Nicola Sturgeon Arrested

[AndyRM]

If you need a £3k coffee machine, you really don't know sh!t about making coffee.

Again, this was all about Murrell's arrogance and deceit, against his wife and party.

That the conversation is around Sturgeon being unaware is unreal.

 

[First Aspect]

If you need a £3k coffee machine, you really don't know sh!t about making coffee.

Again, this was all about Murrell's arrogance and deceit, against his wife and party.

That the conversation is around Sturgeon being unaware is unreal.

Why? He was a relatively shadowy figure and not even an elected politician, she was hugely high profile at the time.

 

[AuroraSaab]

I think if it was Farage or Badenoch the same discussion about knowledge of a partner's spending would be being had.

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

I think if it was Farage or Badenoch the same discussion about knowledge of a partner's spending would be being had.

Would it? Farage's partner bought an £885,000 house whilst not in anyway having the financial means to do so. Barely any journalist in the UK has asked meaningful questions about this. Even with the £5million 'gift' he received, there still seems to be a rather 'relaxed' approach to looking into Farage or his partner's spending habits.

 

[AndyRM]

I think if it was Farage or Badenoch the same discussion about knowledge of a partner's spending would be being had.

What @midlandsgrimpeur said.

 

[Rusty Nails]

Would it? Farage's partner bought an £885,000 house whilst not in anyway having the financial means to do so. Barely any journalist in the UK has asked meaningful questions about this. Even with the £5million 'gift' he received, there still seems to be a rather 'relaxed' approach to looking into Farage or his partner's spending habits.

If the right wing press weren't tacitly hoping for a coalition between the Tories and Reform, but thought the Tories had a good chance at the next election, there is no doubt they would be going in much harder on Farage.

 

[Dorset Boy]

In Scottish law nothing goes automatically to your spouse. I had to make sure my brother wasn't the beneficiary, should I get hit by a car.

A PoA has nothing to do with what happens on death. It impacts you whilst alive if you lose capacity to act.
Your spouse cannot access your pension pot, or your personal accounts without either a P&F PoA, or applying to the ourt of Protection, which is slow and very expensive.
A PoA costs £82 if you do it direct through the .gov website.

 

[First Aspect]

A PoA has nothing to do with what happens on death. It impacts you whilst alive if you lose capacity to act.
Your spouse cannot access your pension pot, or your personal accounts without either a P&F PoA, or applying to the ourt of Protection, which is slow and very expensive.
A PoA costs £82 if you do it direct through the .gov website.

Who says I would be dead? I survived last time!!

It is a bit murky, but the take home message at the time seemed to us to be that in the absence of automatic spousal rights, if you don't write all of it down, there could be an argument.

https://lanarkshirelawpractice.co.uk/next-of-kin-scotland/

 

[Dorset Boy]

Who says I would be dead? I survived last time!!

It is a bit murky, but the take home message at the time seemed to us to be that in the absence of automatic spousal rights, if you don't write all of it down, there could be an argument.

https://lanarkshirelawpractice.co.uk/next-of-kin-scotland/

Wills deal with what happens on death. That's a separate issue and not what i am referring to.
PoAs mean that your bills etc can be paid whilst you are alive but don't have capacity for you to act for yourself.

If you have separate bank accouts / finances, and one spouse say ends up in a coma, or gets dementia, the other partner/ spouse cannot access the bank accounts etc, of the incapacitated person so bills cannot be paid, care cannot be paid for etc.

Every adult in the UK really needs a P&F PoA.

 

[First Aspect]

Wills deal with what happens on death. That's a separate issue and not what i am referring to.
PoAs mean that your bills etc can be paid whilst you are alive but don't have capacity for you to act for yourself.

If you have separate bank accouts / finances, and one spouse say ends up in a coma, or gets dementia, the other partner/ spouse cannot access the bank accounts etc, of the incapacitated person so bills cannot be paid, care cannot be paid for etc.

Every adult in the UK really needs a P&F PoA.

I believe that in E&W a spouse can by some means gain access under those circumstances, but yes it will be more of a PITA than with a PoA.

That article dealt with "next of kin" for both purposes. We got wills done, and at the same time put PoAs in place. I suspect it's fairly typical advice if you go in to get a will.

 

[Pblakeney]

I believe that in E&W a spouse can by some means gain access under those circumstances, but yes it will be more of a PITA than with a PoA.

That article dealt with "next of kin" for both purposes. We got wills done, and at the same time put PoAs in place. I suspect it's fairly typical advice if you go in to get a will.

It was the advice that we were given.

 

[TailWindHome]

If I'm in coma anyone who needs a bill paid can whistle for it.

 

[spen666]

If the individual states they wish to fully cooperate with all enquiries why would the Police need to arrest? Individual can voluntarily surrender their passport, undertake not to travel eg outside a given locality, etc. provide all requested documents, evidence for investigation, etc.

When much younger I always thought arrest was used when the individual needs to be apprehended and held. Maybe I've always had the idea wrong but in recent years appears to me Police arrest first then ask questions later.

I stand by my statement of the legal position

 

[spen666]

It's hard to believe she wouldn't have asked where the money for an £80k Jag came from.
Even if our finances were totally separate I'd ask my OH about a £3k coffee machine.
I guess if you were to be very charitable you could plausibly say they were leading separate lives by that point and took no interest in the other's spending.

If they were leading separate lives and heading for divorce, that could for many be even more reason to take an interest in their spouses finances

 

[BoldonLad]

Prescott needed two.

Is that a recommendation?