@EnbyScot@ChildOfAlba Everything not directly to do with the embezzlement. Principally how the systems were so lax as to allow it to go unchallenged for 12 years.
@SharpeShirley@JohnSwinney The "fixes" were forced upon the party by the absolute humiliation of:
Having their independent auditors, Johnston Carmichael, resign en masse.
Facing the very real prospect of missing statutory deadlines and losing hundreds of thousands of pounds in Westminster "Short Money."
@SharpeShirley@JohnSwinney By shutting down a Holyrood inquiry, John Swinney is essentially arguing that as long as the burglar goes to jail, there’s no need to ask why the security system was turned off and who left the back door wide open.
@joannaccherry By shutting down a Holyrood inquiry, John Swinney is essentially arguing that as long as the burglar goes to jail, there’s no need to ask why the security system was turned off and who left the back door wide open.
@AndrewG34558041@theJeremyVine Yes, a lot of the stuff could easily have passed without any red flags. But he got too greedy in the end. She clearly knew or at least suspected when she told the party not to look into it.