SNP leader jokes Scotland fans could use motorhome at Euros

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn joked the party’s £100,000 motorhome seized by police could be used by Scotland fans in the Euros.

The Aberdeen MP quipped Tartan Army supporters would happily stay in the campervan since hotels in Germany will be expensive this June.

It was reported senior SNP figures want the motorhome back nearly a year after it was taken away by police as part of their investigation into the party’s finances.

Mr Flynn admitted he was unaware of this, but speaking in Perth he said: “Look, hotels in Germany for the Euros are going to be really expensive.

“So if there’s a campervan that I and thousands of other Scotland fans can crash in that’s available, then I’m sure that will be a delight to the Tartan Army.”

The SNP made inquiries to police to find out when the motorhome might be returned.

The party bought the luxury campervan to be used as a campaign bus ahead of the 2021 Holyrood election campaign due to Covid.

But this plan was later ditched as pandemic restrictions were gradually eased by former first minister Nicola Sturgeon in the run-up to the vote. Instead the motorhome sat outside elderly Margaret Murrell’s home in Dunfermline for nearly two years, until it was seized on April 5 last year.

The SNP wants the campervan back either to use it for the next Westminster election or to sell it and raise campaigning funds.

Police are continuing to investigate accusations that more than £600,000 raised by the SNP for campaigning towards independence was spent improperly.

A motorhome owned by the SNP was seized by police.