This is a singular event which possibly no-one else in Scotland could have managed. i.e. Still, the sight of parliaments justice committee convener, who spent 12 years as a civil court lawyer, openly criticising senior leadership, must have been a boon to opponents. That Liam Fox? The Scottish Parliament examines what the Scottish Government is doing, makes new laws on devolved matters and debates the issues of the day. 6 High Street As for covert operatives, the case of Mark Kennedy comes to mind. Ultimately, it is for the parliamentary authorities to determine what they may lawfully publish within the bounds of the order laid down by the court. The whole thing was a ridiculous spectacle no matter what. Fundamentally, what is at issue is an order by the High Court handed down to protect the anonymity of complainers. But a portent of what is to surely follow and I hope that soon, both will be talking to Salmond. They will be told harrowing tales about Ms 1. The reason being that while we are understandably nervous it detracts from the message. I think I get it now. Away ya clown yi. The odds of one or more of the plotters doing some jail time, increase with each day so the question now is which one of them will be the first to break ranks and throw the rest under the bus to save themself ? I think we must be getting close to a stage where she might consider resigning in a Ive done nothing wrong but this is clearly now providing too big a distraction to my government and the independence movement type non-apology resignation, rather than styling it out much longer to have to resign in clear disgrace. She attained a Scottish Master of Arts degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1965 and gained her Diploma of Education from Moray House College of Education in 1966. Christine Grahame is a hypocrite of the first order given her alleged sexual peccadilloes causing a married man to lose his job (okay he was a Tory and some say all is fair in love and war). Meanwhile Ms 1 has quietly slipped away. 24 February, 2021 at 9:29 pm However, I doubt the SP will do so. How the fuck did all this horrifying madness happen? Any pain that might be brought by our Independence is of a nothing in comparison. And he is a weasel. Those senior prosecutors have also ignored Lady Dorrians ruling. The walls are starting to close in on a few key players. She was defeated by Nicola Sturgeon. I have been privileged to represent the people of Midlothian and the Borders for 22 years in the Scottish Parliament. Surely one of the papers will publish one of the key witness statements currently hidden from the committee shortly? Looking back now I see it was much more of an investment. What is going on. Exactly the same as the wummin oan her wedding night said tae her man efter seein him naked for the first time, Willie Jay says: 24 February, 2021 at 9:24 pm Time is running out sturgeon. After gaining Diploma in Legal Practice she worked as a solicitor. Even the most pathetic softball questionfrom the suddenly-ubiquitous slimy Sturgeon superloyalist Tom Arthur appeared to disconcert him, as hehesitantly waffledwithout actually answering it perhaps because he didnt want to endorse Arthurs flat-out lie that previous Lord Advocates have alwaysbeenmembers of Cabinet. They will be told how she needs their support. incompetences of Tory management of Covid 19 because Galashiels TD1 1SD. I note that the Lord Advocate said that he was not consulted. I received a copy of the letter for my information after it had been issued. In line with our commitment to be Net Zero Carbon by 2030, Ford will become the Look behind what WAS said not what wasnt. They think theyre Franklin D. Roosevelt when actually theyre just lucky. Shes beneath contempt. I said a few blog posts back the truth will out. I think that the role of backbenchers and the role of people like me is to, in a way, hold your party to account a little bit at times; [though] not to freelance, because Im very loyal to the Scottish National Party and to independence Whereas in here, it may seem a bit [contentious], theres fewer of us. Cant stop staring at Tom Arthurs tie. Wolffe failed to answer the most basic point: the Clown Office causing redaction of awkward questions to Nicola Sturgeon and hiding behind his bosses fake virtual signal excuse but were protecting the wummin. Keep on going even though told they will lose by their own briefs. 24 February, 2021 at 10:01 pm Thats what used to go on in Clarence House in the good old days. Submitted by: Dr. Sandesh Gulhane, Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. I dont know what her alliances are but I have heard her speak of her condition. So I waited until I heard the evidence and I still wasnt convinced. By this time next week, I expect Nicola Sturgeon to be gone and the reputation of Scotland internationally demands this happen now. Gut reaction thats a bloke. And I know I have spoken to people about that whove been in those circumstances. Im hanging on until the election or a leadership election, whatever comes first. Another way, lets put it like that. Rumour of good news imminent on Twitter anyone got anything concrete?? February 24, 2021 by, excluded the then-Lord Advocate, Elish Angiolini, from Cabinet meetings, https://www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/urgent-question-february-24-2021, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Mulholland,_Lord_Mulholland, https://archive.is/H6mMz#selection-1319.17-1331.69, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4224045.stm, https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/essential-tremor/symptoms-causes/syc-20350534, https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19115502.uk-government-spend-millions-scotland-without-holyrood-say-so-part-levelling-up-agenda/. Trackback: trackback from your own site. Probably tin-hattery but was a thought that crossed my mind. Social . Aye right Well known for being on the winning side of every political debate and well in touch with the average voter. Lots of looking down and to the left. Wolffesstuttering, breathless performance, constantly licking his lips like a nervous lizard, had all the convincing character of a small child with a chocolate-smeared face denying any involvement in a half-eaten Black Forest Gateau a surprising trait in a senior QC used to presenting cases in serious criminal trials. You are outside of history. This website contains useful information including details on how to contact me as well as local surveys and information. @ Brian Doonthetoon says: Its a GLOBAL-WESTERN system DESIGNED to FACILITATE false accusations of domestic abuse, driving exaggerated statistics of Violence Against Women & Girls for mainstream media PreCrime amplification, to demonise, dehumanise and *normalise* the courts-judicial criminalisation of men as STANDARD, which is intended to lead to the destabilisation of the family unit and the subsequent *divide and rule* fracturing of multiple societies being gaslight set-up just to be put back down. Hi zebedee. I dont think that there is enough time to go through the electoral commission process before May. 24 February, 2021 at 9:12 pm ", Asked by: Grahame, Christine, Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 30 January 2023, "To ask the First Minister what discussions the Scottish Government has had with COSLA with regard to the proposals in some local authorities to reduce teacher numbers, given its commitment to increase teacher numbers by 3,500 by the end of the current parliamentary session. Did anyone notice he was turning the pages of his folder from back to front? Obviously political reporting is most prone to that phenomena, but it also happens in all other reporting, e.g. Hail Alba. As the first from a working-class housing scheme in Edinburgh to go to university, Grahame found herself burdened by the feeling she didnt fit in and, she believes, underachieved as a result. The setback, however, did not stop the Bill narrowly passing at Stage 1, as an amendment that would have removed the controversial rule change from the proposed legislation fell by three votes. The harrassment enquiry was the lead item on ITV news at 10 tonight. Brian Doonthetoon you appear to be obsessed with identifying complainers. There we have it ladies and gentlemen and all in between. It would be helpful to know the process before the letter was issued to the Parliament. I remember being quite a nippy person in the law library if people were talking, says Grahame, who completed a two-year law degree at the University of Edinburgh. 6 May 1999 - 5 May 2011. Some poridge at Barlinnie. https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2021/02/25000-reward-offered-for-copy-of-geoff-aberdein-testimony/. With the Parliament being the highest office in the land, higher than the Scottish Government and higher than its pet prosecution office (COPFS), this should be a walk in the park. Id never campaign shoulder to shoulder with some of the loathsome individuals in the SNP at present. Notwithstanding this fiasco, she is IMHO one of the better SNP MSPs. For a little over eight minutes, the Lord Advocate was allowed to ignore and avoid a series of questions put to him regarding the abjectly corrupt Crown Offices recent interference with the work of the Fabiani inquiry by redacting evidence which in no way identified anyone as a complainer in the trial of Alex Salmond. She, like most, still lack the introspection to acknowledge this empirical @1inthree fact (links within the piece). Is it just me or is LA Wolffe diminishing in width like a burst balloon? Its game over for them. MSPs take part in examining and passing proposed laws (Bills). With pressure, and a slow increase in the number of charges, the police did open an inquiry. How many of those cases brought were also malicious? Alex must be proud that you are all out there fighting his corner. Some performance of stuttering, breathless contradiction with occasional deflection. I know people who feel differently in different political parties about issues which their party has taken a line [on] but they dont speak out and thats a problem.. We know this because this is what she said to the court. What is Christine Graham's office address? See previous para. I appreciate he will not be questioned directly on it & if he sidestep into the redacted area LF will try to silence him. Some days she can hardly get going, other days shes twitching all over the place. Christine Graham Director of Trust Administration and Chief Fiduciary Officer at UMB Bank Leawood, KS UMB Bank, +3 more University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, +2 more Christine. The encouraging thing was that Ruth Davidson called for a judge-led criminal inquiry in to this shambolic affair. That, from any governmental leader, is unacceptable. How can this man stand in parliament and say that the COPFS has redacted the evidence in the interest of the public when it is in the interest of the public to know who abused their position of power, who breached codes of conduct and who contributed to the waste of millions of pounds in an unlawful procedure and the damage limitation exercise that followed? [21], A few days after the dropping of Megrahi's appeal against conviction and his release on compassionate grounds on 20 August 2009, Grahame wrote an op-ed article for The Independent saying she is convinced of his innocence: "He is not a saint, of course he had a history with Libyan intelligence but his hands are clean over Lockerbie."[22]. Truth fades from memory as propaganda paints a new reality. MSPs must provide details of their financial interests in the Register of Interests. [5] From 2001 to 2003, she was Convener of the Justice Committee. This news has been on the WWW for ages but not reported in the MSM. Why have we heard nothing about / from her until now? I know when Bill Aitken chaired justice, he moaned that they had no time for inquiries and over the years, the Justice Committee has less and less time to do them. 9+ years of both covert and overt operations by the British state designed to destroy trust and confidence in Scottish institutions and devolution? I dont think that will work and I think the independence movement will be their victim. 24 February, 2021 at 8:48 pm. (More), Stats: In the background Liam Fox and the Tories are talking about intervening. Given that that article has been up since 15 January and is still up, and that it is essentially Mr Salmonds submission, can the Lord Advocate perhaps advise what has changed in the Crown Office? The campaign about Megrahi, and things like that, have all been important things to do and if nobody else was doing it, I might as well do it. Bythe end, hed left nobody any the wiser. The Crown Office may try to find reasons for not producing them. makes his spout bull shit until those present are comatose. Try every dirty legal trick in the book. It can be strange, what you find on Tinternet. Has Scotland or anywhere else ever jailed a Lord Advocate ? In 2005 Christine Grahame MSP (an for the SNP) was allegedly shaggging a married Tory MSP and nodding her head saying yes to a different sort of question. Somebody needs to tell those Brit Nat Press and Media whores that Salmond is no longer a member of the SNP for one. They now seeing recent events want action on the separation of powers, root and branch reform of the COPFS and a strengthening of the parliaments role. 24 February, 2021 at 6:37 pm, Even more interesting is this bit from Craigs site There is one extra thing in Aberdeins suppressed evidence which is not in his trial evidence. If so, she has a neurological condition called Benign Essential Tremor. But, personally, I had sat with people on that committee and I know, while there might be some party politics in it, there were also genuine concerns, and I wasnt prepared to have the committee members, whoever they were, [treated] as if it was some kind of cheap political posing and it wasnt for some of them at all., Grahame brushes off a suggestion she is outspoken, rather it is that she speaks out when the situation calls for it. She compares her first spell as convener of the Justice Committee and fellow members as them all showing much greater skill today. She then took a back seat, whilst the two original complainants came forward (A and B in the civil case, who became different Alphabetties in the criminal case.). Re Christine Grahame dont know much about her but I do about parkinsons. That was just the police, and environmental groups dont pose an existential threat to the UK. It is not a universal feature, though, she suggests. Tuesday we take the wheelie bins out.. Apart from that, Im sure the superior intellect and years of sword-crossing with genuine political heavyweights will ensure Mr Salmond has more than a few aces up his sleeve I expect Scotlands former First Minister to take Sturgeon to the cleaners. Sorry Brian and indeed other SNP members, but I just cant fathom why any reasonable person, seeing what they see now, can stomach remaining in the party? Mr Salmond seeks an injunction and a judicial review to protect his reputation. She has just tweeted about Boris by passing Holyrood with funding ,which everybody in this site has been stating was going to be an issue for the last 18 months. She didnt know who James matthews was quoting yet there were only three people at that first meeting and it certainly wasnt her stooge. Lady Dorrian is going to be extremely miffed when yet again a case appears before her on the exact same issues as the other week brought by the Spectator. Her first experience of higher education two decades earlier had been something of a daunting experience. Listen, if Murrell nationalised Scotlands oil, all the profits would be spent on fucking legal fees. Thankfully in this case there WAS no message. Mist001 says: In June 2005, she was elected Honorary President of the Federation of Student Nationalists. But weve got to change our thinking. You see how important Ms 2 and Ms 3 are to the plot. All this lack of transparency and the farcical claim that they are working in our interest, when they are clearly working against it, is insulting. There are new readers here, brought by MSM mentions, who arent aware of whats been going on over the past few years. He looked and spoke as if he had just jumped out a piss and alcohol soaked bed whilst fully clothed. With that said, if the committee or SPCB go to Lady Dorrian/High Court with all of the evicence (which it may or may not get from the Clown Office) and has the judge give opinion on their lawfulness in respect of the criminal trials anonimity order, then that would clear the way for all of this evidence to be published to the inquiry, evidence which is being witheld & buried by the corrupt Clown Office, Clown Agent and the biggest clown of them all the Lord Advocate. Democracy is fragile. Find out how to adopt this simple step into your daily oral health regimen. Yet, the spectacle of seasoned politicians shrugging off their political ties has become less common as parliament has matured. The difference is significant. They get two nibbles. So maybe their questioning wasnt as lame as it might appear. A woman who faked a pregnancy after a one-night stand has been sentenced to community service. Its an anecdote Grahame used to recite when she was a high school teacher in an effort to encourage kids to speak up. I can remember Malcolm Chisholm coming out in favour of minimum unit pricing against the whole of the Labour benches. Just saw this on ywitter from Ms Spear, Jaclyn McGowan faked pregnancy after one-night stand. Find a doctor Back Find a Doctor. Not that I was that interested in what she was saying I switched off to everything she has to say since she fired Mark MacDonald for sending a text. You know, our marvellous First Minister is obsessed with bringing more women into Scottish politics. What if be had been unable to crowdfund and had to suffer in silence through such an unfair biased procedure? the 2 month long vaccination program is going so well? J. Hillis Miller Health Center is part of the Hospitals & Physicians Clinics industry, and located in Florida, United States. Billions for Tory friends emergency contracts This is very serious. Malcolm is, obviously, but there are not so many doing that and, in a way, its because were so small., Chisholm will soon be off too, the former health minister having announced he will step down at the next Holyrood election. Its bubbling up. ", Asked by: Grahame, Christine, Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 18 January 2023, "To ask the Scottish Government when it last spoke to NHS Lothian and NHS Borders. I am sure shady stuff goes on, but all the MI5, British Empire, colonialism isnt that what the dribbling feel-good alphabet soup crowd have as one of their mental afflictions? Thank you. CHRISTINE GRAHAM OBITUARY. As Rev suggested, there was this man who is allegedly an expert in court, always on his brief and quick with his digging for the truth (maybe). She is also ranked in the richest person list from England. Nobody had the gumption to ask about the professionalism professional prosecutors who mount malicious prosecutions by their own admission and political prosecutions by any objective estimation. Adjust parties involved and which have constituency or list candidates depending upon which are a approved by the Electoral Commission. It is like a sausage machine, whichever government it is. The decisions in relation to this matter were made by senior professional prosecutors acting independently, as they always do, without reference to the law officers [the Lord Advocate and Solicitor General]., Alison Di Rollo (ne Lafferty) QC is the Solicitor General for Scotland. Alex Salmond is due to give evidence on Friday. When ultra-unionist (and clueless) Guardian columnists like Martin Kettle are out batting for Nicola then if you cant smell the coffee then you probably have Covid-19. A week or two at the tops @jeggit Jason Michael. So I found this tiny clip She later divorced and reverted to her maiden name. If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. Unbelievable though, the biggest gig in town and the big cheese doesnt know or control whos doing what or when. A Great Man among the political tiddlers in Holyrood. I used to think it was just some of the gang well most of them over the wall in La la Land that were a bit loopy now I know where they get it from ,The message from the top is stick with the SNP or you will jeopardise a vote for Independence fk me ok when , where and when is this just round the corner event likely to happen do I need to put it in my diary ,circle it on the calendar ,write its my forehead , Has she felt other parties have tried to capitalise on it? The video isnt working, it cuts out at 6 seconds after calls Jackie bailie.. Has it been redacted too? It will be a hard lesson to digest. Like the overwhelming majority of people Nicola Sturgeon unquestioningly bought into #MeToo propaganda which erases the fact that a full third of *current* domestic violence victims in UK and Australia (& broadly speaking across western democracies) are MEN. It beggars belief. For Gods sake, Salmond is still being the gentleman, and she has knifed him how many times? Theyre presumably not talking to Salmond at this stage, just about him. If anything, the events of the last few months have shown that to be the case. Both, in fact, appear very, very nervous. Even winning is losing as the costs are huge, and the time you never get back. Has no one mentioned to them, their cover up has not worked? All these interventions, nothing to do with us Guv our hands are clean we dont control these departments that are trying to save our arses by putting obstructions in the way of the committee as for the countless pages of blacked out type well thats normal practice in the political world isnt it. Those poor women have been abused just like the Lloyds Names were abused. Amber Rudd: if I were PM, Id fire all the men and have all-female Cabinet. It emerged yesterday Christine Grahame, SNP MSP and convenor of the committee, has been accused by a former employee of making sectarian remarks about colleagues, including members of her own. Im sure he can throw money about and just mark it down as Covid Costs. Billions for new nuclear weapons She is the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale constituency having previously been MSP for the South of Scotland region, first elected in the 1999 election and re-elected in 2003, 2007 and 2011. It has crossed my mind that Mulholland may have been playing a long game. At Westminster, its normal to have some backbenchers, particularly ex-Cabinet ministers who become real bombshells when thrown, so I think it is very important to do that. 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