Even the most skilled politician would struggle with the legacy left by Nicola Sturgeon – and Humza Yousaf is very far from being skilled. The new First Minister has been forced to do an awkward interview today, outlining what he knew about the recent raid on his predecessor’s home. Yousaf has now admitted that a luxury motorhome seized by police during an investigation into SNP finances is owned by the party. He also confirmed that he had seen the warrant listing other items confiscated as part of the probe, saying:
Of course the police have done the responsible thing in terms of giving us, and I as leader have seen the warrant, in terms of the items that they’ve confiscated, including the motorhome that you referenced.
Probed on when he became aware of the motorhome being an SNP asset, the First Minister would only reply: ‘Shorty after I became the leader of the party’. How soon was that? With questions continuing to mount over the party’s finances, there is a race against the clock now to find new auditors for the SNP’s financial accounts after its previous firm quit last September. That news only came out, er, last week, just six months after Johnston Carmichael walked away from the brief.
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