Reply To: No Indyref2
Craig Murray has pretty much openly called her a Unionist asset[/url]: and he is set to publish some emails of hers with Stewart McDonald. There is the issue of her husband’s loan to the SNP (over £100k), and the £600K of donations to the SNP for Indyref that appear to have been swallowed up by the party’s regular accounts.
All that said: I’ve never seen a politician look so happy at their resignation speech. As politicians go, I’ve always thought she was, by usual standards, very effective and straight forward, so I kind of believe her that it’s just the accumulated baggage of being in office for 8 years, and believing that the polarised opinions around her would get in the way of further progress of her cause.
Unless she’s an incredibly good liar, I thought her anecdote about deciding to go during a long term party member’s funeral rang true.