The former first minister says the police investigation into the SNP's finances did not influence her decision to stand down.
Nicola Sturgeon says she could not have anticipated what was going to happen with the SNP
The party's treasurer, Colin Beattie, was arrested almost two weeks later before also being released while further investigations are carried out. He has since resigned as treasurer. "Nothing could be further from the truth. I could not have anticipated in my worst nightmares what would have unfolded over the past few weeks."Police searched the Glasgow home of Ms Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell over two days earlier this month
"If you are saying to me, back then or at any time until it happened, could I have anticipated what happened almost three weeks ago, the answer is no I did not and could not have done." Neighbours have been quoted in the media saying that the motorhome, which can retail for more than £100,000, had sat outside the house since being delivered there in January 2021.
The Daily Record said it had been told by party sources that the motorhome was intended to be a "battle bus" ahead of the last Scottish Parliament election in May of that year but was never used.Image caption,The SNP's Westminster leader Stephen Flynn was also asked about the motorhome as he spoke at an Institute for Government event in London and said he only became aware of it "when it was printed on the front of a newspaper".
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