Cults? No thanks.

I’m glad that Tommy has spoken out on this. Better late than never and to be fair the reality is that had he spoken out before he would have found himself the subject of bullying & smears. It’s this sort of behaviour at the top of our politics that merits an independent inquiry.

The Nub Of The Matter The SNP's Chief Executive (Peter Murrell) refused a request from the party's National Treasurer (Douglas Chapman) to 'open the books' Chapman then resigned - so why did the SNP Leader (Nicola Sturgeon) not intervene and get to the bottom of things?

Nicola Sturgeon has questions to answer - but only as a politician, not as a wife || Neil Mackay "Nobody knows what goes on inside a marriage, apart from the couple in question. "Once behind closed doors, we can never be sure about how others live, the nature of their love or lack thereof, or how they navigate life’s most complex maze: the messy business of the human heart. "I became deeply uneasy with the group-think which appeared to engulf much of Scotland, particularly among those who have always disliked - ‘hated’ may be a better word - Sturgeon. "When a crowd gangs up on someone, it is never a pleasant sight, even if - and I stress ‘if’ - that person is in the wrong. "However, as time went on, what troubled me most was the notion that Sturgeon must have known of Murrell’s wrongdoing because they were married. They’ve since separated. "It’s initially very easy to think that - as Sturgeon herself admitted this week. But such thinking is problematic. "Why should any woman be responsible for the crimes of her husband? Why should any man be responsible for the crimes of his wife? Why should anyone carry the can for their partner’s sins? "They shouldn’t. And to make it so for Sturgeon means it must be so for you or I. "I spent the first half of my career - which now runs to a long 35 years - as a crime reporter. "I never saw any woman or man have to take responsibility for offences their partner had committed, unless they were alongside them in the dock. "Nor can we know the mechanics of any marriage. My wife and I don’t monitor what each other spends. We certainly don’t go through each other’s credit card statements. To do so, would seem rather controlling. "Certainly, we can be offended by our politicians living such gilded lifestyles that they are oblivious to expensive goods turning up at their door, but that doesn’t equate to ‘she must have known what he was up to’. "It equates to a woman living a spoilt and privileged life. Is it understandable that many consider it odd she knew so little about Murrell’s spending? Yes. Does that hang her? No. "On the mechanics of marriages again: who knows how this couple lived? Who can guess at the nature of their relationship, what they talked about, how much time they spent together, whether they confided in each other? "All these issues rightly remain secret. To wish to uncover such intimacies - to expect anyone to expose the raw meat of their marriage to the public - is unsettling." 👇 𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘏𝘢𝘺 𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭