Layman here: please explain anyone with constitutional knowledge.

Is lying to a parliamentary committee the same (ie perjury) as lying in a court of law?

If the ministerial code is breached by the first minister, who applies it to her and demands her resignation?
If police chief and chief advocate are political appointments - are those who appointed them above the law?
What actually stops Scotland from becoming a banana republic?

At what point will the letter of the law be applied without fear or favour?
If a minister breaks ministerial code and is “let off” by the first minister, is the ministerial code fit for purpose?
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