Dear All
The Trial of Alex Salmond, Part 3, yes, having failed to stitch up Alex Salmond in an illegal Scottish Government investigation, having then proceeded to try for a second bite at the cherry via a criminal trial, we are now in Part 3. If this scandal was a trilogy, we would be calling it, Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult. It seems that Alex Salmond's alleged plotters are back to try and fire another bullet at his head. In their first attempt, their allies in the Scottish Government showed poor gun handling skills resulting in a negligent discharge. After reloading, they then failed to send rounds down range to hit the target. In the latest attempt, having had their 'weapons' taken off them, they are reduced to fire blanks. You can also hear their madness as they wave their 'pop gun' about screaming, 'I've got a gun, and I am going to use it'! I don't know why, but the press are still entertaining this nonsense that the 'alphabet women' are somehow victims. Well, in front of a jury of their peers, mostly comprising of women, their 'stories' were shredded, they weren't believed, and they never secured a single conviction against Alex Salmond.
In political circles and the press, the identity of everyone of the 'alphabet women' is known, what most of the general people don't know is their identity and how close they are to Nicola Sturgeon. These women aren't victims, they 'self id' as victims, which if they didn't have a court order protecting them, they would be ridiculed openly. When I first heard of the allegations against Alex Salmond, I was shocked, but my initial reaction was not to believe the allegations. As I and everyone else continued to read what transpired, the more and more my gut feeling said this was a 'work up'. For nearly a decade, I blogged how the SNP was run as a 'rat ship', and I said eventually the 'rats' would turn on each other. If the Salmond scandal is about anything, it is about this very thing. I blogged on how the SNP was a 'rat ship', I blogged on how the SNP Government is corrupt, I blogged on how SNP Leader Nicola Sturgeon was a horrible nasty individual, who couldn't be trusted and shouldn't be trusted. I was of course, mocked, abused, had the SNP attack dogs set on me, called all sorts of names, had mega abuse thrown at me which ended up in Court. Here we are in 2021, the very people who mocked me, abused me, hated my guts, and even one guy said of me and my blog, 'George Laird is a genuine cunt'. Of course, I see this as genuine praise now, because these people are effectively now saying what I previously did.
And just for the record, no one came along to say, 'sorry, we got it wrong about you'.
The SNP is a 'rat ship'.
So, here we are at Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult, the trial using media, from 'self id' victim aka Salmond accuser. One of the women who made sexual assault allegations against Alex Salmond has decided in the wake of things going bad for Nicola Sturgeon to come to her aid. So, to highlight their main points, they are saying:
1/
They are a victim (jury didn't believe that)
2/
They are "upset" (because the plot failed?)
3/
They want to remind people that Alex Salmond is guilty (No, he really isn't)
4/
They want you swallow their media crafted piece by claiming they are a women's
champion (No, they really aren't)
5/ They want to smear the members of the Salmond Inquiry (that would be pro UK MSPs)
What the BBC doesn't point out is which member of the 'alphabet women' this is, because some of them are well versed in media manipulation tactics.
This, 'I am a victim' interview is rather clumsy in my opinion, but you have to remember, the Salmond verdict left the 'alphabet women' with nothing. They are like a kid in a primary class room trying to construct a head using a balloon, water, wallpaper paste, newspapers and paint. The end result wouldn't end up on a movie set as a prop, just something to take home to show the family. In the absence of real evidence, we have emotional constructed pap from her, to attempt to rope you in by saying the inquiry is making it "significantly harder" for women to come forward with complaints. Is the Inquiry at fault? Is the Salmond jury at fault? Is the Scottish Government at fault? Is the Crown Office at fault? Is Police Scotland at fault? You see for the most part, Salmond's accuser misses out the bulk of these people so she can home in on a specific group. Just as she was specific in complaining about Alex Salmond, she wants to point her finger and apportion blame. You see 4 pro UK MSPs want to get to the truth of how the Scottish Government attempted to rig their process to find Alex Salmond guilty.
So, why does she have any objection to that taking place?
Is this alphabet woman, thinking that accusation equals guilt?
Is she saying that it's okay to rig an illegal process to 'get' someone but since it failed, we really shouldn't talk about it?
I wonder how a reporter like Glenn Campbell could sit and listen to this nonsense, could just sit there and not push back? When Campbell asked did you speak to other accusers, she deflected the question, and he let her away with it. What happened to the days of proper investigative journalism? Do you remember the glory days of 'World in Action', 'Panorama', and 'Weekend End', it appears that this 'alphabet woman' gets a free pass to spew because they have pulled out their #metoo pass. So, as well being a 'false victim', a defender of women's rights, we get treated to a glimpse of their mental state, get this, the 'ongoing Holyrood inquiry into the saga has been more traumatic in many ways than the criminal trial.' Is it more traumatic because after a jury found Alex Salmond to be not guilty, the spotlight now has shifted onto her? Let's face it, although there is a court order, some of the 'alphabet' women are known to the ordinary public. People know who these women are, what these women did, and they know the part played by the SNP in this stitch up of an innocent man. So, let's get a sense what some people are saying about the Salmond Affair.
Neil Mackay of All Under One Banner tweeted:
"These proven false-victims of Alex Salmond are continuing to perpetrate their vendetta, bolstered by their allies in the Scottish Govt and COPFS, and platformed by the Anti-Indy Media."
Some people might say, Neil is talking about a conspiracy.
Denise Findlay tweeted:
"Worth remembering that despite a 22 strong team, 700 interviews of 400 women. Not a single ordinary SNP member came forward with a complaint #JusticeForAlexSalmond".
We know that both the Police and SNP did a trawling operation in order to attempt to find victims, the police investigation is a matter of record, the SNP trawling operation hasn't received the publicity it deserves.
Findlay also tweeted:
"So the women are using anonymity and continuing with the political smears. That is not the purpose of anonymity. They women had their day in court. Alex Salmond was a victim of ‘an unlawful and biased process’. He is the inky ‘victim’ here. #JusticeForAlexSalmond".
One has to why, in the light of information leaking out all over the place, why now attack the Committee? Why not before, well the Spectator case makes it possible for the Salmond Inquiry to publish Salmond's evidence on the record. On the record matters because before that Nicola Sturgeon was gung ho for appearing in front of the Salmond Inquiry. In the wake of the Spectator case, she is postponing her evidence. You have to ask yourself why is she doing this? Could a reason be that her story to the Inquiry now requires to be changed? It is my firm view that Nicola Sturgeon should go before Alex Salmond. After all, what has she got to hide? If her evidence to the Inquiry hasn't changed, why postpone?
Since the 'alphabet woman' can't attack the evidence with counter fact, are we to be surprised that instead she is attacking the Committee? Attacking the messenger is a well known tactic deployed to distort the truth, some call it, 'playing the man instead of the ball'. She accuses members of the committee have taken the experiences of the women and "exploited them for their own self-serving political interests". What about the 4 SNP MSPs and Andy Wightman, what is her opinion of them, does she think the Sun shines out of their rear end?
Why aren't the 4 SNP MSPs asking the difficult questions?
The 'alphabet woman' said:
"It is utterly absurd to suggest that nine women could be persuaded to lie to the police, to perjure themselves in court."
Is it?
Is it any more absurd that the Scottish Government being corrupt?
Is it any more absurd that the Crown Office being corrupt?
The SNP Government has hampered the Salmond Inquiry at least 60 times in the course of its remit to find the truth. Adam Tomkins has calls it right when he tweeted about the SNP:
"They’re a tainted party and a tainted government. Now the SNP are trying to taint the election, too. The stench of corruption in Sturgeon’s Scotland grows."
Given the 'alphabet woman' is attempting to portray herself as a 'Champion of women's rights', we have to ask, why is she so silent about this? Well, the reason could be is that she has hitched her star to the SNP bandwagon, or one of her relatives has hitched their star to the SNP. Why do people hitch their star to the SNP bandwagon, well it could they are getting something out of it. So, what does this 'alphabet woman' get out of it? Or are we to believe that they are just a "concerned" citizen?
Her piece that effectively those serving on the committee are basically just dirty bastards is somewhat enlightening, because it just reeks contempt. Note how she covers all her bases during this interview. She has to get in key buzzwords and hooks which tends to suggest there is a possibility that she is media trained or worked in that field. To recap what she is trying to plant in your mind:
1/
She is a victim (jury didn't believe that)
2/
She is "upset" (because the plot failed?)
3/
She says effectively that Alex Salmond is guilty (No, he really isn't)
4/
She is a women's rights champion (No, she really isn't)
5/ She want to smear the members of the Salmond Inquiry (that would be pro UK MSPs)
Just as timing in comedy is everything, it seems that timing in smearing is also crucial. There is another notable thing to mention as well, time, there will come a time when there will be a change of government. There will come a time when a pro Salmond regime takes over the SNP, if that regime is in government, there may have 'unfinished' business with many people who were involved with the Salmond saga. All the mechanisms currently protecting the guilty will be removed. Sturgeon and her gang won't be around to protect them, in fact you could opine that just as the SNP Government came after Alex Salmond, the same legal processes could legally done to them. I doubt that they will go the way of discredited fit up internal investigation, but certainly criminal investigations might prove useful. Sometimes, a sledgehammer is needed to crack a nut. So, if any of the 'alphabet women' have anything to say, now is a good time to spill your guts. I wouldn't place my future in the hands of Nicola Sturgeon, because she has already shown her true colours. If Sturgeon is willing to betray her mentor and alleged friend of 30 years, you know all you need to know about her loyalty to people. And she is already apparently looking for an exit as mentioned by others!
Finally, remember this text message when someone says there was no conspiracy in the Salmond scandal:
Some people it seems aren't very good at remaining anonymous.
Yours sincerely
George Laird The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
51 comments:
The basic problem we have is that Holyrood isn't a real government and couldn't run Scotland in a million years. Adam Tomkins explains that point perfectly when he refers to the smell of corruption being everywhere at Holyrood.
Holyrood goes-on to corrupt Victoria Quay and many of our lawyers. So, Scotland is mired in it. I really doubt if it could get ant worse. When we are framing ex-political leaders on bogus charges of rape....where else in the world does that happen?
However, what's the basis of the problem and why is it being allowed to mushroom so that it envelopes all of us? Are there no checks and balances nowadays?
When we see mallicious prosecutions being talked about every few months, then that should be a sign that there are some big problems in Scotland at the moment.
Alex Salmond removed the Lord Advocate from Holyrood. Sturgeon brought him back; it was one of the first things she did and it has been an absolute disaster for us. Evry important legal decision is now suspected of having been vetted by Holyrood.
I believe also that the COPFS were involved in sending-out Twitter messages in the run-up to Glenn Campbell's interview. They were saying more or less that complainers should be left alone. Most of us would agree with that, but when complainers are found to have lied to the High Court then that should be the end of it. Shut-up of, if you don't and you want to keep-on complaining, then identify yourself.
There's a devolution settlement which many of us unhappy about. Sevolution was set-up loosly with few checks and balances and the expectation was that Scotland had complained for a hundred years that it wanted a parliament and so give Scotland a parliament and let them make it work.
The model is broken. All we are doing is fannying around with lawyers now. I believe the useless Linda Fabiani is condulting with American lawyers now. The Secretary of State for Scotland should get involved and send in investigators. You cannot close Holyrood for no reason or for a vague reason. You have to be very specific and I think that the evidence is all there.
Woman H: 'I have a plan so that we can remain anonymous but see strong repercussions'.
The press/BBC/STV in Scotland is now so timid that we need The Spectator to take this matter to the High Court for a judgement on whether Alex Salmond and Geoff Aberdein can issue their statements, or not.
The judgement is due later today but for now it looks as though the statements can be released.
Aberdein's will confirm beyond doubt that Sturgeon mis-led Parliament and for that she must resign.
Gordon Dangerfield QC is a well-known Scottish lawyer who is watching over this and the Craig Murray case. He calls Scotland under Sturgeon's Holyrood a Junta.
Would anyone argue with that?
Her correct title is: 'The wee hairy fae Dreghorn'. Glenn Campbell can't call her that, but you have no such excuse.
There is another husband and wife team keeping under the radar at just now. They are in charge of Hub, who build all of the hospitals and schools and stuff like that.
The trouble is that a good few of these buildings are crap and have really dangerous faults. Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and Edinburgh's Sick kids are examples. Plus there are schools.
The hospitals will be subject to a judge led inquiry later this year. I don't know about the schools.
Trouble is that prior to Holyrood, we could build these types of buildings blindfolded. They never went wrong. Now they all go wrong and they are all covered-up.
Thank God for the excellent Union, Unison who brought this to our attention and demanded an investigation. It is wasn't for them it would have been covered-up.
Many of our Unions are nuisance-value but not Unison. They are the real thing.
If woman H is who I think it is then everyone knows the name, they just haven't associated the name with it being woman H, but that won't last for long.
Plenty of Scots are pissed-off with her.
If it's who I think it is then she is someone of of mediocre ability who has already been promoted far above her station in life. Also, she's known for being a lazy bitch.
I think she should pull-out of this before she gets herself sucked further into the vortex.
One thing to think about here...how did woman H get her interview with Glenn Campbell? Who arranged it? Did the COPFS know about it? Did the Scottish Government arrange it or did they use a middle-man? Did Linda Fabiani have any prior knowledge of it?
Not anyone can get an interview like that, presumably to coincide with the start of Nicola Sturgeon's appearance in front of the Fabiani Inquiry, which was due to be tomorrow.
They tell me that George Galloway is back living in Scotland again and is putting himself forward for election in May.
Personally, I hope that May's election is cancelled due to the investigators being sent in to Holyrood.
If it's not, then George Galloway would be a welcome addition and he would shake-up to the self-important spoofs that sit in chairs there all day and do nothing.
He could wind-up Bill and Hillary Clinton and so he will have no problem with the Murrells, James Wolffe or John Swinney.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/alex-salmond-inquiry-this-cover-up-has-damaged-sturgeon-and-co-rtf72vtnb
Read this, George.
Magnus Linklater has first hand experience of dealing with Mr Swinney, as have I.
SNP health spokeswoman just said on BBC that we should have waited till the EU was ready to dispense the vaccine. Dr Philippa W. What a plonker - why do we vote for these folk?
From Alan Cochrane in The Telegraph: –
‘In what must be a unique political phenomenon not a single word of criticism about her Covid restrictions has ever been heard from her 60 MSPs at Holyrood or the 46 MPs at Westminster. Does that mean that they all agree with her or, rather, that the SNP is the most docile, even supine, bunch of politicians ever.’
A few of the women have already been named on Twitter. It was taken back down again within a day, but it's inevitably going to become public knowledge pretty soon.
I hope these women know that they've been taken for fools.
I understand that John Swinney is to be replaced in May as Education Secretary. Let's hope he is swapping the Holyrood front benches for a stretch inside Perth Jail. There's an expectation that he is going to get politically very bent and damaged soon. Fabulous. Canny wait.
'I don't know why, but the press are still entertaining this nonsense that the 'alphabet women' are somehow victims.' - This bit confuses me too. It used to be the case in Glasgow that if you were found 'not guilty' at Glasgow High Court, that was the end of it. Some heavy-metal gangsters walked free and were allowed to get-on with their lives. Not so Alex Salmond?
Glenn Campbell is a switched-on chap. The alphabet woman he was talking to (if it's who I think it is) is anything but switched-on.
I presume she's the best they've got?
Surely Glenn Campbell must suspect somthing is wrong here? He speaks to other journalists and folk in political and legal circles. I suspect he knows far more than we do.
The other possibility of course is that they are just biding time for the moment. Collapse the SNP leadership at a time which gives them no opportunity to replace the leadership with anyone sensible. For example, you may have to go into the Holyrood election with Humza Yousaf as prospective party leader? How would that look?
Interesting - even Derek Mackay wasn't bagged after he was caught grooming wee boys; he resigned. What of James Wolffe who is bringing in half a dozen cases of mallicious prosecution like a fisherman brings in a line full of mackeral. He hasn't been bagged, has he? In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to see that fanny back in May.
If Swinney has been fingered by Sturgeon for the axe, then he must have done something very, very bad. Worse than grooming wee boys and worse than £100m plus in mallicious prosecution costs.
The problem for the SNP is that they only act once an MSP has been caught, not before. Hence, an awful lot hinges on this case: Salmond versus Sturgeon. I predict it will be Maradonna versus Charlie Adams and the wee hairy will be gone soon.
Speaking about Humza, I understand his wife's on the list vote. I don't know yet about his wee brother, cousin and auntie, but I'll ask.
Dear Anon
"Speaking about Humza, I understand his wife's on the list vote. I don't know yet about his wee brother, cousin and auntie, but I'll ask."
A family affair, beats working in call centres.
George
Since the interdicts, judgements etc. relating to this matter are limited to the jurisdiction of Scotland (or perhaps the UK by leave of the UK Supreme Court) it would be extremely easy to name the 'alphabet women' and any other info which need to be in the public domain from 'offshore'. Why has no-one done do?
I seem to remember someone wrote into WoS and advised people to contact a UK address which would provide the names of two overseas addresses which were publishing all the names.
It's only a matter of time though and, from what I know of them, the women are not very bright.
We live in a country which has two governments and yet honest governance is non-existant. The UK civil-service ought to carry-out an investigation into this case and if they don't do that it will go-on and get worse.
It should have been done years ago. Many people in Scotland are suffereing because of this shit.
'No legal advice' on draft Scottish independence bill despite potential 'wildcat' referendum
SNP ministers have not sought nor received any legal advice on their draft independence referendum bill that could pave the way for a potential ‘wildcat’ poll, it has emerged.
Proof if proof were needed that the SNP are frauds and are taking us all for mugs. Old Linda Fabiani consults with American lawyers now regarding the Salmond case; presumably because Scottish lawyers know she is an arsehole.
But no-one in the SNP has consulted with any lawyer regarding a referendum not sanctioned by Westminster. And they expect folk to vote for this?
After the Glenn Campbell interview, the BBC interviewed Linda Fabiani who said she 'was so sorry for putting the women through the ordeal'...I thought to myself 'what ordeal is she talking about; has Alex Salmond not gone through an ordeal?'
It all looks like a set-up job. I'm sure the BBC are not as dumb as they look at them moment and they have plenty of time to correct this. The alphabet woman sounded as though she knew that. It was her last throw of the dice; the BBC have a few more yet.
If Lady Dorian judges that Alex Salmond and Geoff Aberdein's statements can be made public, might Glenn Campbell want to speak to Alex Salmond? He would have a more interesting commentry that another alphabet woman.
A major problem we have is the supremecy of parliament and that requires it to be run by honest folk.
Ours is run by a liar and her deputy is a bully.
The Lord Advocate's role is further down the pecking order. The public don't elect him and yet he sits with our government and takes instruction from them and gets things done by lawyers. This is entirely wrong but if they want to do it that way thay can. Sturgeon and Swinney though, take full responsibility for all that goes wrong (and it will go wrong).
Holyrood was conceived to be full of honest folk and so there are no checks and balances. The Alex Salmond case is a crime perpetrated on an innocent man by a corrupted government.
I woul dispense with the Lord Asvocate's role and start again with a written constitution. Until that is in place, close Holyrood and send in the investigators.
I was just reading that 5No European countries would most likely object to Scotland's future membership of the EU. Only 1No needs to object.
Whoever anyone votes for (and I really don't care) I would not vote for the SNP on this prospectus.
Was the woman interviewed by Glenn Campbell the woman who said that AS had attempted to rape her? It was after a Bute House function and it was explained to the jury that the woman hadn't even attended the function. That was accepted and the woman's testimony was rejected. Why are we still listening to her? Should she not herself be under investigation?
From the excellent 'Willie' on WoS. I always find myself agreeing with this guy. Brian Wilson's article (I always find myself agreeing with him too) was from Saturday.
“ Imagine you stumbled upon a major scandal involving the Scottish Government or one of its agencies? Who would you go to with confidence it would be properly investigated?
To the politicians? Obviously not. To senior civil servants? You’re joking. To the Crown Office? Certainly not on current form. To the national police force, now answerable directly to the same politicians? Not with any great faith.
It is not a happy state of affairs in any society when checks and balances which safeguard the separation of powers, within government and the law, are cast aside. The ease with which this has happened in Scotland is remarkable.
Over the coming weeks, one way or another, the Holyrood Committee on Harassment Complaints will peter out. However, it will long stand as testimonial to the power which now resides within St Andrew’s House to obstruct any inconvenient process demanding transparency and natural justice.
What we are seeing is the tip of a very large iceberg, albeit one that was never meant to be exposed. “ ( Brian Wilson )
ENDS:
What I’ve posted here is an extract from a piece today by the arch unionist and one time Labour Energy Minister Brian Wilson.
No lover of the SNP his comments indicate exactly the onslaught that will be levied against the entire apparatus of government in Scotland. Sadly his comments are absolutely true.
Direct Rule is coming. Let us be in no doubt. That is the intention. We’re not fit to run our own affairs. And Nicola and the Gang facilitated that.
The Scottish parliamentary inquiry into the Alex Salmond affair, where he was maliciously prosecuted, voted to censor his evidence. So he refused to appear and quite right. You couldn’t make it up!
It shows two different media strategies. BBC interview anyone selected by the Murrells, Swinney and James Wolffe. Sky News do the opposite and interview Kenny MacAskill, plus they have a couple of deepthroats inside St Andrews House.
Something tells me Sky News have the better strategy. James Matthews had better watch-out he doesn't get his windows panned-in by Swinney and Wishart's Perthshire SNP brownshirts.
The comparisons between Stormont and Holyrood are all there. There was a divide between the republicans and the unionists who hated each other and didn't want to work together. There was a financial scandal involving £500m which was wasted on a green energy scheme which went wrong.
What's going-on at Holyrood just now does make what went-on at Stormont look like small potatoes, doesn't it? There was really no allegation of corruption at Stormont; it was all about it not being fit to govern.
You cannot close it down and just say 'It's not fit to govern', and so you have to find examples of corruption first and let them sink into the public awareness for a few months.
Maybe that's what's happening here.
The opinion of many members of the Scottish National Party is that they want Sturgeon removed and it is the 'Deep State' of the UK Gov that are keeping her safe for now. I don't persoanally agree with that but it's a widely held view nonetheless.
Therefore, it only takes the UK Gov to withdraw support from Sturgeon for her to fall.
It always seemed to me that the UK civil-service would be best to do that.
By the way, if I were to call anything or anyone the Deep State just now it would be the Scottish Government at St Andrews House.
In other news - international flights to Scotland are being diverted to England to avoid Scotland's daft hotel quaranteen regulations.
Once the pandemic is over, there is no saying that all of these international flights will return.
In the meantime, 1200No hotel rooms block-booked by the SG remain empty.
Delay the Holyrood election until we get resolution on Sturgeon versus Salmond.
It looks to me as if John Swinney will be sacrificed (that may already be underway) then it will be the alphabet women. Lat will be James Wolffe. He will be last man standing. Sturgeon's human shield.
It's the politics of central Africa, isn't it. What would Robert Burns have made of all this shite.
'The legal and judicial systems seem very compromised, but not terminally, or Alex Salmond and Mark Hirst would not be free. Nicola Sturgeon and her catty, twelve-grand-a-year, office-girl-mentality, hubble-bubble-leg-shave-stubble coven will not be around forever and, once their boss is gone, all the current political parasites will have a career reckoning to deal with.'
I wonder what's holding-up Lady Dorian's judgement. Surely it's not our COPFS and Lord Advocate? Shamelesly spending our money to ensure Alex Salmond spends all of his money. Alex Salmond will run-out of money before these arseholes do.
Also, @TheScotsman reported that 47% of Scots would vote for 'independence'. They didn't tell you that *among those likely to vote* 46% said NO to 42% YES.
.....or one of her relatives has hitched their star to the SNP. I've heard that once or twice before.
The alphabet woman's motives are being dismantled by the day at the moment and with it goes the reputation of Holyrood.
Lady Dorian's judgement has been released. I'll let you read it and make your own mind-up. For me it doesn't change an awful lot and makes it more likely that Alex Salmond will go down the press conference route. That was always my preferred option anyway. The High Court was worth a try, but it hasn't clarified anything for me.
Press conference in front of Sky News, The Times, Telegraph, Guardian, The Independent and The Sunday Post (I don't think any other Scottish paper has the necessary gumption to be there, do you?)
The Spectator:
'Last week, The Spectator went to the High Court in Edinburgh to seek clarification on the publication of Alex Salmond’s written testimony to the Parliamentary Inquiry into how the Scottish Government handled complaints against him (nothing to do with the criminal trial). We published his evidence on our website in January as a public service. By contrast, and to our surprise, the Inquiry decided that it was unable to consider this evidence, apparently due to a court order protecting the anonymity of complainers.
We welcome Lady Dorrian’s written judgment today which confirms that – as we always believed – the court had no intention of obstructing a legitimate parliamentary inquiry established to investigate government behaviour and hold it to account. We believe there is no reason why all key and relevant evidence should not now be published.
It is right, of course, that none of the complainers should be identified: this is a matter of basic decency as well as observing a court order. But both Parliament and the Press do have a duty to scrutinise evidence from all sides and to inform the public on issues of national importance. We respect the importance of striking the correct balance between the freedom to publish important information and providing anonymity for complainers.
The court judgment clearly says that it is for the Parliamentary Inquiry to decide how to proceed. As we argued after the initial judgment last week, the Scottish Parliament was created to bring transparency and scrutiny to devolved government. It is now for the Inquiry to put that into effect. Anything less would be an affront to the accountability of government in a democratic society — and render the Inquiry null and void.'
Sturgeonites now blaming the Westminster civil service completely ignoring the ugly twins’ text messages trying his hardest to get the Met police involved.
Alex Salmond is re-writing his statement now to comply with Lady Dorian's judgement and it will be delivered to the Fabiani Inquiry tomorrow. He is hoping to be called before the Inquiry next week.
Fraser Nelson, The Spectator: 'The Spectator went to court last week to seek clarification on what is and isn’t allowed to be published on the Alex Salmond affair. After today’s judgment, there’s now no reason why the Scottish Parliament can’t release all the relevant evidence.'
Lesley Riddoch has been nagging us all to watch some youtube film on the rise of independence in Estonia and how it has quickly become the new 'Baltic Tiger'.
It was in the news yesterday that the Government there has collapsed amid allegations of corruption.
Is it too much to hope that our crappy Scottish Government will soon collapse amid corruption allegations too?
Alex Salmond is expecting to be called before the Holyrood Inquiry next Wednesday. The Spectator are doing fine job of winding-up the worthies of the SNP. Andrew Neil has criticized Scotland's vaccine roll-out program as being vastly inferior to England's. I thought that much was obvious myself. But the usual suspects within the Holyrood Junta are going mad.
If this appearance in front of the Fabiani Inquiry goes ahead, I would expect many in the SNP party, government and civil service to be shredded by Alex Salmond. Scotland has waited a long time for this and not many in UK politics can get the better of Alex Salmond.
The excellent Stephen Daisley is now working for The Spectator. He was formerly with the BBC but was hounded-out of his job by the SNP's Pete Wishart and John Nicholson.
I find it really shocking that this is allowed to happen, especially to someone employed by the BBC.
And what of Stephen Daisley himself? Years out of work with all the financial and health effects that has on him?
Is this the type of country that anyone wants to live in? I think the SNP are heading for a collapse. An exponential collapse as some would call it.
Thank God for this website. It gets things done. The newspapers and the BBC in Scotland are useless.
Adam Tomkins MSP, 5 minutes ago: 'Hoyrood is broken'
This is the biggest story in UK politics and it'll run till Salmond has Sturgeon's head on a stake and we're rid of her criminal gang.
'First, what was the provenance of your recent interview with one of the complainants in the Salmond affair? Did you approach the individual? Did she volunteer? Or was she offered up by the spinners surrounding the First Minister?' - ANDREW NEIL TO BBC 20/2/2021
'Second, is she independent of the current political ructions within the SNP? If so, fine. If not, why were viewers not told. And if that was not possible on grounds of self-identification, then why was it still OK to broadcast the interview?' - ANDREW NEIL TO BBC, 20/2/2021
“The First Minister of Scotland was a key part of a conspiracy by those closest to her, including her husband, to bring down former First Minister Alex Salmond. She has lied repeatedly, including to Parliament, about her part in the conspiracy, and indeed has falsely denied even knowing about it. She is now part of a conspiracy to cover up what she and others did to Alex Salmond.” Gordon Dangerfield QC
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/6714097/nicola-sturgeon-alex-salmond-questioned-harassment-allegations-knowledge/
At last we have an investigative journalist who is not scared of Wishart, Swinney and the brownshirts of the SNP.
Much of this appears to be lifted from Gordon Dangerfield's blog, but I'm sure that Gordon Dangerfield doesn't mind.
In the Sunday Times they reported that Evans, Lloyd and Murrell are going to be bagged and even the SNP members of the Fabiani Inquiry are agreed on that.
They won't be thrown to the dogs though. There will be a few gigs on quangos and all that sort of stuff. The SNP used to be dead against this but now embrace it because their lives depend on it. I have no doubt the movement started with good intentions and with good people, but this modern incarnation is full of thick folk and those with criminal tendancies.
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