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Nicola Sturgeon didn't know her husband stole £400,000

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Imdunfer · 25/05/2026 21:03

Really? She lived with this guy and didn't know? She had a camper van parked on the drive and didn't know he stole the money to buy it?

I don't buy it.

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caringcarer · 25/05/2026 23:15

I hope they have to pay it all back. Of course she knew. She had a motor home parked on mil drive.

ChaliceinWonderland · 25/05/2026 23:15

Newnammmme · 25/05/2026 21:07

I wonder how the great big piles of money she had to climb over to get out of the house, or the fact his wallet was so full he couldn’t shove it in his back pocket didn’t give it away 🤣

cop on with yourself Nicola

Pair of thieves, disgusting.,.

Freud2 · 25/05/2026 23:17

OneTealShaker · 25/05/2026 21:33

A woke, self righteous leftie taking the piss. What’s new?

The further to the left a politician is, the deeper they have their nose in the trough.

See also:

Len McClusky, Unite union boss and a comrade to the working classes, who spent over £100m on a hotel project, with the union layer wiping £66m from its accounts. Workers’ subs spent well, then. Serious fraud office is investigating.

Labour first minister of Wales resigning over donations.

Starmers’s minister of anti corruption no less, done for corruption in Bangladesh. You couldn’t make this shit up.

Another Scottish one. Swinney is currently cheerleading for lord advocate who is defending claims of being a wrong ‘un.

Then there’s the blatant stealing and tax fraud by the likes of Angela Rayner. That would be big Ange who dodged stamp duty, while serving as a….wait for it….housing minister. Again, you couldn’t make this shit up.

Walter Titty was recently found to have fished council tax on his house boat also. Clearly, lying and claiming to be a boob hypnotist or that he worked for ministry of justice wasn’t exciting enough.

The further to the left these jokers are, and the more ‘progressive’ they are, the more likely the are to be corrupt.

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Exactly my sentiments!

MaCheCazzo · 25/05/2026 23:18

He’s admitted to £400k hasn’t he? Key words - ‘admitted to’. Rather begs the question how much has he not admitted to?
Even the thickest numbskull of a thieving lag isnt going to admit to whatever is not put to him!

hattie43 · 25/05/2026 23:18

Where did she think the money was coming from to buy all these high end purchases . She knew .

Namingbaba · 25/05/2026 23:19

JaneFondue · 25/05/2026 23:11

Plus the £110 pencil sharpener!

Can you tell they cost that much? If I saw a salt and pepper shaker that had jewels on it I’d assume they were fake. Likewise I’m not sure I could tell that a pencil sharpener cost over £100.

Not making excuses as I think the cars and motorhome are hard to explain.

AInightingale · 25/05/2026 23:20

He sounds a very odd man. Pencil sharpeners and table cruets? Fridge organisers? Wtf. He is also said to have bought cosmetics so who were they for?

FieryMexicanClive · 25/05/2026 23:21

She's a piece. See her in interviews where she says she can't remember anything due to trauma. Handy.

mrshoho · 25/05/2026 23:21

Firetreev · 25/05/2026 23:11

There have been rumours around for the best part of a decade that Sturgeon wasn't living with her husband, but with another woman. These are rumours, and I'm not sure how much credence to give them, but it would explain her not knowing. I'm no fan of the SNP, just in case anyone thinks I'm trying to make excuses for Sturgeon.

Was thinking the same. It's possible he squirrelled the money into hidden bank accounts. He could have spun a yarn about the camper van too? I'm no fan of her so not sticking up for her.

ThatJadeLion · 25/05/2026 23:22

As corrupt as they come

ByGraptharsHammer · 25/05/2026 23:26

FieryMexicanClive · 25/05/2026 23:21

She's a piece. See her in interviews where she says she can't remember anything due to trauma. Handy.

What trauma?

feellikeanalien · 25/05/2026 23:27

The whole thing is bizarre. The list of things he purchased don't exactly sound like what you would imagine someone who was embezzling would go for. And why purchase the camper van and just leave it on your mum's drive. What's the point? Did he actually ever use it?
It is arguable that, as his wife, she might not have been aware or turned a blind eye but as leader of the SNP did she have no interest in the party's finances?
I find it hard to believe she was totally unaware.

Jane379 · 25/05/2026 23:28

Firetreev · 25/05/2026 23:11

There have been rumours around for the best part of a decade that Sturgeon wasn't living with her husband, but with another woman. These are rumours, and I'm not sure how much credence to give them, but it would explain her not knowing. I'm no fan of the SNP, just in case anyone thinks I'm trying to make excuses for Sturgeon.

That's a point. She may genuinely NOT have known if they weren't living together...but still..

Her husband is certainly a weird man to buy all those things...!

Jane379 · 25/05/2026 23:28

feellikeanalien · 25/05/2026 23:27

The whole thing is bizarre. The list of things he purchased don't exactly sound like what you would imagine someone who was embezzling would go for. And why purchase the camper van and just leave it on your mum's drive. What's the point? Did he actually ever use it?
It is arguable that, as his wife, she might not have been aware or turned a blind eye but as leader of the SNP did she have no interest in the party's finances?
I find it hard to believe she was totally unaware.

Is he a shopaholic maybe?

TaraRhu · 25/05/2026 23:31

Where did all jewellery and other more female items go? If it wasn't to Nicola then who? What did he do with his actual salary? shocking

I would love to beleive that Nicola just has no awareness of luxury items and how much the cost. She's not very into fashion or things... but I think that's a long shot. You could not ignore some of this stuff.

Nicola is such a disappointment. I thought she was better than Johnson and Farage. Whilst this wasn't her fault she clearly was blind here as she was with salmond. She could have been one of the great politicians. She handled covid like a pro.

JustAnotherWhinger · 25/05/2026 23:32

mrshoho · 25/05/2026 23:21

Was thinking the same. It's possible he squirrelled the money into hidden bank accounts. He could have spun a yarn about the camper van too? I'm no fan of her so not sticking up for her.

I didn’t think he actually took cash - he used the SNP credit card and invoices for the cars and motorhome so I assumed with the very detailed list of things he bought that’s how they knew - the credit card receipts.

I think that’s how he got away with it for so long. A fake invoice here. A fake receipt there. Pretending the £xxx was for something justifiable but actually it was for something personal. A wee “ah shit sorry I used the work card instead of mine, can you just sign it off and I’ll use my card for something work rather than bothering with paperwork” etc.

Rather than 400k in cash running through his account

popery · 25/05/2026 23:33

RealFeminist · 25/05/2026 22:50

JIST BECAUSE A WUMMAN SIGNED OFF THE ACCOUNTS AND WIS RUNNIN THE PAIRTY AND WIDNAE LET EMBDY ELSE SEE THE ACCOUNTS PEOEPLE HUV TAE JUMP TAE COCNLUSUIONS

I knew Nic would Google herself and end up on the thread!!

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dapsnotplimsolls · 25/05/2026 23:34

I suspect she didn't know about some of the purchases because they didn't live under the same roof for much of the time.

Weeellokthen · 25/05/2026 23:35

ByGraptharsHammer · 25/05/2026 21:16

She is trying to have her nice little metropolitan life in London now she is finished in Scotland. I am not a Scottish Nationalist but they should be forced to take her back as a condition for any increase in the Barnett formula.

I find her statements intriguing because she could not have been more verbose as First Minister. Now she is very quiet

No, no, no you're it, London 😂you keep the wee fuhrer. We don't want her back 😤

CaesarAugusta · 25/05/2026 23:36

Coffeeandbooks88 · 25/05/2026 21:11

Course she did. She needs investigating.

What makes you think she hasn't been investigated?

Netcurtainnelly · 25/05/2026 23:39

Imdunfer · 25/05/2026 21:03

Really? She lived with this guy and didn't know? She had a camper van parked on the drive and didn't know he stole the money to buy it?

I don't buy it.

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Get facts right. The Campervan was parked on his mother's driveway . It's possible she knew, possible she didn't. They had separate bank accounts. All you will do is guess, but you'll never fully know so it's pointless worrying.

Netcurtainnelly · 25/05/2026 23:41

JustAnotherWhinger · 25/05/2026 23:32

I didn’t think he actually took cash - he used the SNP credit card and invoices for the cars and motorhome so I assumed with the very detailed list of things he bought that’s how they knew - the credit card receipts.

I think that’s how he got away with it for so long. A fake invoice here. A fake receipt there. Pretending the £xxx was for something justifiable but actually it was for something personal. A wee “ah shit sorry I used the work card instead of mine, can you just sign it off and I’ll use my card for something work rather than bothering with paperwork” etc.

Rather than 400k in cash running through his account

He won't be the first person or the last to steal like this. Stupid arrogant people think.tjey won't get caught but they do
They go to prison and it's never worth it.

Iwiicit · 25/05/2026 23:48

TaraRhu · 25/05/2026 23:31

Where did all jewellery and other more female items go? If it wasn't to Nicola then who? What did he do with his actual salary? shocking

I would love to beleive that Nicola just has no awareness of luxury items and how much the cost. She's not very into fashion or things... but I think that's a long shot. You could not ignore some of this stuff.

Nicola is such a disappointment. I thought she was better than Johnson and Farage. Whilst this wasn't her fault she clearly was blind here as she was with salmond. She could have been one of the great politicians. She handled covid like a pro.

May I point you in this direction.. Sturgeon most definitely was wearing the goods.I'm the man with the money Murrell told Shetland jeweller.

Peter Murrell climbing out of a car

'I'm the man with the money,' Murrell told Shetland jeweller

Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell bought a necklace for his wife, Nicola Sturgeon, during the visit to Shetland during a by-election campaign.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg5pp2pee7go

LBFseBrom · Yesterday 00:04

It doesn't surprise me.

catcurl · Yesterday 00:05

I feel its believable too.

Its £400k but over 12 years- and in a context where Nicola was earning £200k a year, her husband at the time around £100k a year.

Its very different from a family earning say £60k collectively a year, to wonder where money for buying things like that is coming from, and watching the pennies till pay day.

It is strange that it is mundane things they could likely afford from their own salaries.

One partner does tbe majority of the financial admin (I know thats how we work it), someone has a personal account to muddy the waters a bit- I can see how this could happen, women have found out they have been deceived by their partners on here very regularly.

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