Dear All
It seems that Nicola Sturgeon is refusing to say much how
longer the sleaze probe into one of her former ministers will last. Apparently
there is an SNP ‘investigation’ into sleazy SNP MSP Mark McDonald who had to
resign in disgrace as a minister.
One has to wonder how an investigation can take two months
and still not produce a result.
Nicola Sturgeon is saying that the investigation would “take
as long as it takes”, so, what about the alleged female victims, apparently the
women who complained about him can just wait for answers.
She said:
“It will take as long as it takes. I’m not going to put
artificial timescales on things. It’s important that things are looked into
properly, extensively, due process is followed, and when an investigation
concludes then the outcome of that investigation will be made known. This is
the right way to go about these things.”
Doesn’t sound too hopeful for the women, more for Mark
McDonald who must be desperate to hang onto his seat, also, I wonder if Nicola Sturgeon
wants to keep McDonald in the fold so as not to have Alex Salmond possibly back
at Holyrood in the event of a by-election.
Usually in matters relating to sleazy sex stories, the party
who has the rat faces a rather uphill to retain the seat.
The SNP as pundits know is administered by Sturgeon’s
husband, party chief executive Peter Murrell, my experience of him is that he
isn’t interested in investigating complaints and neither are the other staff.
If the women victims aren’t high profile SNP Cult members then they can expect
no help, in the case of Bill Walker, because of the Sturgeon connection, the
SNP had to disown him to protect Sturgeon.
SNP MSP Mark McDonald has been absent from Holyrood since
he quit as childcare minister on November 4, I suspect that this means he has
more hiding to do because of the type of “inappropriate” behaviour. Having been
caught out like a rat in a spotlight, McDonald tried to downplay the scandal as
misguided attempts at humour.
In a show of bravado, he even suggested he might return as a
minister in the future but let’s be serious, he is cooked, and Sturgeon trying
to hold onto him as an MSP is a big mistake, there comes a time when you have
to cut deadwood adrift.
The full extent of Nicola Sturgeon’s contempt for this
situation was summed up as she said about McDonald:
“He's a good MSP and he will continue to be so.”
Nicola Sturgeon gets a lot wrong; SNP MSP Mark McDonald is a
political liability who threatens the fake narrative that the SNP crafted that
they support women. McDonald admitted
his action had caused “considerable distress and upset” but after November 16,
further allegations against him popped up, that led the SNP to finally removed
the party whip followed by suspension from the party which makes McDonald
technically an independent MSP for the Aberdeen Donside constituency.
The SNP don’t want a by-election because although they have
a huge margin compared to the other two possible contenders, the stench of
having to fight a by-election where the allegations of McDonald are at the fore
doesn’t really appeal, even if they get the win. Mind you if Alex Salmond
stands, this might impact the 17,339 votes to such a degree that a short term
win could lead to a long term loss down the line.
It rather looks like the SNP want to bury this investigation
or produce a result that says they don’t have enough evidence to proceed in
order to get Mark McDonald and Nicola Sturgeon off the hook. So far, the
investigation has produced nothing for the female victims, it remains to be
seen if they can get justice.
Anyone up for a by-election in the Donside, lovely area,
just the place for strolling about talking to the natives!
Finally, when it comes to sexual matters, the SNP senior
elected representatives don’t have an impressive track record, we have seen
wife beating, adulterers and people with failed marriages make it through the
ranks as candidates to become elected representatives, hardly Stronger for Scotland .
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
Mark McDonald is not the only one under investigation, at the same time the investigation into his conduct was announced, we were told that an 'EX-Parliamentarian' member of the SNP was also under investigation.
ReplyDeleteNo clue as to who, or what about, and it would appear this 'investigation' has also been buried, as nothing further has been heard about it.
There's a whiff of something rotten in the SNP, and the longer this goes on, the worse it will get.
Idiots and hypocrites who claim to represent women or some other, but then stab them in the back by allowing them to continue.
ReplyDeleteAn American skater who was partially responsible for a plot to kneecap her rival in 1994, was put in a biopic recently that was nothing but a fluff piece, just a "boo-hoo-poor-me" type film that brought her along as guest of honour at the Golden Globes, as they try to relaunch Hollywood as post-abuse. Frankly I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and I think the same applies here. It doesn't matter that Sturgeon is a woman, what matters is that she stood by some copper-bottomed lowlifes, this is no different.
An SNP investigation into itself? Hahaha! You don't need to be a fly on the wall for that one to know how it would go:
ReplyDeleteWur here tae investigate ye! So go and get us a few beers an we can sit here fur a while until its time tae go oot an tell the media that yeve been cleared. Sair elbow!