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If you still believe Stuart Campbell, (Wings over Scotland), is not a fifth columnist, please let me know so I can block you. 👍

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Inquiry ? If he can't run a company and file accounts as required by law. Should this man be anywhere near public office. Where is Sean Clerkin ?

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Labour cutting NHS funding to increase spending on the military.

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Scottish poll on political leader favourability.👇
Ipsos, 22-29 May (1028)

+2 Swinney
-11 Cole-Hamilton
-11 Mackay
-15 Greer
-32 Sarwar
-36 Findlay
-48 Offord

-32 Badenoch
-40 Starmer
-49 Farage

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@FrazJackson @AnasSarwar you must be so proud of fraser and his lies

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Potential serious misconduct by Douglas Alexander is not getting the news coverage it merits. This is big folks.
https://t.co/r9Zyr541LS

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Oh dear. BBC Scotland has concealed the fact that it was the *SNP itself* that contacted HMRC. The headline invites the reader to infer otherwise. For people whose profession it is to ensure accuracy when reporting, this can only be deliberate.

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HOLYROOD'S REAL PUBLIC SERVANTS Vs ONE VERY DUBIOUS CHARITY CASE

SNP cabinet ministers have returned nearly £2 million in pay with full audit trails. Reform’s Malcolm Offord promised his entire salary to a trust he alone controls — one the Scottish charity regulator has now opened a formal inquiry into.

SNP cabinet ministers have voluntarily frozen the ministerial part of their pay at 2008-09 levels for 17 years. They take the full legal salary but immediately return the excess straight to the Scottish Government for public spending — over £1.94 million returned by March 2024, projected to hit £2.64 million by 2026.

Fully auditable: The figures come from official Scottish Government FOI responses (e.g. FOI-202500451978) and are absorbed into audited public accounts checked annually by Audit Scotland. Anyone can request their own FOI for proof — it’s black-and-white government records, not party spin.

Reform’s approach (Malcolm Offord only):
The sole notable pledge is from Reform Scotland leader Malcolm Offord, who said he would donate his entire MSP salary (~£78,000/year) to the Badenoch Trust. No other Reform MSP has done anything similar, and there is no party-wide policy.Emphasis on Offord’s arrangement.

This has been widely criticised as a less-than-admirable scam. Offord personally controls the tiny Badenoch Trust (director, secretary, and controlling trustee; the only other trustee is his personal assistant).

The charity is registered only in England & Wales, operates from his Edinburgh office, and was never registered with OSCR (Scotland’s regulator) despite operating solely in Scotland.

OSCR opened a formal inquiry in May 2026 and ordered it to register. No donations have been publicly confirmed yet. Critics call it self-dealing: public money routed through a vehicle Offord controls with minimal oversight and clear regulatory breach.

Pros & Cons comparison
SNP approach
Pros: Long-term (17 years), collective, fully transparent and auditable, money goes directly to the public purse — genuine, verifiable sacrifice.
Cons: Limited to ministers only; total sum modest compared to Scotland’s budget; partial U-turn in 2025 looks opportunistic.

Reform/Offord approach
Pros: Bolder on paper — full salary donation.
Cons: Individual only, unproven, routed through a self-controlled charity in regulatory breach — lacks independence, transparency, and credibility. Far more optics than substance.

Bottom line: The SNP’s policy is clearly the stronger, more admirable, and fully auditable example of politician restraint. Offord’s pledge collapses under scrutiny into something far more dubious.

Credit: @CMS481 for original post/research.

(Photo of Offord Parody, Satire)

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