POLICE Scotland has faced questions after retweeting a pro-independence post backing Humza Yousaf’s new strategy.
The Police Scotland Twitter account retweeted a post from a user who commented on a BBC story about Yousaf saying we will hold indyref2 "as soon as we possibly can".
The First Minister said in the video posted by the BBC that Scotland was “suffering” due to not being independent, and set out a fresh strategy for achieving independence over the weekend at the SNP convention in Dundee.
The tweet from @Macnessie said: “This will now test the sovereignty of Scots. It has always been acknowledged (even by Westminster) that Scots are sovereign. So legally, this will be the will of the people using current Westminster rules to instruct the @scotgov to end the union. What’s not to like?”
What is happening over on the Police Scotland Twitter account? pic.twitter.com/CLN5UlxhsF
— Ben Procter (@BenProcter) June 25, 2023
The retweet has now been deleted but it was screenshotted and shared, leading several people to question why a politically neutral organisation was sharing such a post.
User John Clark - with handle @JI_Mgt - said: “OMG that’s a great demonstration of political neutrality!”
Police Scotland told The National the retweet was a genuine error which occurred when a member of communications staff tried to retweet Scottish Government messaging about problems with 999 calls over the weekend.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "This was posted in error due to a computer problem."
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