Cole-Hamilton responds to Sturgeon interview

Responding to Nicola Sturgeon’s interview with Laura Kuenssberg, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:

“Both Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney were spinning that the SNP’s finances were in good shape instead of asking hard questions about what was going on. Unnamed SNP sources were trying to explain away the use of the camper van as a legitimate resource in the same week it was seized by police.

“It was a catastrophic failure of financial oversight. 

“John Swinney is wrong to try and block a parliamentary inquiry. The unanswered questions are eroding trust in our politics. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Why are SNP backbenchers still happy to just sit quietly and not ask questions?

“If the SNP leadership can’t be trusted with stewarding the finances of the SNP, why should we trust them with stewarding the finances of the country.”