Atrociously misleading wording from Laura Goodwin. John Swinney didn't admit anything, the FM revealed that the SNP had *pro-actively* contacted HMRC to check VAT claims hadn't been made against Murrell's fake purchases.
This is unethical and embarrassing from Goodwin. It comes on the same day Andrew Kerr asked if the Scottish Greens were the "SNP's little helpers". Are these people really unaware how juvenile and tawdry this is? Have they no professional respect?
🔴 NEW: More admin errors plague Scotland Secretary Douglas Alexander as Cabinet Office meetings log left incomplete. Comes after reports yesterday that his meeting with Global Counsel was declared 18 months late
Both Cabinet Office and DBT blame civil servant admin errors – but SNP want ethics adviser to probe whether the ministerial code was breached
https://t.co/NuR2QbpNyT
If the SNP spending Indyref funds on election campaigning for independence is wrong, what about the £125,000 donated to Keir Starmer's Labour leadership campaign that was built on pledges he made that he subsequently U-turned on when elected leader? Has Starmer been asked to apologise to donors who got the opposite of what they believed?
https://t.co/KFrNBCCDWM
BBC Scotland has changed its shocking headline after the FM revealed the SNP had asked HMRC to check VAT refunds on Murrell's bogus purchases. The new headline is even worse. It completely misrepresents the thrust of what Swinney said. Will Laura Miller read a variation of this out on Reporting Scotland tonight?
🚨 TERRIFYING: The Trump administration openly admits to a massive government purge. Top officials confirm a new executive order designed to systematically fire any federal workers who resist their extreme agenda.
Washington is actively destroying all institutional oversight!
⚠️ Exposed ⚠️
Another mass theft in Kiev that systematically stole at least 4.47 billion dollars of your money, in only a two and a half year period
Remember, this money could have been spent in your city, town, street-
Instead its flushed down the Golden toilet called Ukraine
Roger Waters on Going Underground: ‘HOW CAN ANYONE STAY SILENT ON PALESTINE?’
'I can't stand by silent and indifferent like Brian May or Elton John, they have different pasts, and maybe they believe Keir Starmer's rank, disgusting bull**** cheering on the boys to go on their spy missions over Gaza.'
'How anyone can stand by silent and indifferent now while this genocide is being committed in Gaza and the occupied West Bank in Palestine, I do not know.'
@rogerwaters
Robert Gros made £27m selling useless gowns via the VIP PPE Lane, of course he never paid back a penny, he bought 2 mansions instead.
RT and see if we can make him as famous as Michelle Mone.
Scotland play Israel this week. Today Israeli authorities have abducted two members of the Palestine women's national team.
When will it be enough for the Scottish FA/UEFA/FIFA to take a stand?
https://t.co/UndJ5DUVWx
Anas Sarwar's staffer posting complete guff.
1. Swinney revealed that the SNP *itself* had asked HMRC to check VAT hadn't been wrongly claimed on fake Murrell purchases.
2. A VAT claim is separate from the embezzlement crime.
Why do these people post stuff they know is untrue?
Well and truly GUBBED the ludicrous “I read from a script and I shout & point my fingers” @AnasSarwar makes a fool of himself yet AGAIN only to be exposed by @JohnSwinney 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 in two clips
Baroness Amos is investigating 8 000 cases where babies may have died or been seriously harmed by inadequate maternity care in NHS England - today's report into the QEUH Glasgow mentions none https://t.co/NkTIiACED6
Labour MSP Colin Smyth was in court yesterday on serious drink driving charges, whilst currently on bail for possessing indecent images of children as well as having already been charged with placing a camera in the toilets at Holyrood.
The BritNat House Jock media be like
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.
Well done @lucyidunn on reporting on Douglas Alexander and his secretive links with Peter Mandelson, Global Counsel, Russia and China👇
Alexander broke the Ministerial Code.
Why is he still allowed to hide?