?A SECRETIVE right-wing Unionist organisation with links to the former director general of the Saudi intelligence service is preparing to funnel hundreds of thousands of pounds into campaigns opposing Scottish independence.
According to The Herald, The National?s sister paper, the Constitutional Research Council (CRC), which is chaired by former Scottish Conservative candidate Richard Cook, is looking to invest in ?credible Unionist groups? in the event of a second independence referendum.
Yesterday, the CRC were also outed as the ?shadowy? donors behind a payment of
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