One minister admitted to this being a low point for the party and said that an early general election or an early Holyrood vote called as a result of failing to pass the Budget would cause serious problems. During his criminal trial, Alex Salmons and his lawyers were shown the full set of recovered WhatsApp messages between the people he says we're plotting against him. letters from RapeCrisisScotland (sic) /aka mouthpiece_SNP), and now this SPAD, PEOPLE brand this an SNP civil war and Im not interested in that. So when Angus Robertson had the affair 2014/2015 with another woman. Before, we had people who were part of a team with one leader. Sadly, theres nothing this shower of charlatans, conspirators, troughers and incompetents do which surprises me any more. Neil Drysdale: What's the best alternative anthem if Flower of Scotland needs replacing? Leading up to T in the Park, Ms Dempsie set up meetings between festival boss, Geoff Ellis and Finance Secretary John Swinney, Transport Minister Derek Mackay, and Work and Training Minister Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perthshire South and Kinross-shire, where the event took place. It was the year of the NATO vote. Stuart MacDonald, Michelle Thompson, David McKay, Joanna Cherry, Neale Hanvey. Salmond's majority in the seat at the 2011 Holyrood election was a . No names no pack drill but the Highlands is a very small place. I believe they both accompanied AS at the meeting at NS house on 2nd April 2018. He was never sexually unfaithful to Moira.. Just had a Stuart Nicolson memory. I think is time for Geoff Aberdein to just release the ins and outs of his meeting to a Friendly Irish newspaper/media source. Dont worry, my close personal friend Facundo tells me that the Spectator will deliver today. Jennifer Dempsie was planning to stand for the SNP at next years Holyrood elections but yesterday announced that she will not be standing. Elected politicians only should speak to the public the advisers should be greatly reduced and silenced. All carefully choreographed which means theyre all equally guilty and due for a long rest away from the slimelight. Holyrood mulls drastic booze marketing restrictions, Scotland's 20p bottle and can recycling rules: Five key questions, Fashion retailer Quiz closes its store in Aberdeen's Bon Accord Centre and moves instead to Union Square, 'It's for everyone': Plans unveiled for Moray to get its own flag, Top cop says 'creative solutions' needed to keep youths from causing trouble in Aberdeen - but parents must act too. The Aberdeenshire East constituency was created at the 2011 Scottish elections. What a joke. They try again eventually. I imagine the choice of the judge(s) will be crucial. I was genuinely expecting to zoom in on that photo and see Sturgeons special adviser hanging around with Osborne and Murphy! The 33-year-old was once known as 'Mrs Message' in recognition of her PR acumen during the referendum campaign. I suspect its the former but theyre not as smart as they think they are and so its rapidly turning into the latter. I said 3-4% was realistic, but Scottish Skier thought 0-1% was just as likely. Add Sturgeons admiration for Kissinger, Clinton and Legarde and her very iffy foreign policy stance and you see a bigger picture. Talk about punching above your weight. Almost certainly Police Scotland will allocate it to a special unit to deal with. People like me have been saying for some time that this is only going to end in tears.. she made only brief reference to the fact there is an ongoing police investigation into complaints about Mr Salmond and that she had referred herself for investigation but there was no substantive discussion of the matter. However, I do recall the nature of SNP conferences really changing quite suddenly one year. The public figure, who is not being named for legal reasons, told the high court in Edinburgh that the woman took part in a small private dinner with him, Salmond and a third guest at Bute House in Edinburgh, the first ministers official residence, in June 2014. Can i just remind everyone about Mark Hirsts fundraiser . Eileen, depends if it is only for A and H who are purportedly the plotters as well as accusers. such as one of the bigger Washington based policy organisations She wont be a top player -one or two rungs down, e.g. As the fallout from the Sturgeon-Salmond split grows ever more toxic, the battle lines over the future of the SNP are being drawn by Michael Blackley, Civil war: The 30-year friendship between First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and her former mentor Alex Salmond, inset, seems over. One of the many things I dont get is why Sturgeon and Swinney are so keen for Liz Lloyd not to appear. Me being dopey again, I thought it was an actual physical think, Greek Orthodox style. This site will be watched, make no mistake about that. Anyone manage to get in? He said Salmond took him and H to the Bute House cabinet room where the then first minister gave him a signed copy of Scotlands Future, the Scottish governments blueprint for independence. Interesting tweet from Tompkins MSP (Con) today, https://twitter.com/ProfTomkins/status/1359534914627137537, BREAKING Inside the SNP, they do not know what lies ahead for Miss Sturgeon and Mr Salmond. To use words like smear we really need to be reflecting on the competence of the people around her.. Now, theres lots of personalities. His Holyrood house of cards is sinking, it will close soon before it collapses. 1,107,807 Comments, Wings Over Scotland Powered by WordPress Who is the red haired female? Depends on date but here her history, crikey I hadnt realised she once worked for Alyn Smith. Let us all hope the Court takes the correct decision to enable this Committee to come to the obvious conclusion. Despite the fact that the party itself has honoured or at least admired warrior queens (in the members estimation) such as Winnie Ewing, Margo MacDonald and even Nicola Sturgeon, the fact remains that women are much less likely to support the SNP than men and, furthermore, this gender gap causes the party some problems. The search to recover debris from the Challenger disaster in 1986 also resulted in the discovery of 13 shipwrecks, two lost airplanes and 25 kilos of cocaine. SNP corruption. Jennifer Dempsie, a senior figure behind-the-scenes in the. Thats what its there for. He is now freelance. Turns out we are finding each other all over the place. And that meant that the Scottish Labour party spent a great deal of time resisting Blairism, just as it will, if returned to power next year (as the polls suggest it will be) do its utmost to preserve the status quo. Dont make the mistake of thinking nobody will notice you doing this. wins its legal challenge over Salmond trial court orders: Lady Dorrian to vary an order which now allows Salmond and Geoff Aberdein evidence to be published. As for Salmond, there is a little thing called trust, and Im confident Salmond trusted his team, but thats not always a two way street, as we now see with Sturgeon. That is, I think, just the way it is. Ah so thats where Cummings went when he apparently left Downing St, A neat change and a very convincing disguise, The more you see the worse it gets FFS ex BBC employee at the centre of the SNP government and a Daily Record bod in there as well fk sake This looks like the Tory party in all but name, Stu a plea please please dont reveal anything else my bloody blood pressure wont take it, ALANM says: Ms Dempsie, who lives in Garmouth in the north-east, began working for the SNP a decade ago as a press officer for Nicola Sturgeon, before being appointed as a special advisor to Mr Salmond when he was first minister. LL and the man behind her are not really reflecting any light at all (which is not possible in that group situation) and LLs hand, which looks as if it is wearing a red lace glove, has been edited to remove a clutch bag. One aspect that might be worth pursuing, I genuinely dont know, so everyone pile in, is a letter (to be published) to the SNP expressing your concerns that the money has been embezzled, providing the SNP with an opportunity to re-imburse you within a certain time limit (and no reply will be considered as a refusal) and that failure to do so will result in you making the complaint a formal one to Police Scotland. 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? Penny Mordaunt is wrong to lecture the Church of England on gay marriage. 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? The source of her anger was not solely the fact that two newspapers had carried stories with fresh allegations about her dealings with Alex Salmond. A former aide to Alex Salmond has launched a bid to succeed her old boss in his north-east seat at Holyrood, it can be revealed. Would you say he cheating on his wife Jennifer Dempsey? A FORMER SNP leader has slammed Alex Salmond's ex-adviser for setting up a meeting which led to a government grant to T in the Park. Rev do you have a date for the pre referendum picture? He was never sexually unfaithful to Moira. The sooner theyre booted out of Holyrood, the better. One of these alphabet ladies because they are all Women, anyway she has a argument with another one of the alphabet women she looses the nut and sticks a pick axe in her bonce this is witnessed by another one of the alphabet women , 6,036 Posts, 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. Court adjourns until 1.30. Its every skiers holiday nightmare. I guess youd need to know what the event was to know the answer. @sylvia re LL and NC, good point. 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? That pic, Dempsie is cosying right up tae Eck almost as if shes angling for something. Scotland's former First Minister, Alex Salmond, was recently acquitted in an Edinburgh courtroom of more than a dozen serious charges of sexual abuse. I contributed. These women have not been let down. You will be breaking the law and risk prosecution and a fine. However, I have realised that there is still more I want to achieve in my career in business with some exciting new opportunities arising. That photo is great at showing some very ambitious and career-focused individuals, who aim for the top prize, and are always setting their sights on the next step up the ladder. No doubt shell give judgement after her holidays some time in June. What was said during the trial will not prevent people with being charged with contempt of court. 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. She will be gracious to her once bitterest rivals.She will make a statement on ASs death, (hopefully distant in the future) Whatever you want to call it,. Mind you i might just go and buy myself a Tartan walking stick,a wheelchair,a couple of new dresses from PRIMARK and a pot of face paint and go top of the list in the Lothians!! This is good summary of the shit that went on at Yes Scotland, At a glance, the YouGov poll in the first week of September seemed to signal an extraordinary transformation. Jennifer Dempsie. When they fall out, two cults are almost duty-bound to fight each other and that is what we see going on now. Alec probably hasnt told you this, but Im sure he knows hes very fortunate to have you as a great ally, but more importantly, a dear friend. Keep on pointing them out please and be cool with allies from anywhere. He could not remember if any of the guests were carrying any injuries, and could not say whether any guest was drunk. 11 February, 2021 at 12:39 pm The great ignored truth of the devolution years is that Holyrood has been a bulwark against change, not an agent for it. So it takes chutzpah for some wee nyaff to pipe up off camera, of course and try to goad a committee that his employer has obstructed every last step of its way into the farcical, futile situation of forcing someone to appear but not letting them talk about any of the relevant facts on pain of prosecution by the massivelycompromised monstrosity and all-round offence against human decency and justice that is the Crown Office. Yup, only cards that appear in the curated packs are included in the tier list :). People know people. Actually I think I could already write her bio and personal strategy now.Do you think I could get a job as a spad to guide her through her gilded corridors. Some believe Brexit Secretary Mike Russell is an option, although he has previously been sacked as education secretary and many think his rumbustious style of politics would be a major turn-off for voters. For the first time since 2007, some SNP members admit it could be in freefall. Is there any hope this depressing shit show will be over any time soon? Still this is splendid news and goes some way to reaffirming not only that justice needs to be done, but needs to be seen to be done for it to carry any trust from the public. Ms Dempsie had been nominated for a place on the SNPs list in the for the Highlands and Islands but, posting on her social media page, she said: I have decided that I will not be taking forward my nominations to be a list SNP MSP. It's clearly not over yet for Alex Salmond" johnsmytheinvestigations.wordpress.com/2022/05/07/an- Lady Ra_Bleather Retweeted Andrew Doyle Why isnt Geoff Aberdein being presses to make a public statement of the truth concerning the meeting in the Parliament building? Now that would put the cat amongst the pigeons. He was quite sober, I have to say. I have been honoured to have received lots of lovely support and made many new friends along the way, of which I am very thankful. for months that year but just not sure Absolutely not because I have this horrific image of him being fully aroused and lying over me, she told the court. Nicola Sturgeon led the congratulations after the couple posted a picture of themselves on social media. Lady Dorian asks for the Advocate Deputes view on the proposed change to the order. Im not sure but James Doleman on twitter usually covers court proceedings of this importance. It appears especially audacious given the immense lengths the Scottish Government has gone to to PREVENT certain people from appearing in front of the Fabiani Fiasco. The wife of the SNP's Westminster leader has gone into business with a disgraced politician and is boasting of the contacts in her "little black book". speaks for the sake of it but nothing of substance. First opinion poll since Alba Party launch keeps Alex Salmond in contention for a dramatic return to the Scottish Parliament Scottish Skier and I had an exchange the other day about the sort of level at which Alba might poll if they were below 5%. them. May it be bruited thus for all eternity . He cooperated with Labour and Liberal Democrat politicians in Scotland to produce a shared plan for devolution and was a prominent and articulate campaigner in the successful 1997 referendum to establish a Scottish Parliament, with limited tax-levying powers but virtually complete control over Scotland's legislation and public services. Alan Mackintosh says: Jennifer Dempsie's words in 2014 "As a staffer who has proudly served under his leadership I would say as thousands did on twitter this week #ThanksAlex. The two women to Alex Salmonds left looking cosy and happy with him look quite familiar . Labour, the Liberal Democrats and Tories yesterday got together and urged the culture committee to hear evidence on the award. Alexs side have not really been engaging in that, theyve been pretty tight. We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. Even Alex didnt stoop that low. Im confused there seem to be contradictory interpretations of what the ruling today means. Akeywitness, Geoff Aberdein, was effectively barred from being even mentioned, let alone allowed to answer questions. @alanmacintosh In one source, this is even tied to previous innuendo of 'links between Alex Salmond and media baron Rupert Murdoch, as well as businesspeople like Donald Trump and Ineos . The trial, which is expected to last for three to four weeks, also heard that the crown and defence teams had agreed that Salmond rarely stayed overnight at Bute House in May 2014. But the downside is that theyre also conservative. As I understand it, Salmonds lawyers had published his staement after carefully redacting in order to protect the complainers and, since he hasnt been arrested, they seem to have achieved that to everyones satisfaction. And to think, not so long ago, people were asking questions why the SNP wasnt giving a leg up to Scotlands indigenous new media. ), Counsel for the Spectator is applying for changes to the court order, passed during the Alec Salmond trial, to prevent the identification of the complainers in that case.. So the women were let down because the jury did not believe their barefaced lies in some cases, nor that pulling a lock of someones hair in jest was a sexual assault. But even though nobodys ever voted for him and almost nobody knows what he looks like, it seems he now gets to announce government policy and issue instructions to Parliamentary committees on how they should go about their business. Two questions Isnt it interesting that at a time when the Scottish legal system is very publically standing in disrepute, the one area where they bent over backwards, to do the right thing was in the area of the Alphabet women. So does that suggest that if Lloyd does appear she wouldnt lie and is uncomfortable with what Sturgeon has done? A prominent figure on the Scottish nationalist movement, he has served as leader of the Alba Party since 2021. Judge is giving Spectator QC hard time. He certainly looks like one angry little man. The interesting part is that it drags in Murrell the Squirrel. IMO, that photo is a composite image which doesnt bear visual scrutiny. The Legal Attempt to End the Fabiani Farce, https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2021/02/the-legal-attempt-to-end-the-fabiani-farce/, Eh bored and tired of Netflix Amazon Prime etc Joanna is making the best of a bad job whilst at the same time giving the bloated one the finger. It looks more like youve been fooling us. This FOI of Nicolsons diary 17/18 could be of interest, havent read it. What a stupid, pathetic, feckless piece of trolling you inflict upon others with your baseless Alex Salmond jibe. And Lloyd is within his groping distance surely thats a bit risky. There is every likelyhood, that once one complaint is made, many more will follow, and it will in effect become the equivalent of a class action. 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. Thought this was going to be about the position of Special Advisers in the Ministerial Code. The story is less favourable to the SNP and it looks like its setting Peter Murrell up to take the fall for Sturgeon. None of the anonymous accusers of Alex Salmond - who that same mainly-female jury decided had NOT been sexually assaulted - appear to care about women who really have been raped and assaulted. . eventually independence will generally be secured, but questions may remain on whether it is real independence or if the colonial power still retains control over key areas of the economy, territory, politics, justice, etc. Whats a heptagon cross, sounds interesting. They want Nicola to have the last word because the last words are remembered. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. She cant possibly lead the party into the next election, whether thats Holyrood or Westminster. 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