Reported claimRated This is inaccurate.Several former party leaders have been arrested since 2000, including Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams, and ex-SNP head Alex Salmond.Mr Salmond had also served as the First Minister of Scotland prior to his arrest. · FactCheckNI
FactCheckNI rated the claim “Nicola Sturgeon is the first former First Minister or Prime Minister in UK history to be arrested. She is the first former or current leader of a major party to be arrested since Jeremy Thorpe in the 1970s.” This is inaccurate.Several former party leaders have been arrested since 2000, including Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams, and ex-SNP head Alex Salmond.Mr Salmond had also served as the First Minister of Scotland prior to his arrest..
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