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Opposition parties continue calls for SNP inquiry

Opposition parties have continued to press for a parliamentary inquiry after former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell pleaded guilty to embezzling more than £400,000 from the party. While First Minister John Swinney has attacked such calls as "victim blaming", Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said "secrecy and cover-up go far beyond one individual or one case", and that the SNP had maintained a "culture where secrecy became normal, dissent dangerous and people learned that speaking out carried a heavy price", while those "at the top of the SNP machine operated without scrutiny". Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay similarly accused Mr Swinney of "trying to shut down scrutiny", noting "new reports that taxpayers' money was also stolen".

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