A former SNP spin doctor believes the donations probe could turn into a debacle like the failed Rangers prosecutions that cost taxpayers £50million.
Murray Foote claims that the police investigation has become a “grotesque circus” and compares it to the failed prosecution into Rangers which resulted in a payouts over “malicious prosecution”.
The SNP is in freefall over a police probe into how £600,000 of indyref2 donations were spent.
