Holmes_and_Watson

A follow up to Murrell and Sturgeon. From the blog that reported it in the first place, leading to today's news. No doubt, more will follow. https://wingsoverscotland.com/the-final-robbery/

Just a couple of dates and figures... Murrell married Sturgeon on July 16th 2010. The offences in the investigation began on August 10th 2010. The £666k that the SNP raised from 2017, by saying it was for a second referendum campaign, has not been located. Instead it seems to have been spent on "other activities" Sturgeon briefing her colleagues, who had been deliberately shut off from finances, was in March 2021. Finances had never been stronger, she told them. In June 2021 Peter Murrell loaned the skint SNP just over £100k. Now, since he's just been found to have embezzled £400k, what was the source of the loan funds.

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Another champion falls. Peter Murrell in custody after admitting £400,000 embezzlement charge. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cddp5gm0155t Across the kitchen table, while Peter was enjoying his "lavish lifestyle", Nicola Sturgeon didn't see a thing. Despite having centralised everything, including finances, within the party to 3 or four people. Why, she even told her own party that there was nothing to see. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-65293006 Also funny is her line about being careful not to leak things. She spent a lot of her time in politics briefing against and backstabbing anyone in sight. Even before she became a deputy first minister. Which was just after she "left" the legal profession, where she was found guilty of professional misconduct.

Glad to see the fire services keeping him cool in this terrible heat wave.

You don't know how to play the game And you cheat, you lie You wave 200 million goodbye You make me wanna cry You don't know You appeal the rules we abide by You make me wanna cry You laugh when we lose with our bye You make me wanna cry

There was a consumer law suit about it. Unfortunately, they hired the Saints lawyers who tried to argue about the difference between 72 and 71 hours. 🙂

Who's laughing now? No one. 😪

I quite like the way the tree supports the football, like Yggdrasill supporting a little footballing world. 🙂 The coffee is a lovely data trail touch, too.

Exactly. How would he work here with Guardiola? 🙂

Last noted as trying to buy H Samuel and Ernest Jones, in hopefully not a parallel to the SR multi club model.

Sibley, and anyone else on the media front, will have been told by legal reps to post nothing. I agree that a holding response would be the standard for an organisation looking to show it has a grasp of the situation. It wouldn't appease many or stop the speculation. But it would be something, to show there was some leadership behind the scenes. I think they've been a bit paralysed even in the wording of a holding statement. There's their internal investigation, upcoming FA investigation, and impact internally across staff, sponsors etc. Even using the word "sorry" can be seen as accepting liability. Not a word to use if lots of people are reviewing contracts. Being "disappointed with outcomes" of anything, could be seen as a pop at Tonda. Who, for all we know, made Spors and Parsons fully aware of what was going on. Being seen to hold people to account could jeapordise negotiations with various parties. Better nothing than making it worse. As we saw when Parsons fessed up to Gibson. That said, they could employ a professional PR company to produce a standard statement when their clients are having serious issues. I'd not trust the internal expertise to get it right.

Gosh! I sure hope the emotional heartbreak from that first loss, and the emotional back and forth, didn't impact that second heartbreaking loss. 🙂

If they're going to apply HR practices that exist elsewhere to football squads, coaching and back room, there's going to be a lot of vacancies coming up.

Unbeaten in ages (ta @Turkish) Most in form team in the league Strong squad. Lots of minutes spread around, depth and a structure to the shape. Continuing to clear out surplus players. One our most successful win rate managers in charge. A committed owner, who has invested despite some setbacks. Raring to go for 26/27!