Hungary, Ukraine, Belarus and now Scotland. Now, theres lots of personalities. 11 February, 2021 at 12:36 pm. Courage, of the leaders and people at the time of declaring independence; But again, I suspect there are some women put off by his Smart-Eckness and who find his chummyness mildly creepy. Be really good if a proper journalist might just question that phrase for once, and say, in what way did the legal system let them down? And 11,915 has been raised so far , so if anyone can spare any money in these difficult times please do so as this is a very important case for all of us who believe in freedom of speech in Scotland . She will dump her husband for someone a bit more connected and smarter/younger than Peter, who is a fat, pasty faced mealie pudding. My very limited experience of dealing with civil servants doesnt fill me with confidence in their abilities to think on their feet. Can i just remind everyone about Mark Hirsts fundraiser . To use words like smear we really need to be reflecting on the competence of the people around her.. Did all their hopes rest on never having to face any scrutiny or is Liz Lloyd now feeling like shes been duped and could be made a patsy? Auld fella I knew had a wonderful term for what we are seeing in this case, he used to comment you always get corruption where they are cock connected. she made only brief reference to the fact there is an ongoing police investigation into complaints about Mr Salmond and that she had referred herself for investigation but there was no substantive discussion of the matter. Jackie Baillie has been okish during this but she can f**k off with the above. You have to hand it to nicola she seems to be able to control a unionist media. James Doleman is tweeting the Spectator case. Achnababan says: So when Angus Robertson had the affair 2014/2015 with another woman. 6.1.1, The world's most-read Scottish politics website, Posted on
So Tories, Labour and SNP have/had ex Daily Mail advisors, https://www.holyrood.com/inside-politics/view,perception-is-everything-how-politicians-public-servants-and-corporate-bosses-learn-the-art-of-spin_8551.htm. This is good summary of the shit that went on at Yes Scotland, At a glance, the YouGov poll in the first week of September seemed to signal an extraordinary transformation. @baxter thanks. Thirdly, she is dealing with a huge intake of new members who are now growing increasingly agitated about a second independence referendum that she does not want to call because she does not currently expect to win. I had her sussed in 2016 and Im not even close to any of them, so how did he miss the warning signs? But the strongly worded attacks angered some within the party who think it plays into the hands of their opponents and makes it impossible to make the party look united. Man tells court the woman was at private dinner at Bute House with him and Alex Salmond. Thats what it believes in. No, not that kind, the vote-winning kind. Scotland's former First Minister, Alex Salmond, was recently acquitted in an Edinburgh courtroom of more than a dozen serious charges of sexual abuse. Had the jury found him guilty, he would. She could be found guilty of wrongdoing over the details she provided about her secret meetings with Mr Salmond over the Scottish Governments investigation. Aime Cesaire provided a thoughtful description of the dominant bourgeoisie class, culture and purpose, much of which we see reflected in the activities of our meritocratic elite today, as you so ably describe: ..sadistic governors and greedy bankers, prefects who torture and colonists who flog, not only corrupt, check-licking politicians and subservient judges, but likewise and for the same reason, venomous journalists, goitrous academics, wreathed in dollars and stupidity, ethnographers who go in for metaphysics, presumptuous theologians, chattering intellectuals born stinking out of the thigh of Nietzsche, the paternalists, the embracers, the corrupters, the back-slappers, the lovers of exoticism, the dividers, the agrarian sociologists, the hoodwinkers, the hoaxers, the hot-air artists, the humbugs, and in general, all those who, performing their functions in the sordid division of labour for the defense of Western bourgeois society, try in diverse ways and by infamous diversions to split up the forces of Progress even if it means denying the very possibility of Progress all of them tools of capitalism, all of them, openly or secretly, supporters of plundering colonialism, all of them responsible, all hateful, all slave-traders, all henceforth answerable for the violence of revolutionary action.. Vestas, Bob Mack, it was reported during the trial that C was an SNP politician.. Since he was a cheery wee chap just doing his job courteously, I asked him in to see there was no arial connected to the screen. There were two others: a lady [H] who was a campaign organiser to some extent and the lady [who is not being named for legal reasons].. @alanmacintosh So it must have been taken after the Indy ref not before. Certainly, he worked with Mrs. Murrell for long enough and yet, didnt pick up any clues about what kind of character she really is. Much of it depends on the outcome of the police investigation and the multiple inquiries. Pressed by McCall to admit she had willingly kissed and caressed Salmond in 2013, H said: Thats not true. They were named as Stuart Nicolson and Liz Lloyd. And yet now the common phrase being pummelled by Scot Gov and its tame media, is, let down by the courts/legal system etc. Me being dopey again, I thought it was an actual physical think, Greek Orthodox style. Jeezo, if there was ONE thing I wish Stuart Campbell would add onto the HTML coding for this website, it would be a BLOCK button. Weve already had a court say the original process was unlawful. Top Scottish crime writer Shona MacLean revealed in Scotland on Sunday that she has been forced to change her name - to S G MacLean - to make her novels more appealing to men, despite the fact she. We are finding non democrats in all sorts of high places too! Never judge a book by its cover shes even more odious than Robertson, well suited. Hell hath no fury as a woman scorned springs to mind for some reason. Dont think SPAD Stuart Nicolson ever worked for the BBC, theres a current Stuart Nicolson at the BBC, not same person. 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Gordon Wilson stepped in after it emerged Jennifer. Add Sturgeons admiration for Kissinger, Clinton and Legarde and her very iffy foreign policy stance and you see a bigger picture. wins its legal challenge over Salmond trial court orders: Lady Dorrian to vary an order which now allows Salmond and Geoff Aberdein evidence to be published. Some interesting faces. The alleged victim, known as H, has accused Salmond of sexually assaulting her, stripping off her clothes and then, visibly aroused, laying naked on top of her on a bed at Bute House after the celebrity and the other guest had left that night. https://twitter.com/jamesdoleman/status/1359858135171821571, Advocate depute.Says he has no objection to the proposed change to the order. Is it just me or are there big red flashing warning signs going off? The 33-year-old was once known as 'Mrs Message' in recognition of her PR acumen during the referendum campaign. Interestingly I dont see Kevin Pringle anywhere. Your nothing but a Unionist they shout because you couldnt possibly support these poeople if you were a true Indy supporter. Maybe this helps re the Order change Akeywitness, Geoff Aberdein, was effectively barred from being even mentioned, let alone allowed to answer questions. Sounds like a campaigning video, with a very firm attack on the nonsense Growth Commission. Im at a loss to understand what authority the Scottish Government thinks it has over a man they have wronged so shamelessly. But given the back-stabbing and secret briefings going on, they privately admit there can be no doubt it now exists. So does that suggest that if Lloyd does appear she wouldnt lie and is uncomfortable with what Sturgeon has done? Has the British deep state all over it. Hand on shoulder? Why isnt Geoff Aberdein being presses to make a public statement of the truth concerning the meeting in the Parliament building? Clear oot of the senior officials running the previous colonial regime. She will be gracious to her once bitterest rivals.She will make a statement on ASs death, (hopefully distant in the future) Surely there is some specific objective of this committee. The man behind him has an enormous head in relation to those much nearer the camera. Nicolsons only listed media meeting with the bloody Sun! I suspect she is regarded by Sturgeon and Swinney as the weakest link, might be ok if she knew the questions being put to her before and was then well coached in her answers but liable to crack if asked to think on her feet. With a small c. Which means that the beneficiaries of theis small-c timidity are the Scottish Labour Party. Salmond denies Hs allegations and has also pleaded not guilty to 13 other alleged sexual offences including a sexual assault against H in May 2014 and one of intent to rape involving another complainer, the Scottish legal term for a complainant. That kind of international policy seems the kind of issue which seems much more likely to create a real split than Is a man in a dress literally a woman? But not a debate those behind it would want the party members or public having. I know it exists from personal experience . what is the actual proper remit of the committee? If I had Im damned sure Id want to know where my money is. So the SNP/SG have got a former political editor of the Daily Mail AND Murray Foote of The Vow fame working for them? One senior Nationalist said: Derek Mackay is the obvious heir apparent in terms of his experience, the different strands of government hes worked in, hes moved up through the ranks. The source of her anger was not solely the fact that two newspapers had carried stories with fresh allegations about her dealings with Alex Salmond. Geoff Aberdein gave full and truthful evidence to the committee as he is obliged to do. The 33-year-old, a special adviser to Mr Salmond. Alex Salmond always came across as an intelligent, canny and shrewd operator, but look at this situation with Mrs. Murrell and the accusers and there he is in that photo with this Stuart Nicolson. Some were at best used, duped, and some blatantly perjured themselves trying to get an innocent man sent to prison. Two questions If we really mean to fix Scotlands three century+ mankit bourgeoisie midden we will need the right people for the job. He is in the position John Swinney was in, so I think he would be the natural person if John Swinney is not going to put himself forward again., BUT would he want to go for the job, since he has suggested privately he is not interested? However, I do recall the nature of SNP conferences really changing quite suddenly one year. What really hurt her was that the stories appeared to have been briefed directly from her mentors team. It really does beg the question, why was Alex Salmond so oblivious and blindsided by these people? Mist001 09.58. He has served his constituents with passion and diligence both as their MSP and as first minister, which he is of course continuing for them at Westminster. Even if you ignore the bloody Braveheart wing of the party, the intellectual, cost-benefit analysis types within the SNP are ascetic number-crunchers, not the type of retail politicians best suited to the age. Yeah, yeah, yeah arguably theyre all at it but for all the conversation its easy to see what the right is doing, any guesses what Alex might be up to with the left? for (i=0;i GREAT NEWS! While playing it down publicly, Nationalist politicians admit there is now little doubt that this is the biggest crisis facing the SNP since it first came to power in 2007. It gets you thinking as to why Johnsons spending millions, of taxpayers cash on his Union Unit, and Sturgeon is spending zero on the independence Unit. Is that Pringle behind Stephen Noon? One thing I still dont understand is why our Parliament appears to be reliant on an English based political magazine to obtain an amendment to the original court order? she will be a source of great pride for wee Scotland. Dont worry, my close personal friend Facundo tells me that the Spectator will deliver today. This ring-fenced money thing. Yes. Its the same situation in parliament from six MPs to 56 and now 35. Cyberbully. Could North Sea giant BP be a takeover target this year? Marks trial took place on the 7th of January 2021 where he was acquitted after the Court ruled there was no case to answer. BBC scotland will note her arrivals at Glasgow/Edinburgh airports She will move in elevated circles, meet celebs and political notables and sign her name to reports written by her underlings on health or environmental or food issues. Moray Council tax rise: How much will it cost me? [41] [failed verification] Outside politics Robertson is a music fan, and particularly likes Metallica and Belle and Sebastian. Despite the fact that the party itself has honoured or at least admired warrior queens (in the members estimation) such as Winnie Ewing, Margo MacDonald and even Nicola Sturgeon, the fact remains that women are much less likely to support the SNP than men and, furthermore, this gender gap causes the party some problems. Is he related to Dominic Cummings? In addition, Miss Sturgeon is also at risk of losing the support of those who signed up to the SNP with the sole objective of demanding a second independence referendum a group which includes some MPs and MSPs and is becoming increasingly restless. Is that a real question or a stab at satire? Jim Sillars, a former deputy leader, has railed against the rise of the dominance of the party leader under both Mr Salmond and Miss Sturgeon and believes it has left the party light on options for a successor. Will the SNPs chaotic leadership race ease Starmers path to Downing Street? But as youre reading this, the High Court is hearing a legal challenge that could blow all that obstruction to smithereens. Then get it trending on twitter with a hashtag. BLMac says: What hasnt happened is the Scottish goverment, snp members and the lord advocate now need to go on trial, A picture tells a thousand tales. One of these alphabet ladies because they are all Women, anyway she has a argument with another one of the alphabet women she looses the nut and sticks a pick axe in her bonce this is witnessed by another one of the alphabet women , It will be moderately prestigious in keeping with the modest international significance of Scotland. its been gone over loads of times. 2. Mist de la Merde would be the first one on my block-a-troll list. It shows you what you will need to provide Police with etc. They want Nicola to have the last word because the last words are remembered. 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