Can someone clarify for the hard of thinking. Working as a project manager for promoters, DF Concerts, she set up meetings with four ministers, including Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop, who signed-off the six-figure grant. Yes, regarding Robertson the Odious, allegedly he wasnt a very nice guy re his first wife. Beyond that, all fingers point to Finance Secretary Derek Mackay, a man who appears to have been working to improve his image and delivery style. I'd say you won't ever get the same amount of value out of actually playing draft that you would get form rare drafting. Is it about correcting the process? Poundland Alastair Campbell by the sound of it. find off-putting , more focus on health and education (both subject to major SNP pushes in 2007) and so on. Akeywitness, Geoff Aberdein, was effectively barred from being even mentioned, let alone allowed to answer questions. For long stretches [], Snow question: Europes most reliable ski resorts, Rishi Sunak should welcome lively MPs, not shun them. James Doleman is tweeting the Spectator case. 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. Which is probably why Cummings was so protected. I think is time for Geoff Aberdein to just release the ins and outs of his meeting to a Friendly Irish newspaper/media source. what is the actual proper remit of the committee? Once more, werein the uncomfortable position of agreeing with Jackie Baillie. @sylvia re LL and NC, good point. If we really mean to fix Scotlands three century+ mankit bourgeoisie midden we will need the right people for the job. Not sure *you* need to prove anything. (Similarly, one might note that Thatcherisms Scottish admirers were almost all men.) But Aberdein cannot make any voluntary political action because of his current employment. If I had Im damned sure Id want to know where my money is. In one sense this is admirable: as the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey reported last year women are more sceptical of government than men and, hence, more sensible. But he said the three of them were left alone after the pleasantries and small talk was out of the way, with Miss Sturgeon and Mr Salmond talking privately in another part of the house, which features a reading room filled with books, a compact kitchen fitted with a 1,000 coffee machine and a comfortable living room with a colourful floral feature wall straight out of a new-build home brochure. such as one of the bigger Washington based policy organisations She wont be a top player -one or two rungs down, e.g. 1,107,807 Comments, Wings Over Scotland Powered by WordPress Talk about punching above your weight. The alarm bells should be ringing.. And to think, not so long ago, people were asking questions why the SNP wasnt giving a leg up to Scotlands indigenous new media. Stu, I posted this on the Four Words article, but not sure if you saw it: I tweeted Tricia Marwick & Andy Wightman yesterday and both denied the MacWhirter claim that the Crown gave legal advice to parliament? A judge had already ruled that the Scottish Government's handling of complaints against Alex Salmond had been tainted with prejudice and illegal . Neil Drysdale: What's the best alternative anthem if Flower of Scotland needs replacing? Spectator Case Clancy says if the court can take an early lunch break so he can take further instructions. Now Mark is taking action against Scotlands prosecuting authority, the Crown Office by bringing a malicious prosecution case against That pic, Dempsie is cosying right up tae Eck almost as if shes angling for something. The predecessor seat, Gordon, was held by the Liberal Democrats until Mr Salmonds victory in 2007. It is understood the Spectator will argue there is a strong public interest in disclosure under article 10 of the European convention on human rights, given the significance of Salmonds allegations about Sturgeons government and party, @mac 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? 6.1.1, The world's most-read Scottish politics website, Posted on 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. This farce of an inquiry is now at rock bottom. Miss Sturgeon previously insisted she first learned about the complaints at a meeting with Mr Salmond in her home near Glasgow on April 2. Keep on pointing them out please and be cool with allies from anywhere. Information about his character is also almost as rare as snapshots, but according a couple of articles by his former employer, five years apart, were told that hes tetchy andknown for his aggressive and combative spats with journalists. @eileencarson it is Jennifer Dempsie, as was then, now Mrs Angus Robertson. Dial 0207 660 8149 and listen to request for your code which is 183 737 8571. 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But its gone ! 'CYBERNAT' is fast becoming the byword for the kind of troll every political party could well do without, writes Jennifer Dempsie Cybernat. 11 February, 2021 at 10:13 am Ha Ha thats how fkn stupid this whole set up is you would need a bloody good memory to figure out the moves in this Machiavellian tragedy or balls up whatever suits the description. [failed verification] Outside politics Robertson is a music fan, and particularly likes Metallica and Belle and Sebastian. He accompanied the former First Minister to the talks at Miss Sturgeons modest home in a middle-class housing estate in Lanarkshire along with former MSP Duncan Hamilton, Mr Salmonds lawyer. One is dragged off to the Nick the perpetrator and charged the other one is in the Mortuary the victim one is interviewed by the Cops witness He certainly looks like one angry little man. Would you say he cheating on his wife Jennifer Dempsey? That is just re-smearing Alex Salmond by the back door. Alec Prentice says the Crown has no objections to the proposed change to the order in order to clarify the situation. @baxter thanks. The two women to Alex Salmonds left looking cosy and happy with him look quite familiar . Lesley Riddochs recent programme on Estonia revealed 3 essential features in its independence from Russian rule: 1. 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? Marks trial took place on the 7th of January 2021 where he was acquitted after the Court ruled there was no case to answer. The story is less favourable to the SNP and it looks like its setting Peter Murrell up to take the fall for Sturgeon. how do i prove im not watching live tv on any channel ? let down by the courts/legal system has two purposes: 1) garner sympathy from women, #metoos in particular and 2) make it look like Salmond got away with it. The Stuart Nicolson photo is a photo of the group of Spads that worked for Salmond, at the point of his departure in 2014, including a few who had moved on during Salmonds tenure. But the First Ministers focus should be on independence she shouldnt be involved in any tit-for-tat and the people working for her shouldnt be getting involved in that. However, I have realised that there is still more I want to achieve in my career in business with some exciting new opportunities arising. Fearing that her mentor had turned on her and was actively trying to bring her down, Miss Sturgeon declared war by signing off an unprecedented early morning statement dismissing the claims and accusing Mr Salmonds team of trying to smear her. Disgusting. Add Sturgeons admiration for Kissinger, Clinton and Lagarde and her very iffy foreign policy stance and you see a bigger picture. She will dump her husband for someone a bit more connected and smarter/younger than Peter, who is a fat, pasty faced mealie pudding. Yes had been behind by 18 points in February but now, with days to go, the same pollster put Yes two ahead. You lose count of the times they have attempted to destroy this man. Is sharing cake in the office really like passive smoking? But the questions kept coming and the fact that Mr Salmond appeared to be adding to them enraged her. . Id imagine the police would/should be interested. Mr Aberdein also revealed new details of a meeting between Mr Salmond and Miss Sturgeon. Jennifer Dempsie was planning to stand for the SNP at next years Holyrood elections but yesterday announced that she will not be standing. Since the revelation in late July, opposition MSPs have demanded more information about the payment, accusing Ms Hyslop of breaking the ministerial code. 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