SNP are lying b******s as well !

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Still can't smell any cordite.

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The reality of the mismanagement of our nationalised ferry service. And still nobody takes responsibility. Shambles.

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This is what the accounts say:-

Referendum Appeal

By 31 December 2021, a total of £740,822 had been raised through the independence related
appeals. These donations are also included in – and have been reconciled with – the total
amount for donations included in Party accounts from 2017 to 2021. Up until 31 December 2021
a total of £253,335 of expenditure had been applied against this income. The balance remains
“earmarked” for independence related campaigning.

Of course, the SNP is the party of independence and, as such, every action we take – directly or
indirectly – is in support of winning independence. However, we continue to take a very strict
approach to ensuring that this income supports expenditure directly related to the campaign
for independence. We will ensure that an amount equivalent to the sums raised from these
appeals will go directly to our work to secure a referendum and win independence.

The £253k isn't broken down any further. However, there is an amount of £1.6m in 2021 for "Campaigning Costs", which seems the best home for that £253k.

It's like a Stonybridge sketch written by Franz Kafka.

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https://wingsoverscotland.com/progre...e/#more-136982

Bearing in mind this is the website which sowed the seeds of the Murrells' downfall it'll be interesting to see if this leads anywhere.

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https://wingsoverscotland.com/progre...e/#more-136982

Bearing in mind this is the website which sowed the seeds of the Murrells' downfall it'll be interesting to see if this leads anywhere.

Has that website done anything else in the last 13 years that you consider of note?

I've got the advantage of having always thought the boy was a rocket. What about you? He's become credible in the last few years? And how? You're dead against independence.

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https://wingsoverscotland.com/progre...e/#more-136982

Bearing in mind this is the website which sowed the seeds of the Murrells' downfall it'll be interesting to see if this leads anywhere.

He takes the credit but the Murrells did that themselves.

The bad Rev has never been a proper journalist as so many used to claim, he’s a blogger who found favour by telling a lot of people what they wanted to hear. The only difference between now and his heyday is he is preaching to a different group. A nasty piece of work who is best ignored.

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He takes the credit but the Murrells did that themselves.

The bad Rev has never been a proper journalist as so many used to claim, he’s a blogger who found favour by telling a lot of people what they wanted to hear. The only difference between now and his heyday is he is preaching to a different group. A nasty piece of work who is best ignored.

Said for years he was a con man, how much did he fleece the gullible with his go fund me pages 🙄

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Said for years he was a con man, how much did he fleece the gullible with his go fund me pages 🙄

Yip, happy to say that I have thought he was a total prick from day 1. Never gave him a penny. Really nasty bigot and anyone from either side quoting him need to give themselves a shake. All of a sudden he is the go to for some because of his hatred of NS and the SNP. And it is hatred, mostly borne out of his bigoted views.

Edit. Just realised we have agreed on something!!! Hope that's a good omen for today's football😀😀😀

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He takes the credit but the Murrells did that themselves.

The bad Rev has never been a proper journalist as so many used to claim, he’s a blogger who found favour by telling a lot of people what they wanted to hear. The only difference between now and his heyday is he is preaching to a different group. A nasty piece of work who is best ignored.

I'm sure the SNP hierarchy would have liked him ignored. If he had been Murrell would quite likely still be in post.

What constitutes a 'proper journalist' in an era where 'influencers' and bloggers carry more clout than the mainstream media? Many among the independence movement used to pretty much set their watches around Wings.

He may well be a nasty piece of work but Campbell's ability to get under the skin of those with influence and to dig deeper into stories than 'proper journalists' dare to do is reflected by the fact that issues which are initially laughed off end up dominating the front pages for weeks. He was writing not only about the 'ringfenced' 600k and the lies around membership numbers but also the dangers inherent in forging ahead with the GRR years before the established media realised the collapse of Sturgeonism was at hand.

Bearing in mind the exhaustive research which goes into much of what he publishes he clearly has a contacts book to be envied by many and the ear of certain people at the heart of the SG/SNP.

Whatever one's political allegiance (and I imagine he would swing full square back behind independence were a hierarchy he approved of put in place) he remains, I'd say, someone to ignore at your peril and as I say it will be interesting to see if his latest posting re Progress Scotland gains any traction.

[He's here!]

https://archive.ph/2023.04.14-153224...ily-feared-me/

Interesting interview with Mandy Rhodes. Patrick Harvie features as his usual lovely self.

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The reality of the mismanagement of our nationalised ferry service. And still nobody takes responsibility. Shambles.

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Yousaf's inertia around this is bewildering.

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I'm sure the SNP hierarchy would have liked him ignored. If he had been Murrell would quite likely still be in post.

What constitutes a 'proper journalist' in an era where 'influencers' and bloggers carry more clout than the mainstream media? Many among the independence movement used to pretty much set their watches around Wings.

He may well be a nasty piece of work but Campbell's ability to get under the skin of those with influence and to dig deeper into stories than 'proper journalists' dare to do is reflected by the fact that issues which are initially laughed off end up dominating the front pages for weeks. He was writing not only about the 'ringfenced' 600k and the lies around membership numbers but also the dangers inherent in forging ahead with the GRR years before the established media realised the collapse of Sturgeonism was at hand.

Bearing in mind the exhaustive research which goes into much of what he publishes he clearly has a contacts book to be envied by many and the ear of certain people at the heart of the SG/SNP.

Whatever one's political allegiance (and I imagine he would swing full square back behind independence were a hierarchy he approved of put in place) he remains, I'd say, someone to ignore at your peril and as I say it will be interesting to see if his latest posting re Progress Scotland gains any traction.

"My enemy's enemy is my friend", you mean.

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Really nasty bigot and anyone from either side quoting him need to give themselves a shake.

Agreed.

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He may well be a nasty piece of work but ...

There you go.

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Yip, happy to say that I have thought he was a total prick from day 1. Never gave him a penny. Really nasty bigot and anyone from either side quoting him need to give themselves a shake. All of a sudden he is the go to for some because of his hatred of NS and the SNP. And it is hatred, mostly borne out of his bigoted views.

Edit. Just realised we have agreed on something!!! Hope that's a good omen for today's football😀😀😀

Gonna have to agree with you more often 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

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Gonna have to agree with you more often 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

👍👍👍 Good to know that you are open to independence now 😀😀😀

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...lands-65285660

Ministry of Defence approached for help to alleviate ferries crisis.

Unfortunately the SG's £9 million hire of a stand-in catamaran has been held up:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65286224

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...lands-65285660

Ministry of Defence approached for help to alleviate ferries crisis.

Unfortunately the SG's £9 million hire of a stand-in catamaran has been held up:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65286224

Isn’t that Highland council rather than Calmac?


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Isn’t that Highland council rather than Calmac?


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Yep, separate issues.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...itics-65277808

One step forward.


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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...itics-65277808

One step forward.


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They have spent a year silencing anyone that wanted to look under the iron curtain, they will then review themselves after being caught. Damage is done their should be multiple people resigning or getting their jotters. Continuity Humza really has to sack people rather than going down the same path politically like he seems to be. The ship is sinking and he's saying let's bash on the same

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They have spent a year silencing anyone that wanted to look under the iron curtain, they will then review themselves after being caught. Damage is done their should be multiple people resigning or getting their jotters. Continuity Humza really has to sack people rather than going down the same path politically like he seems to be. The ship is sinking and he's saying let's bash on the same

External review but I agree that there should already be people suspended at the very least.


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External review but I agree that there should already be people suspended at the very least.


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External review that comes to them to do what the wish with. They won't get away with blaming everything on Murrell/Sturgeon the same core are very much in charge. They had a chance to change and move on. Unfortunately the opposition are going to run with this the next year and it really shouldn't be news as its unimportant in the grand scheme of things

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External review but I agree that there should already be people suspended at the very least.

Suspended for what? And who should be suspended?

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Suspended for what? And who should be suspended?

Murrell has been arrested and not even suspended like other SNP staff have been post being charged. Murrell wasn't the only one in charge it's a huge company who else was involved. Who would have been involved with the finances at the time ring fenced money is accused of being spent. All should be suspended and away from the evidence, it's not saying there is any guilt it's good practice. Who was near buying rather than renting a 100k motor home that was never used, when the company needed 100k loan to prop its finances.

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Murrell has been arrested and not even suspended like other SNP staff have been post being charged. Murrell wasn't the only one in charge it's a huge company who else was involved. Who would have been involved with the finances at the time ring fenced money is accused of being spent. All should be suspended and away from the evidence, it's not saying there is any guilt it's good practice. Who was near buying rather than renting a 100k motor home that was never used, when the company needed 100k loan to prop its finances.

Well I'm convinced. (Just joking).

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Suspended for what? And who should be suspended?

There is def grounds for suspending Murrell. That much is obvious but there will be others that are known about. I doubt this is anything illegal but it does seem to fall well short of good governance. The fact that info was withheld from the NEC and the leadership candidates means there were serious problems behind the scenes.
If Yousaf wants people to believe he has what it takes he should be sorting these things out now.
People can be suspended now pending the review.
He needs to act quickly. There is a narrative being built around him that he doesn’t know what he’s doing. He needs to change that narrative quickly.


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The fact that info was withheld from the NEC and the leadership candidates means there were serious problems behind the scenes.

What info was "withheld" and what evidence do you have to support that charge?

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What info was "withheld" and what evidence do you have to support that charge?

Have you not been following, much of that is in this thread tbf. Start with humzas interviews. He's for some unknown reason kept the story going by releasing more nuggets each day.

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Have you not been following, much of that is in this thread tbf. Start with humzas interviews. He's for some unknown reason kept the story going by releasing more nuggets each day.

Just because Yousaf didn't know something, doesn't mean that the info was necessarily withheld.