danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
In effect, you’re asking how I know people in NPR socio-economic class A are more likely to be conservative.
Nicola Sturgeon's time is up
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My experience of what is a near on 50 50 split is it isn't the great unwashed vs professional/educated classes
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Higher managerial and professionals are not 50% of the population. I did not say that unionists were more likely to be in higher managerial roles or professional roles. I said the reverse. And I said “more likely”, not “certain to be”.
equationgirl
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There's this article today:
Which begs the question, how was the motorhome purchased without Beattie being aware of it? Who authorised the purchase?
Ex-SNP treasurer says he was aware of motorhome
Colin Beattie told journalists he did not know about the purchase before clarifying his comments.
www.bbc.co.uk
Which begs the question, how was the motorhome purchased without Beattie being aware of it? Who authorised the purchase?
love detective
there's no love too small
Fairly mundane answer: Beattie wasn't the Treasurer at the time it was purchased, Chapman wasThere's this article today:
Ex-SNP treasurer says he was aware of motorhome
Colin Beattie told journalists he did not know about the purchase before clarifying his comments.www.bbc.co.uk
Which begs the question, how was the motorhome purchased without Beattie being aware of it? Who authorised the purchase?
Shit journalism from the BBC really. It's hardly a gotcha moment asking if someone who wasn't involved in the SNP finances at the time of purchase if they had 'signed off the purchase'. Would have been more newsworthy if he had signed off on the purchase.
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Surely though, he'd have seen the motorhome in the assets list in the accounts? Even if he wasn't treasurer at the time - chapman was in post for about a year iirc? - he should have known about it post-purchase?
love detective
there's no love too small
The just of the BBC story seems to be about a very specific question he was asked, i.e. did he sign off on the purchase - which he could only ever answer in the negative, a mundane and glaringly obvious fact which the media seems to have either wittingly or unwittingly blown out of proportion.
As for knowing about the ownership of it, then of course he did. After returning to the Treasurer role in May 2021, he signed off the 2022 accounts which shows tangible asset additions of £116k in the year (gross of depreciation), the lion's share of which is undoubtedly the camper van (but I suspect this wasn't the question he was asked, as there's no plausible way he could deny that, given he signed off the accounts - so while he may well be an idiot, he's not that much of an idiot, so I suspect this is more sloppy and misframed journalism rather than any kind of gotcha moment)
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The Guardian is reporting it as 'Did you know about the motorhome', which is a broader question.
The Scottish Tories have put something out that basically amounts to 'pull the other one, Colin, it's got bells on'.
love detective
there's no love too small
Suspect he's taking advantage of the sloppy line of questioning on this, Guardian just as sloppy on the subsequent reporting of it, they say:
It wasn't paid for by the SNP when he was treasurer, he wasn't treasurer at the time the SNP paid for it, so would have had no knowledge about its purchase, at the time of purchase
They also say:
I'm guessing he's taking a very literal line on this and saying he didn't know about the purchase, at the time of purchase, given his signature is literally on the same page of the accounts which discloses the value of it in the 2021 accounts, he's not that thick surely.
It wasn't paid for by the SNP when he was treasurer, he wasn't treasurer at the time the SNP paid for it, so would have had no knowledge about its purchase, at the time of purchase
They also say:
I'm guessing he's taking a very literal line on this and saying he didn't know about the purchase, at the time of purchase, given his signature is literally on the same page of the accounts which discloses the value of it in the 2021 accounts, he's not that thick surely.
equationgirl
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I know it's in the accounts, I said that last week.
, and got the train home.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Oh wait, he did know.
“Oh motorhome? I thought you said ‘shmotorshmome’. I don’t know what a shmotorshmome is.”
Ex-SNP treasurer now says he was aware of motorhome Ex-SNP treasurer now says he was aware of motorhome
“Oh motorhome? I thought you said ‘shmotorshmome’. I don’t know what a shmotorshmome is.”
Ex-SNP treasurer now says he was aware of motorhome Ex-SNP treasurer now says he was aware of motorhome
equationgirl
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'oh I didn't realise you meant that motorhome, I thought you meant that other motorhome...'
He's not looking good either way really, and this just makes him look like he was being obstructive/lying.
equationgirl
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Also, from the Guardian
www.theguardian.com
Nicola says she did not resign because of the SNP financial crisis and what has happened is the stuff of the worst nightmares.
Nicola Sturgeon says SNP crisis unexpected, beyond her ‘worst nightmares’, but not her reason for resigning – as it happened
Former Scottish first minister voices frustration at not being able to ‘give my version of events’
Nicola says she did not resign because of the SNP financial crisis and what has happened is the stuff of the worst nightmares.
bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
Well, the second part of that could be true.Also, from the Guardian
Nicola Sturgeon says SNP crisis unexpected, beyond her ‘worst nightmares’, but not her reason for resigning – as it happened
Former Scottish first minister voices frustration at not being able to ‘give my version of events’
Nicola says she did not resign because of the SNP financial crisis and what has happened is the stuff of the worst nightmares.
equationgirl
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Yeah, that but is probably true. I'm reserving opinion on the rest of it.
gosub
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The ‘Affair of the Missing Six Hundred Thousand’ has brought Scotland to a halt
Normal public life is at a standstill as people wait for a conclusion to this incredible tale - if there ever is one
www.telegraph.co.uk
Now that is someone who listens to a lot of GoWest. But am finding the Auditor auditions more interesting than Britain's got talent, though with 1.2mil at stake bigger prize pot
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
It’s quite exiting. Less than a month to get the accounts in! Will they, won’t they?
SNP appoints new auditors as deadline looms SNP appoints new auditors as deadline looms
SNP appoints new auditors as deadline looms SNP appoints new auditors as deadline looms
JimW
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Depends on how soon they can offload those holiday chalets in the Trossachs.
equationgirl
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I for one eagerly await the bill from the new auditors because sorting out these accounts in less than a month is going to cost the SNP dearly
Dom Traynor
Tino Pai
I see Trump has told Farage he thinks Humza Yusuf will be better than Sturgeon.
Bingoman
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Breaking news Former SNP leader and first minister Nicola sturgeon arrested
news.sky.com
Nicola Sturgeon protests her innocence after she is arrested and released under investigation
Her arrest came on the back of the detentions of party treasurer Colin Beattie and former party chief executive Peter Murrell - also Ms Sturgeon's husband - who were both subsequently released without charge.
Bingoman
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Just posted that in the other nicola sturgeon threadSturgeon has been arrested over snp finances.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Just posted that in the other nicola sturgeon thread
Aye, probably best if everyone uses the main thread, which is at 18 pages, and let this one die.
Nicola Sturgeon's time is up
aha! It doesn't mention camper van they're down cold :mad:
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