It looks likely that Scotland's Colonial Governor may well have broken UK law.
Not quite the top story in Scotland though, according to the UK state news agency. 🤦
To be clear, this sleekit weasel was required under UK law to declare the meeting by the end of the following quarter, but did not do so until *after* the demand that Mandelson's contacts with ministers be made public.
As a victim and sadly disappointed in Murrell and his theft of my donations to the SNP , I know of no one asking for an inquiry and the continuing faux outrage by unionists is resulting in increased membership and donations
A former Labour MSP is up in court, charged with being more than 2x the legal limit.
He mounted a pavement, narrowly missed a pedestrian and collided with a parked car. He could've killed someone.
The UK state news agency in Scotland has yet to report this.
@BBCScotlandNews
@HolyroodDaily Real headline
‘Douglas Alexander breaks the UK Ministerial Code’
But you simply shrug your shoulders?
No wonder Holyrood magazine has lost its credibility.
#r4today Scottish Conservative party treasurer steals £800k from the taxpayer (double what Peter Murrell stole) in VAT scam. Why hasn't his wife been arrested? SNP https://t.co/wpa0KZUK8J
@laura_pollock_ I gave my money to be used in whatever the SNP chose to do with it. I don't want it returned as I still see the SNP have of getting us independence.
@laura_pollock_ I don’t care, not as if SNP recieved donations from Israeli lobbyists, private healthcare or better together. They don’t stuff the lords with failed MPs/MSPs. They rely on us to donate. Is there a problem with that?
Very little is going to be recovered - there is not a lot of value in second hand caravans and electric cars and Nicola Sturgeon has already stated she should not have to return the gifts she received even if they were purchased with the ill gotten gains - second hand coffee machines and hair dryers too - and it seems likely there is a mystery person too that may have received goods
SNP may be the victim but the theft says much about the trustworthiness of the SNP and those that actually realised this was happening and said nothing either through ignorance or acceptance
“Douglas Alexander must resign and the public must be given full disclosure on whether our national security has been threatened by meetings at the instruction of Peter Mandelson.”
@AlexKerrSNP
Douglas Alexander broke the law by not declaring he met with Mandelson's lobbying firm. His position as Secretary of State for Scotland is now untenable. The story is so big even BBC Scotland isn't ignoring it.
https://t.co/ZiK4hicYFl
🗣️ "Keir Starmer must stop the delays and act immediately to remove Peter Mandelson's peerage and taxpayer-funded £75,000 golden goodbye pay-off"
🔗 https://t.co/oSoyFAW2XO