.
The supposedly missing ยฃ1.5 million was actually ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ, including staff salaries, premises, events and publications.
Yes Scotland's solicitor, Aamer Anwar, publicly explained this in July and the organisation voluntarily handed its accounts to Police Scotland.
Despite that, the allegations were repeatedly linked to ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐น'๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐, even though Yes Scotland was a separate organisation and Murrell had no access to its accounts, according to its former chief executive's solicitor.
Scottish Labour's ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฒ also weighed in, demanding answers and further financial scrutiny.
๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐.
So will the Sunday Mail, Wings Over Scotland and everyone else who amplified these allegations ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ?
Will those who encouraged suspicion now acknowledge the outcome?
And ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ to those whose reputations were dragged through the mud?
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐. ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ'๐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.