Indulge me if you will and fast forward to Friday, September 1, 2023.
It’s been two-and-a-half years since the complaint which first prompted Operation Branchform, the inquiry into SNP accounts. We’ve just witnessed a long summer of wild speculation and innuendo from Holyrood’s opposition parties and a string of opinion polls show a definite erosion of support for the SNP.
Professor John Curtice – Scotland’s revered polling expert – has published research confirming the incessant allegations are the underlying cause of the SNP’s stuttering polling. Then Police Scotland drop a bombshell: Operation Branchform has now concluded having found no evidence of illegality.
