Our first letter was answered/dismissed by “Service Adviser 1989847”, so this reply to our second one, while it doesn’t say much, definitely feels like a step up.
Our KC has offered all possible assistance to the Cyber and Fraud Unit in relation to the matter, and we’ll keep you posted with any developments, readers.
We received two emails today, just a few minutes apart. There are a couple of notable things about them. The first came from Claire Somebody at the Crown Office.
The second one, even more thrillingly, came from Service Advisor 1989847 at Police Scotland, which we assume is some sort of advanced crime-fighting robot.
In one of those emails, readers, is a three-word phrase that raised our eyebrows just about right off our heads. Before we chat any more, see if it jumps out at you too.
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
25 Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1LA
4 June 2026
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Dear Chief Constable and Crown Office,
RE: REQUEST FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION — ALLEGED
MISAPPROPRIATION OF RING-FENCED POLITICAL DONATIONS
I write to request that Police Scotland/COPFS open a criminal investigation into the alleged misappropriation of funds donated to the Scottish National Party (SNP) on the basis that those funds would be held and applied for a specific, designated purpose.
On Sunday, Nicola Sturgeon told Laura Kuenssberg that the SNP’s accounts “went up and down” as her excuse for not noticing that hundreds of thousands of pounds had suddenly vanished from them overnight.
Several things leap out immediately from that clip.
One, there absolutely very much WAS “something glaringly suspicious in the accounts that I should have seen” – the party she led had raised almost £700,000 in two “ring-fenced” fundraisers that wasn’t there any more, which ought to have made its leader at least mildly curious.
And two, attempting to fob responsibility off onto the independent auditors simply won’t wash. It’s not their job to determine whether the SNP has kept its political promises or not, their job is simply to match up money coming in against money going out and produce a set of numbers to show what it all adds up to. It makes no odds to them if it was spent on a party conference, a fancy motorhome or a 50-foot golden statue of Danny La Rue. All they can see is numbers.
But even leaving those things aside, if we’re going to learn anything about how The Great Indyref Swindle got to this calamitous point unchecked we need to examine just how hard Nicola Sturgeon had to look the other way to fail to see what was going on literally under her nose and literally in her own back yard.
Sadly, this turned out to be prescient this morning.
Laura Kuenssberg did give Nicola Sturgeon an uncomfortable time in their interview on her Sunday programme on BBC News, but when confronted with the one gaping open goal that Sturgeon has no answer for – and even when Sturgeon TWICE set it up on a plate for her – Kuenssberg failed to knock the ball into the empty net.
That doesn’t – by some distance – mean there was nothing of interest to note, though, so let’s take a walk through (the first instalment of) what was said.
And as the Nicola Sturgeon Loyal, led by her most faithful of lieutenants, set out to try to take control of the post-conviction narrative, let’s take a look at just what a boatload of bare-faced bullshit the above is.
There will be no trial, no cross-examination, no explanation. The people of Scotland, the members and supporters of the SNP, the wider Yes movement, none of us will ever know what really happened. Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?
Attending the Civic Justice Centre in Manchester as part of an ongoing attempt to persecute the feminist journalist and author Helen Joyce, Watson was intercepted by Greater Manchester Police and arrested in connection with allegations of harassment of several people, one of whom was myself.
Watson had been evading justice for a long time. He provides false addresses to the police and courts (which is a crime in itself), and despite numerous criminal complaints against him he manages to dodge arrest because police forces endlessly ping-pong the complaints between each other (“He lives in YOUR area!” “No, yours!”) and allow him to repeatedly arrange voluntary interviews which he never turns up to, stalling and hiding until the six-month limit on harassment cases times out.
As all alert readers will know, this site likes to keep a watchful eye on the shady and disturbing activities of paedophilia-plagued charity LGBT Youth Scotland. So we were naturally intrigued to hear that they’d hired a new convenor last month.
And if you’re sitting there thinking, “Blimey, AI Christopher Walken looks very very ill”, well, stay tuned, because this story gets more and more interesting.
So Cathy Newman of Channel 4 News got herself a scoop last night.
And to be honest, readers, we were a bit confused. “Gender critical views” are not only lawful things to hold and express, they’re one of a small subset of opinions that are explicitly protected as such in law. And why would a man very occasionally airing some lawful and protected views on social media be a news story? You might as well run “BREAKING: Premiership footballer discovered to enjoy cheese-and-ham toasties”.
Mark Beggan on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “A university builds a reputation of excellence over hundreds of years and it gets dragged into the gutter by a…” Aug 20, 19:02
agentx on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: ““What Happened in Court Today During the hearing at Edinburgh’s Court of Session, lawyers representing the UK Government argued that…” Aug 20, 18:40
James on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Oh, methinks the Gman stooge doth protest too much….. and so quickly!” Aug 20, 18:21
Confused on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “watch yourself James, the anglo bantsmasters are on your case – they might call you a “twat” and fire emojis…” Aug 20, 18:21
agentx on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “I see the colonised Swinney is trying to defend his £100k trip with the boys and girls to the footie…” Aug 20, 18:12
Captain Caveman on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Heh. Don’t you concern yourself, Fatso, I can deal with you dopey old farts whilst still juggling grand pianos. “77th”……” Aug 20, 18:07
Confused on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “so says the rapier-fucking-wit … someone who could best wilde, shaw and dorothy parker in a flyting contest – have…” Aug 20, 17:43
James on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Today’s crossword clue, Northcode. A country which has no control over it’s own resources or borders, and needs permission from…” Aug 20, 17:42
Confused on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “and you’ve been smearing something else ever since you got here “dirty protest”” Aug 20, 17:42
James on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Confused – KUDOS to you, brother! Keep ’em coming. Shove it right up the 77th c*nts.” Aug 20, 17:37
Confused on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “So … you use powerful aftershave to cover up the smell of pish? Is that what you are saying? louis…” Aug 20, 17:28
James on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Oh…. THAT’S what’s dragging us down…. What an oracle for the unwary you are.” Aug 20, 17:26
James on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: ““I have always thought there are colonial-like aspects of the relationship but that fall well short of Scotland being a…” Aug 20, 17:23
Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “If you avoid naming names, you won’t end up in the cross hairs. You’re looking like yet another “bonnie fechter”…” Aug 20, 17:12
Mark Beggan on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “I agree it’s a bloody disgrace. Sarah ruins everything.” Aug 20, 16:59
sam on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Anent your final sentence. I ask this question of Search Assist, “Would the Act of Union 1707 obtained with bribery…” Aug 20, 16:52
Spartan 117 on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Some of the posts here this afternoon are embarrassing. Christ almighty, the state of some folk.” Aug 20, 16:45
Captain Caveman on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Stinking of piss eh? Hardly. Louis Vuitton Imagination, actually. 🙂 Still, that’ll be you projecting again – probably literally. Hapless…” Aug 20, 16:40
Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Not when I’m self-identifying. Which is, after all, my right as a Sovereign Scot.” Aug 20, 16:36
Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Man! Independence is so close I can taste it! Any. Day. Now. Beats me how any cant could be bothered…” Aug 20, 16:33
sarah on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Rev, is there any news on Mark Hirst’s fundraiser? He was only needing £5000 so I hope that was quickly…” Aug 20, 16:21
Confused on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “speak for yourself; fair play if a man of your age can still raise the sail and you do stink…” Aug 20, 16:10
Captain Caveman on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Oh do shut up, you utter twat. Get back to sniffing the solvents and your “WFH”. (We all know what…” Aug 20, 16:00
Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: ““prevented the teaching of Gaelic with punitive steps” “This repression of Gaelic culture suggests a colonial mindset” You don’t say!…” Aug 20, 15:45