News that Craig Murray is facing contempt charges over his Salmond trial blogging has provoked another explosion of conspiracism across Scottish social media.

It’s fascinating to see how some social media actors have tacked to extremes recently. Suddenly we’re seeing people who once had strong pro-SNP views (albeit tinged with some boilerplate Trumpism) swing 180 degrees to frame the snp as part of U.K. deep state conspiracies.