Dear All
It seems that ‘attack, attack’ seems to be
the modius operandi of former SNP leader Alex Salmond. Rather than keeping his
head down and not attracting attention, salmond has suggested the people to
blame for the botched misconduct probe into him, are hiding behind the
Scottish Government overhaul of its human resources operations.
Having won in the Court of Session, you might have thought that Salmond would
be looking to get a big payday on the go.
Money talks, money talks, dirty cash I need you!
But no, it seems that Alex Salmond wants
blood, scalps, and not just plebs, to that end, a spokesman for Salmond said top official Leslie
Evans and others seemed to be “trying to sub-contract their own responsibility
onto their personnel department”. Alex Salmond has a criminal trial to face, 14
charges relating to alleged sexual misconduct, two counts of attempted rape.
Alex Salmond strongly denies any
criminality.
The Salmond spokesperson said:
“They should not be allowed to get away
with it. The buck should stop with those in charge.”
If the buck stops here with those in charge
in the Salmond case, this unsurprisingly echos the words of "The buck
stops here", a phrase that was popularised by former U.S. President Harry
S. Truman! How many people will think that this use of words doesn’t apply to
the top civil servant but to Nicola Sturgeon?
Nicola Sturgeon is in charge of the
Scottish Government not Leslie Evans.
The SNP Government is in a mess, news that
they are spending £187,000 hiring consultants to help it develop an “HR
Transformation Strategy” for its troubled People Directorate is a sham. In a
government filled with lawyers and HR people, why bring in outsiders? Is it to
give legitimacy to their reputation? They didn’t seem troubled in the past
running an unfair and bias system until they were taken to Court.
And let’s be clear but for Court action,
the same unfair and bias system would be used on others.
So, what does £187,000 buy the Sturgeon
government, well Edinburgh-based PA Consulting Group is due to start work on
Monday on options, targets, a “transformation roadmap”, plus an outline
business case and a detailed business case.
A new plan for £187,000!
The company’s task will covers “HR best
practice”, suggesting shortcomings in the current set-up which have been played
in the courts and perhaps some other stuff which might be legally dodgy.
A spokesperson for Salmond added:
“In the Court of Session case it was the
decisions of the Permanent Secretary Leslie Evans as First Respondent which
were found to be “unlawful”, “unfair” and “tainted by apparent bias”, at a
potential cost to the Scottish taxpayers of over half a million pounds. The
other respondents were Scottish Ministers. This latest development looks like
they are trying to sub-contract their own responsibility onto their personnel
department. They should not be allowed to get away with it. The buck should
stop with those in charge.”
This to me, smacks of the plot from the
Star Trek Movie, The Wrath of Khan, you might remember this movie as one of the
most popular of the Star Trek franchise. Having been bested by Kirk, Khan
decides to blow up the Defiant with the Genesis device taking down his enemies.
Salmond is a Star Trek fan.
Replace the crew of the Enterprise in your
mind and think of Nicola Sturgeon and her gang, as you watch the above clip on
youtube.
Let the tumblers of the mind spin!
Khan:
“To the last I grapple with thee. From
hell's heart I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee”.
The Scottish Government has rejected any
link between its HR overhaul action and the failures exposed in Salmond’s
judicial review.
A spokesperson said:
“These issues are entirely unconnected.
This contract is part of a three year programme to improve the digital systems
for our HR service, which started in October 2017. The business case for this
phase was approved four months ago in October 2018. We operate a shared HR service for a number
of different government agencies. We are transforming the service to meet the
needs of the increasing customer base and to ensure the efficiency of our
processes and technology.”
It seems that according to the Scottish
Government, they appear to be saying that Team Salmond is talking nonsense. Salmond
last month made his debut appeared in court charged with two counts of
attempted rape, nine of sexual assault, two of indecent assault and one of
breach of the peace. You would think such a charge sheet would leave little
time to be preoccupied with anything else. And of course he still has a TV show
to do on RT, but you can understand his need for revenge on the Sturgeon
government.
I wonder how many people see top civil
servant as a proxy for Nicola Sturgeon. You can’t have help but notice that
rumours are swirling about the end of Sturgeon as SNP leader and First
Minister, the rumours also of, is she hunting for job offers.
Finally, in the Wrath of Khan movie; Khan
says:
“Ah, Kirk, my old friend. Do you know the
Klingon proverb that tells us revenge is a dish that is best served cold? It is
very cold in space”.
Salmond may not get his revenge on what
some have dubbed the ‘Sisterhood’ of the Sturgeon government, but in the end, death
is the great leveler. If things pan out for Salmond, he will return to the SNP,
challenge Nicola Sturgeon for leadership, and then if he gets control of the
party and Scottish Government, major unhappiness for some will follow. In the
meantime, it seems that Team Salmond has plenty to say, and strangely very
quiet about Nicola Sturgeon. When
Salmond done the book, ‘they dream will never die’, how many would have thought
there would be other dreams about revenge?
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow
University
I guess that this means that fur and feathers will be flying as the SNP rips itself up, George?
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ReplyDeleteAlex who? The SNP website contains no mention of anyone called 'Alex Salmond'.
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