AIBU to think Nicola Sturgeon is deflecting criticism with sexism claims?

I am not a fan of her politics but she sounded completely believable to me. And, as was said before, she was already investigated. Some accusations are so unreasonable - if my husband bought a 2 grand pepper grinder , I wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between that and one from tk maxx.
he bought a car, hardly a Ferrari, and he was a childless guy on a good salary. Again, hardly unbelievable.

Yup, this.

Slight side issue but given the jewellery, expensive bags and other trinkets she has received from PM over the years, should she not be held to account for “receiving” fraudulently obtained goods, just as someone handling stolen goods would usually be.

He’s dead, and wasn’t married to him?

I don’t think it’s sexism that drives it. I think that if Victoria Starmer was found to have embezzled Labour Party funds (I’m aware she doesn’t work for the Labour Party), people would have the same attitude towards KS as they do to NS.

Sounds more like calling out misogynistic shit to me.

People have been serial killers and their nearest and dearest didn't know, but it did sound a bit "playing the sympathy woman card", to me too.

She's right, the focus isn't particularly on the man who defrauded the SNP, but on how much his wife knew, and how guilty is she really.

I just cannot imagine for a second that Police Scotland didn't overturn every possible stone, pebble and grain of sand in order to find something, anything, against her, no matter how tenuous.

But she's getting the trial by media and some of the general public anyway.

I think she’s got a bloody cheek claiming other people are anti-woman.

So many MNetters making her responsible for this man’s crimes.

She’s right, it’s bloody sexist.

I'm going to go with the results of the police investigation over the machinations of people with a chip on their shoulder for whatever reason.

Plenty of women discover their husbands have been up to things they shouldn't have been, long after the fact. Plenty of women that weren't working as long hours as she had to in order to keep a country running.

Did she know? No idea, but I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt, especially given that she faced an investigation and was cleared.

The question is: why do you doubt the police?

What is this with all the Nicola bashing?

She was investigated thoroughly, and very publicly, by the police. No charges have been brought against her. The focus should be on Murrell, not on his ex wife.

As has been pointed out the first minister for the first 5 years of Murrell's tenure if the job was Salmond. Why isn't he being pilloried in relation to Murrell's criminality?