YES Scotland’s former chief executive has said that a post mocking claims of a “missing £1.5 million” was published online without his approval.
In a statement through his lawyer Aamer Anwar, Blair Jenkins addressed a post made by Yes Scotland’s Twitter/X account over the weekend.
Jenkins previously served as Yes Scotland's chief executive, and is listed as a director of Yes Scotland Ltd on Companies House.
It was the pro-independence campaign group’s first post on Twitter/X in 12 years. The last post by the group on the social media website was on polling day for the 2014 referendum.
Anwar said that Jenkins did not regard the allegations made against Yes Scotland as a “laughing matter”.
The mocking post published on Saturday night on Twitter/X reads: “It’s been a while. Some would say a generation or so ago.
“Woken up excited to hear that there is £1.5m missing.
It’s been a while. Some would say a generation or so ago. Woken up excited to hear that there is £1.5M missing. Must have been in the sofa given to a recycling charity after the referendum. Reward of two ‘Yes’ mugs to anyone with info leading to its recovery. DMs are open.
— Yes Scotland (@YesScotland) July 18, 2026
“Must have been in the sofa given to a recycling charity after the referendum.
“Reward of two ‘Yes’ mugs to anyone with info leading to its recovery. DMs are open.”
In response, Anwar issued a statement on behalf of the group’s chief executive, which reads: “Mr Jenkins has been made aware of a message posted from the official Yes Scotland account on X, which seems to make light of recent allegations that £1.5 million is ‘missing’ from the organisation’s accounts.
“As far as Mr Jenkins was concerned, the Yes Scotland social media account was closed some 12 years ago.
“The message was posted without the knowledge or approval of Mr Jenkins. The false allegations of ‘missing money’ have caused extreme anger and distress for Mr Jenkins and his family over the last two weeks.
“To be clear Mr Jenkins does not regard such allegations as a laughing matter.”
Last week, Jenkins issued a statement through Anwar insisting that Peter Murrell “never at any time” had access to funds held by the pro-independence campaign group.
The statement claimed there had been a “desperate attempt” to link Nicola Sturgeon’s ex-husband – who has been jailed for embezzling more than £400,000 from the SNP – to the group.
“All of the income received by Yes Scotland is fully accounted for and it is grossly defamatory to say otherwise," the statement said.
Anwar issued a statement following newspaper reports which claimed the SNP “tightly controlled” the campaign group, which was set up to push for a Yes vote in the 2014 independence referendum.
It comes after Yes Scotland director Scott Martin claimed that the complaints about the group's finances are part of a personal vendetta against him.
Martin told the Sunday Post that he believes he has been portrayed as a “thief” because he had access to the campaign’s accounts and was “sitting next to Peter Murrell”.
We told how the complainers – David Henry and Sean Clerkin – spoke out after handing in what they claimed was a dossier of evidence to Police Scotland in Edinburgh last week.
Yes Scotland have repeatedly denied the allegations that there is £1.5m missing from the company’s accounts.
