Commentary There seems to be a fashion these days for arresting politicians once they’ve left office. The latest victim of this fashion is Nicola Sturgeon, the former first minister of Scotland, who was recently arrested by the police in Scotland and then released without charge—yet. The former president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, is presently appealing…

Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf has said he will not suspend his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon from the Scottish National Party (SNP). Sturgeon was arrested on Sunday as part of a police investigation into the SNP finances, but was released without charge, pending further investigation. The former first minister is the third high-profile SNP figure arrested…

Nicola Sturgeon was arrested on Sunday as part of a police investigation into the financials of the Scottish National Party (SNP.) The former Scottish first minister is the third high-profile SNP figure arrested during the investigation, after her husband, Peter Murrell, and former SNP treasurer Colin Beattie. In a statement published on Sunday afternoon, Police Scotland…

Police had to wait two weeks from the moment they requested a search warrant for the house of the former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell, as well as the headquarters of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in Edinburgh. The delay was revealed in a Freedom of Information request submitted by the…

Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf is overseeing his party’s finances after Colin Beattie resigned as treasurer of the Scottish National Party (SNP) following his arrest. Beattie was arrested on Tuesday in connection with a police investigation into the SNP’s finances, and was later released without charge “pending further investigation.” He said on Wednesday that he…

Scottish National Party (SNP) treasurer Colin Beattie has been arrested in connection with a police investigation into the party’s finances. Police Scotland said the 71-year-old was taken into custody on Tuesday and is being questioned by detectives “as a suspect in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National…

The Scottish government has announced it will challenge UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to block its gender reform bill in court. In December, the Scottish Parliament passed the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, which would enable anyone over the age of 16 to self-identify their gender. But the UK government blocked the bill in…

Former Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon on Saturday spoke in public for the first time since her husband Peter Murrell was questioned about the party’s financial affairs. Murrell, 58, who was the SNP’s chief executive until last month, was arrested on Wednesday morning in connection with a long-running Police Scotland investigation into the…

Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell has been released as a police probe continues into the finances of the ruling Scottish National Party (SNP). Murrell, who married Sturgeon in 2010, stepped down as the SNP’s chief executive last month following controversy about misleading information being given to journalists over the party’s membership…

Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell has been arrested in a police investigation into the finances of the ruling Scottish National Party (SNP). Murrell, who was the SNP’s chief executive until last month, was taken into police custody on Wednesday and is being questioned by detectives. Police Scotland has been investigating the…