SNP and Baloney Claims

It is absolutely disgraceful that Westminster is saying to Scottish postmasters they can’t get justice at the same time as their English, Welsh & Northern Irish counterparts.

This is a Westminster problem. Westminster must & should sort it.

Here’s a 🧵on what I said last night pic.twitter.com/G1Wm7GgM6z

— Marion Fellows MP (@marionfellows) April 30, 2024

SNP MP Marion Fellows made a baloney claim in the House of Commons about the Horizon/Post Office scandal which I challenged and corrected yesterday.

Let's see if the SNP has the integrity to apologise and set the official record straight. 

Hi @Mark1957, at no point has the Lord Advocate made a view on proposed legislation in either Westminster or Holyrood. The LA is not responsible for bringing cases of miscarriages of justices before the court of appeal in Scotland. This is a WM problem that requires a WM solution

— Marion Fellows MP (@marionfellows) April 30, 2024

Facts are chiels that winna ding

"It is important to recognise that in Scotland, there is an established route of appeal in circumstances such as this. That route involves the SCCRC considering cases in the first instance prior to referring appropriate cases to the Court of…

— Mark Irvine (@Mark1957) April 30, 2024