The arrest of Peter Murrell is an extraordinary and troubling moment in Scotland’s political history.
As part of an ongoing police investigation, little can be said about the allegations the former chief executive of the SNP is facing.
But we know it’s connected to a probe of the funding and finances of Scotland’s governing party. Whatever the outcome of that, the surreal scenes yesterday morning - as cops swooped on the Glasgow home of former first minister and her husband - will have shocked the nation to its core.
