SNP corruption scandal

[Hardy Boy]

4 miles on the clock, the inclusion of numerous bottles of unopened Molton and Brown toiletries and guides to motorhome tours of parts of UK and Eire that obviously don't have any bearing on SNP business, along with all the other purchases using SNP funds, suggest to me PM had/has emotional and psychological problems and there were problems in the marriage.  It seems to me to go beyond greed and a sense of entitlement.  I don't think NS knew about any of it.

It would be good to see what psychiatrist Raj Persuad makes of it in his 'Shrinking The World' podcast!

Sorry I read it wrong Cutie 🙈

[Steve_uk]

Thats right, ditched her husband and ditched Scotland, runaway to the Country she tried her hardest to break from.  After all those years arguing Scotland would be better off apart from England, England suddenly seems a perfectly acceptable refuge.

You have to consider the position she's now in. She can't really go anywhere socially being so high profile and tainted with guilt by association. Scotland is a small country with a small population.

Of course, I'm not by any stretch of the imagination as famous as Nicola. But sometimes one needs a fresh start, a new place to make new friends, or just walk around town in comparative anonymity without being approached by figures one may once have known professionally or socially.

More muckraking on the way. Nicola's lawyer confirms she "settled bills for charges incurred", and also interrupted the trip to conduct SNP business.  https://www.eriska-hotel.co.uk/

[Steve_uk]

Peter Murrell legal aid shocker: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/insight/murrell-sold-algarve-villa-months-after-legal-aid-approval/gm-GM7C1E9F79?gemSnapshotKey=GM7C1E9F79-snapshot-1&uxmode=ruby&ctsrc=dgst&ocid=edgntpruby&pc=U531&cvid=6a258b079ff9432bb67b0c9990155da3&ei=8

[Hardy Boy]

You have to consider the position she's now in. She can't really go anywhere socially being so high profile and tainted with guilt by association. Scotland is a small country with a small population.

Of course, I'm not by any stretch of the imagination as famous as Nicola. But sometimes one needs a fresh start, a new place to make new friends, or just walk around town in comparative anonymity without being approached by figures one may once have known professionally or socially.

More muckraking on the way. Nicola's lawyer confirms she "settled bills for charges incurred", and also interrupted the trip to conduct SNP business.  https://www.eriska-hotel.co.uk/

I understand wanting a fresh start, Steve. I just find it amusing that after spending years trying to persuade Scotland it would be better off separate from England, England suddenly becomes the ideal place to disappear to when you want a bit of peace and quiet 😂😂.

[Steve_uk]

I understand wanting a fresh start, Steve. I just find it amusing that after spending years trying to persuade Scotland it would be better off separate from England, England suddenly becomes the ideal place to disappear to when you want a bit of peace and quiet 😂😂.

You do have a point. Remember Scotland is a nation with its own history dating back centuries. I have nothing against Scots who wish to claim independence. When they look at the map of Europe post-the fall of the Berlin wall or the break up of the former Yugoslavia I'm sure they think they could make a go of it.

Plus, they were taken out of the European Union against their will. They look across the Irish Sea to the status of Northern Ireland and may think there's different treatment for the constituent parts of the United Kingdom. All three devolved authorities now have nationalists in power, which doesn't augur well for a Westminster government with nothing to offer save austerity.

[Hardy Boy]

I understand wanting a fresh start, Steve. I just find it amusing that after spending years trying to persuade Scotland it would be better off separate from England, England suddenly becomes the ideal place to disappear to when you want a bit of peace and quiet 😂😂.

Peter Murrell to be sentenced today, I wonder if his Loyal wife Nicola will be there to support him?

[Cambridgecutie]

Peter Murrell to be sentenced today, I wonder if his Loyal wife Nicola will be there to support him?

I wouldn't mind betting he gets a lighter sentence based on some mental health issue.  I think he had about 9 vacuum cleaners over a 4 year period.  All good brands.  Dyson I believe.  So would have long guarantees.  And I can't see either of them doing their own cleaning.  Probably had a cleaner in.  9 vacs over 4 years?  That's not normal!  Or was he buying items with SNP money then selling them on and using what was effectively laundered cash for some other purpose? 

[Hardy Boy]

I wouldn't mind betting he gets a lighter sentence based on some mental health issue.  I think he had about 9 vacuum cleaners over a 4 year period.  All good brands.  Dyson I believe.  So would have long guarantees.  And I can't see either of them doing their own cleaning.  Probably had a cleaner in.  9 vacs over 4 years?  That's not normal!  Or was he buying items with SNP money then selling them on and using what was effectively laundered cash for some other purpose?

5 years and 3 months, yet she’s got off Scott (pardon the pun) free.

[Roch]

Probably bought a gold plated dildo Sturgeon.

[Steve_uk]

I wouldn't mind betting he gets a lighter sentence based on some mental health issue.  I think he had about 9 vacuum cleaners over a 4 year period.  All good brands.  Dyson I believe.  So would have long guarantees.  And I can't see either of them doing their own cleaning.  Probably had a cleaner in.  9 vacs over 4 years?  That's not normal!  Or was he buying items with SNP money then selling them on and using what was effectively laundered cash for some other purpose?

I think you're on to something there, Cambridgecutie. He reminds me of kleptomaniacs, who steal for no purpose. Perhaps he was trying to impress his wife with some of the stuff. I do wonder about the Motorhome, though. If it was meant to be a battlebus to fight elections why conceal the address of the purchaser? Plus, it's not something he could hide.