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   Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Friday, 15-Dec-2023 18:21:27 JST Mrs Cloudy

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   • blogscot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

   @blogscot weird conclusion. Public perception doesn't seem to conclude "cover up." Rather, most people (the public) I've spoken to about it conclude that it's being held back and kept in reserve to be unleashed mid election. It has been managed and continues to be managed for maximum adverse publicity value. That tent in the garden was no more than a photo opportunity. The photos taken then continue to be used to imply that something dreadful has occurred.

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     blogscot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (blogscot@mastodon.scot)'s status on Friday, 15-Dec-2023 18:21:28 JST blogscot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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     "If that is correct it can only be conjectured that either the Crown has instructed further investigation of elements of that report, or the delay is not on the part of the police but on the part of the Crown." They further added that; "In the absence of any explanation by Police Scotland or the Crown Office, the delay in such a high profile case is capable of stimulating perceptions of cover-up."

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     blogscot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (blogscot@mastodon.scot)'s status on Friday, 15-Dec-2023 18:21:30 JST blogscot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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     From Wikipedia:

     "In November 2023, two former sheriffs, Kevin Drummond KC and Douglas Cusine, of the legal group Quis, warned that the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service risked questions over the "protracted period of time" taken by the investigation. Drummond and Cusine said that; "The Crown is likely to have been kept up to date with the nature of the inquiry..."

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     Wen (wen@mastodon.scot)'s status on Friday, 15-Dec-2023 18:21:31 JST Wen

     The public has lost patience with Police Scotland and Operation Branchform

     An interesting commentary on the mess that is ‘Branchform’ - Crown Office or Polis?

     https://bylines.scot/opinion/the-public-has-lost-patience-with-police-scotland/

     #Branchform #PoliceScotland #Polise #CPS #Scotland #Politics

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Friday, 15-Dec-2023 21:06:14 JST Mrs Cloudy

     • blogscot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

     @blogscot "backlash"?

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2023 00:21:03 JST Mrs Cloudy

     • blogscot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

     @blogscot, they manage to come to conclusions in other controversial cases. They need to sort this one out and move on. I still think it's being held on standby so that even if it gets dropped mid election campaign, it can still be used to create smoke.