This week, the former chief executive of the SNP, Peter Murrell, pleaded guilty to embezzling £400,000 from his party over the course of several years. So far the media has focused largely on the incredible array of luxury items he bought with the money – including a Jaguar, £2,000 salt and pepper shakers, multiple coffee machines and, of course, the infamous motorhome. Questions have rightly been asked too about what Nicola Sturgeon knew about her estranged husband’s finances and the trove of luxury goods filling her home.
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Yet something very important is also being missed. It explains why Murrell was able to carry on the embezzlement long after he should have been stopped – and why John Swinney cannot hide behind his victim of criminality defence, with the First Minister this week characterising himself as a victim, and describing Murrell’s actions as a personal betrayal.
