Russell Findlay: “This is an enforcer, a hitman, for a major organised crime group in Scotland which has inflicted untold damage to many…”

You say that they find themselves in this position, the SNP Government, but it’s a problem entirely of their making.

That's the only option because if you show weakness they're not going to back down.

Peter Murrell's crimes were enabled by the SNP's toxic culture of control and aggressive aversion to basic levels of scrutiny.

Just unfortunate that some nationalist nonsense seeped into proceedings.