Highland Coast Hotels are recruiting 50 new staff, EXCLUSIVE: Aberdeens ongoing concerns over Scottish Cup tie fan experience but Darvel chief promises fantastic view, North-east MSP wants to 'explore' allowing children as young as eight to change gender, Who even asked them to do this? It has led to a personality-driven situation which has culminated in two sides falling out its been years in the making. Notably, some in the party are now discussing who is in line to replace Miss Sturgeon if she is forced out, or resigns in the wake of the findings of any of the ongoing inquiries. Then just 1 a week for full website and app access. He was never sexually unfaithful to Moira. Stuart Nicolson is a very elusive man. But it is far more rare for their current boss to express that type of anger in front of them. It's clearly not over yet for Alex Salmond" johnsmytheinvestigations.wordpress.com/2022/05/07/an- Lady Ra_Bleather Retweeted Andrew Doyle Mist001, please fuckity fuckity fork orf you rancid small man syndrome creature. Miss Dempsie is 12 years his junior, an erstwhile senior aide to Alex Salmond who enjoyed a meteoric rise from press office intern to a key figure masterminding the Yes campaign ahead of last year's referendum. Former SNP Deputy Leader appears on TV in relation to the Alex Salmond scandal, at 83 years of age, Jim Sillars hasn't lost any of his mental capability. Jennifer Dempsie, a former Salmond SpAd, recently had a piece in Scotland on Sunday addressing this very issue. Readers' Ombudsman: Your chance to shape the journalism rule book, Health chief Humza Yousaf promises no repeat of 'extreme' plea for staff at NHS Grampian, Terms and Conditions for Subscriptions (excluding Home News Delivery Subscriptions), Evening Express and Press and Journal combined site. 'CYBERNAT' is fast becoming the byword for the kind of troll every political party could well do without, writes Jennifer Dempsie Cybernat. Ill be pleasantly surprised if the Spectators application today is successful. . The men standing behind AS, JD and LL have impossibly small heads in comparison to their feet and the man on the right of the back row looks as if he is hovering above the floor. Eileen, depends if it is only for A and H who are purportedly the plotters as well as accusers. Weeks later, she introduced Mr Ellis to Ms Hyslop and the funding was agreed. He regularly used to explode when confronted by negative newspaper headlines. 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".Jennifer Robertson, a former aide to . If they did, they would not have put their (fake) names to a document which tells those women that the legal system will not protect them. Mist de la Merde would be the first one on my block-a-troll list. People have grown their own independence. Bald small man syndrome? Re the Spectator trial today, be Lady Dorian does her usual no ruling any time soon. She will be gracious to her once bitterest rivals.She will make a statement on ASs death, (hopefully distant in the future) Another of Alex's key . How, when and what next, show me your crystal bollocks people, https://twitter.com/jamesdoleman is reporting on Spectator proceedings. 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. We are finding non democrats in all sorts of high places too! Duh!! Why didnt the Parliament petition the court themselves on the basis that the current order is hindering their inquiries into what went wrong? Neil Drysdale: What's the best alternative anthem if Flower of Scotland needs replacing? Me being dopey again, I thought it was an actual physical think, Greek Orthodox style. February 11, 2021 by, getting her out of it by trying to pre-determine what questions she could be asked, massivelycompromised monstrosity and all-round offence against human decency and justice that is the Crown Office, the High Court is hearing a legal challenge that could blow all that obstruction to smithereens, https://www.gov.scot/publications/special-advisers-july-2018/, https://www.gov.scot/publications/special-advisers-gifts-hospitality-media-meetings-and-expenses-april-june-2019/, https://charlottestpartners.co.uk/kevin-pringle/, https://charlottestpartners.co.uk/andrew-wilson/, https://charlottestpartners.co.uk/about-us/. It would be great if they are successful though and might speed up justice. Some in the party think Miss Sturgeon has lost the tight grip Mr Salmond previously had, and are alarmed by a clear breakdown in discipline although they cite that as inevitable when the number of members and elected politicians has gone through the roof. Some of you posting BTL need to be VERY careful. The Conservative MSP Mary Scanlon suggested the grant was "a done deal . I think these are my favourite of the types of articles you write. Alex Salmond has been on trial in a court and been found not guilty, As a general rule and when it comes to gender one cannot avoid generalisation this is a kind of politics that, more likely than not, is more attractive to men than to women. In the case of more negative or problematic articles, she will often set off her top attack dogs led by chief of staff Liz Lloyd, a confrontational Geordie who is Miss Sturgeons loudest defender to dispute the story and try to ensure no other media, particularly the BBC or the Press Association news agency, decide to follow it up. From that photo, Alex Salmond obviously knows Stuart Nicolson well, so you MUST ask yourself, why was Alex Salmond involving himself with someone who worked for the Scottish Daily Mail? Would you say he cheating on his wife Jennifer Dempsey? We are subjected to a government and judiciary of the very worst kind, while the MSM simply look the other way. Ive got to assume The Spectator knows what its doing, what its doing will cost quite a lot of money, and that it will succeed. Marks trial took place on the 7th of January 2021 where he was acquitted after the Court ruled there was no case to answer. Talk about punching above your weight. Its high level and theres nothing obviously incorrect except the claim of Sturgeon that Salmond tries to get her to drop the investigation. Penny Mordaunt is wrong to lecture the Church of England on gay marriage. She told me that it was time Alex retired and left politics early in 2016 The knives were out back then. To use words like smear we really need to be reflecting on the competence of the people around her.. Miss Sturgeon looked tired and bad-tempered when she attempted to get away from the issue and focus on Brexit on Wednesday but still faced questions about Mr Salmond during a Sky News interview, during which she confirmed that their 30-year friendship is now in doubt. A judge had already ruled that the Scottish Government's handling of complaints against Alex Salmond had been tainted with prejudice and illegal . That is a very interesting picture indeed. She believed that referring herself to the independent advisers on the ministerial code of conduct for an investigation last Sunday would buy her some time and end the daily onslaught of negative media coverage. The minister argued the payment was vital to ensure the multi-million-pound festivals viability as it moved from Balado, near Kinross, to Strathallan Castle, in Perthshire. Its the same situation in parliament from six MPs to 56 and now 35. @dakk no need for sarky comments. Hyslop also faced questions about the role of Jennifer Dempsie, a former Yes Scotland staffer and aide to Alex Salmond, who set up a meeting between the cabinet secretary and T in the Park promoters DF Concerts while working as a project manager for the events firm. Mr Sillars said: She has not handled it well at all. . 2nd from the left is Stephen Gethins.. ex SNP MP for NE Fife ex advisor to Alex and voted in on the back of the 2014 indy campaign His office manager when he was an MP, worked for GCHQ and openly admitted this.. there is video evidence as proof. But the problem is that, as a nationalist party, the SNP is inevitably big on concepts and thunderous political rhetoric and dreaming big dreams and all the rest of it. 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. Re the picture above, putting some names to faces, is that Stephen Gethins on the spads left? what is the actual proper remit of the committee? It would be bliss, never to see that gawping avatar or reads those life-sapping words ever again. It was tweeted by one of the people in it. Once more, werein the uncomfortable position of agreeing with Jackie Baillie. It only shows the strategy . Labour, the Liberal Democrats and Tories yesterday got together and urged the culture committee to hear evidence on the award. Now that would put the cat amongst the pigeons. A certain senior official had thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money spent on lawyers getting her out of it by trying to pre-determine what questions she could be asked, while Alex Salmond has been "invited" to appear, but literally threatened with imprisonment if he turns up and tells the truth. Would you say he cheating on his wife Jennifer Dempsey? And yet now the common phrase being pummelled by Scot Gov and its tame media, is, let down by the courts/legal system etc. This applies to Westminster and Edinburgh. @eileencarson it is Jennifer Dempsie, as was then, now Mrs Angus Robertson. 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. It is a Police matter. The story is less favourable to the SNP and it looks like its setting Peter Murrell up to take the fall for Sturgeon. He now works for Andrew Wilsons (SNP Growth Comission) company that is full of rich shady ex banker types , these are the people who are really pulling the strings of the SNP https://charlottestpartners.co.uk/kevin-pringle/ , https://charlottestpartners.co.uk/andrew-wilson/ , https://charlottestpartners.co.uk/about-us/. It really does beg the question, why was Alex Salmond so oblivious and blindsided by these people? But I don't have to worry about saying goodbye. We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. So when Angus Robertson had the affair 2014/2015 with another woman. Was Jennifer Dempsie not the one who had set her sights on Salmond in a romantic sense but then ended up with sloppy seconds Robertson. find off-putting , more focus on health and education (both subject to major SNP pushes in 2007) and so on. What are they seeking to acheive? things like the Spectator court case, and when you praise Jackie Baillie for asking tough questions. One of the many things I dont get is why Sturgeon and Swinney are so keen for Liz Lloyd not to appear. Sir, - Since the Holyrood election we have had a host of correspondents banging on about respecting the will of the Scottish people. When Miss Sturgeon chaired a meeting of her Cabinet at St Andrews House on Tuesday. SOME in the party even admit that the explosive row between the two heavyweights of the Nationalist movement is threatening to tear their party apart. @Alison Balharry Her PR firm boasts of possessing "the best little black book [of contacts] in Scotland" [12]. But such is the state of the SNP in terms of membership loyalty and the cult of personality that I think I would be in a minority on that., He added: We are heading for trouble and the party membership dont realise it they are in a state of denial. All angles where pressure can be brought to bear on the SNP leadership exposing how far out of touch they are with the membership and populace is worthwhile. Who are ya.. Who are ya.. Whos that behind the mask?. Never judge a book by its cover shes even more odious than Robertson, well suited. Be really good if a proper journalist might just question that phrase for once, and say, in what way did the legal system let them down? If she is in cahoots with Sturgeon then surely she will provide answers that agree with Sturgeons events even if that means lying. Personally, I was ambivalent on the policy there are pros and cons to staying in NATO, especially when the other small independent countries around you are members, and there was still a commitment to rid Scotland of Trident. @Sylivia Makes you wonder why they got her involved in the first place if she was never that capable? Stephen Noon to right of Nicolson, now a Jesuit Priest, he was livid at how 2014 campaign was run. If you doubt that then ask Craig Murray. 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. Cole-Hamilton does it every chance he gets. Hand on shoulder? Im not a SNP member, and I thought I was contributing, not to party funds, but to a separate fund. 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%. There are now a lot of different people from different backgrounds with different views, one SNP politician said. 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. The 33-year-old was once known as 'Mrs Message' in recognition of her PR acumen during the referendum campaign. Kenny @11:29 Endorsement may have been refused because of this , https://www.facebook.com/BritU1/posts/the-snps-mrs-message-her-romance-with-a-party-chief-and-a-150000-government-cheq/837293913044502/, SPADS 2018 My very limited experience of dealing with civil servants doesnt fill me with confidence in their abilities to think on their feet. ALISON BALHARRY says: I contributed. That is just re-smearing Alex Salmond by the back door. Anybody interested to listen to the High Court can do so as follows. The idea of a free thinking head of an independent Scotland informed by the likes of Craig Murray ,with its important strategic position must be pure distilled anathema to the powers in the US that control foreign policy in the UK and much of Europe. The predecessor seat, Gordon, was held by the Liberal Democrats until Mr Salmonds victory in 2007. 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. I know it exists from personal experience . https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-17-01355/. First Minister of Scotland When the Perpetrator is in court being judged for her actions and the witness is called to give evidence is she allowed to say the name of the perpetrator because she knows her name and is the the witness allowed to state her name and her relationship to both victim & perpetrator almost like background information . Is it just me or are there big red flashing warning signs going off? I actually think that I have seen this photo of LL (at another function?) They are not used to in-fighting and think that it should not happen when all members of the party share the ultimate goal of independence. Secondly, the growing civil war could tear apart the SNP, splitting it into the Left-wing progressive Sturgeonites and the agitated dissenting voices of the Salmondistas. them. 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. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. Jennifer Dempsie, a senior figure behind-the-scenes in the. JC posted that herself and was pleased to do so. Its not like every time theres a harrassment case there should be a holyrood enquiry. Alex Salmond was not a supporter of the above trio (not a threesome-heaven forfend) Salmond spoke out against the Iraq war and was clearly not on board with the dominant neocon ideology. 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. The alleged victim, known as H, has accused Salmond of sexually assaulting her, stripping off her clothes and then, visibly aroused, laying naked on top of her on a bed at Bute House after the celebrity and the other guest had left that night. Pressed by McCall to admit she had willingly kissed and caressed Salmond in 2013, H said: Thats not true. Now, theres lots of personalities. 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. Two questions Surely a public statement of the truth by him would clear things up! Lady Dorian notes difference in English and Scottish law in this matter, as England has a statutory ban on naming alleged victims of sex crimes, Its amazing how quickly MPs/MSPs are cast off for any negative press or a hint at a challenge. The two women to Alex Salmonds left looking cosy and happy with him look quite familiar . Jennifer Dempsie was planning to stand for the SNP at next years Holyrood elections but yesterday announced that she will not be standing. She cant possibly lead the party into the next election, whether thats Holyrood or Westminster. 11 February, 2021 at 10:13 am Kevin Pringle (SNP ex spin Doctor)is in the back row surely ? 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. Interestingly I dont see Kevin Pringle anywhere. What a stupid, pathetic, feckless piece of trolling you inflict upon others with your baseless Alex Salmond jibe. Before, we had people who were part of a team with one leader. Wont hold my breath on the spectator breaking ranks. Turns out we are finding each other all over the place. Wouldnt it kill 2 birds with one stone if one of the Committee invite Alex Salmond in to join when Nicola being questioned with nothing to hide as we are so often told, then Im sure Nicola wouldnt mind clearing this all up in a oner. What is an example of a descriptive and amusing. 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? @Aperson This FOI of Nicolsons diary 17/18 could be of interest, havent read it. Maybe this helps re the Order change 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. In addition, Miss Sturgeon is also at risk of losing the support of those who signed up to the SNP with the sole objective of demanding a second independence referendum a group which includes some MPs and MSPs and is becoming increasingly restless. Judge adds that The Spectator could then publish an article criticising the approach so bringing the issue into the public domain, she continues saying these proceedings are not a conduit to the [inquiry] committee.. Whether this state of affairs continues well well have to wait & see.. This is what I was alluding to the other day in my suspicions I posted on this site around what todays court appearance was about, the only thing I miscalculated that it was AS bringing it rather than the Spectator, as per the court diary. 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