POSSIBLE evidence about alleged collusion between senior figures of the SNP in what former First Minister Alex Salmond has termed a malicious plot to remove him from public life was stated in public in the House of Commons last night.
Former Brexit minister David Davis MP used an adjournment debate and parliamentary privilege to make a series of claims about evidence – texts messages and e-mails – he said were provided by an anonymous whistleblower.
A known friend of Salmond, Davis said of the whistleblower: “He or she starts their communication with the assertion that the evidence provided, and I quote, points to collusion, perjury, up to criminal conspiracy.”
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Davis added: “No single sequence of texts is going to provide conclusive proof of what the whistleblower describes as a criminal conspiracy, but it does show a very strong prima facie case which demands further serious investigation, by which I mean at the very least a thorough review of all the emails and other electronic records of the relevant personnel at all the relevant times.
“For example these texts show a concerted effort by senior members of the SNP to encourage complaints. The messages suggest that SNP chief executive Peter Murrell co-ordinated [Sue] Ruddick and Ian McCann, the SNP’s compliance officer, in the handling of specific complainants.”
Davis called for MSPs to be given the same privileges as MPs, and said the Scottish Parliament should be given the full powers to hold the Scottish Government to account.
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