Watch: Sturgeon reacts after husband charged in police probe

Might this be the worst week of 2024 for the Nats so far? Hapless Humza Yousaf demonstrated extraordinary indecision over the Cass review, Patrick Harvie's barmy army helped ditch a Scottish government green pledge and, to top it all off, Nicola Sturgeon's husband has been charged with embezzlement. You couldn't make it up.

The long-running police probe into the SNP's finances reared its head again yesterday, when the party's former chief executive was rearrested and charged. And, not long after the announcement went out, it emerged that Sturgeon's husband had hung up his yellow coat and resigned his membership of the Scottish National party. An eventful few hours, to say the least.

So what now for the SNP? As Operation Branchform pushes on, the Dear Leader told journalists today that 'it's incredibly difficult'. Sturgeon told reporters firmly to 'give my neighbours some peace', before quipping: 'I'm still quite a new driver so please try not to distract me when I'm driving away.' After over eight years at the top of the SNP, she'll know a thing or two about car crashes…

This afternoon, Yousaf spoke out about the 'shock' in the party, telling reporters he had first heard of the charges 'when the police made a statement'. 'This a serious development,' he went on, adding:

[It's] a really serious and concerning matter. All of those people who have known Peter Murrell for a number of years within the SNP and indeed across Scottish politics will be shocked.

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