Murray Foote, former SNP head of communications, had accused the police of conducting a “grotesque circus” when they searched Nicola Sturgeon’s home.īut the chief’s stern hands-off rebuttal came in remarkable and highly unusual comments from a serving senior officer, albeit one who is about to retire. Sir Iain said he would “fiercely resist any attempt to bring political pressure to my decision making, or upon any police operation”. The Police Scotland chief constable didn’t say so in as many words but his message is crystal clear: he will not stand for any interference from the SNP or their allies in the investigation into the “missing six hundred thousand”. He may have attracted headlines with his comments on police racism but Sir Iain Livingstone’s words on his force’s biggest ever investigation are every bit as forthright.
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