Salmond deid

[JimW]

Couldn't hit an elephant from this distance

 

[hitmouse]

It’s what he would’ve wanted

Alex Salmond died 'while trying to open bottle of ketchup', says eyewitness

Mr Salmond was reportedly helping the Alba Party chair open a bottle of ketchup when he suffered a heart attack and died during lunch

www.standard.co.uk

Do we know if mrfusion's chips had ketchup on them? Feels like spooky foreshadowing if they did.

 

[Cerv]

Andrew Marr's obituary of Salmond is worth a read

The Alex Salmond I knew

From a lean radical in the early 1980s, he evolved into a political titan.

www.newstatesman.com

 

[PTK]

I didn't go through 'all' of your past posts. I went on a thread created to celebrate a death to see if you contributed. You did, though not in a particularly celebratory way to be fair, but not in a censorious way either.

Well, I could not find my post on that thread, so I salute your indefatigability.

I have no idea of what I am accused of having posted on that thread, so I am unable to comment on it. Perhaps you could re-post it for me.

 

[lazythursday]

Well, I could not find my post on that thread, so I salute your indefatigability.

I have no idea of what I am accused of having posted on that thread, so I am unable to comment on it. Perhaps you could re-post it for me.

It wasn't what you posted it was what you didn't post. You didn't complain that it was wrong to be to offensive about the dead, as you feel is the case with Salmond. Now I suppose you can argue that Thatcher is a special case, or that it doesn't matter because more years have elapsed. I just wondered why the inconsistency.

 

[Totoro303]

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[Wilf]

Wouldn't surprise me if more accusations emerge after a, ahem, 'decent interval'. Either that or a newspaper editor feels freed up to publish something they've sat on.

Police investigating new allegation of sexual assault against Alex Salmond

Police Scotland confirms ‘non-recent’ allegation made by a woman after Salmond’s death last month

www.theguardian.com

 

[Sasaferrato]

Police investigating new allegation of sexual assault against Alex Salmond

Police Scotland confirms ‘non-recent’ allegation made by a woman after Salmond’s death last month

www.theguardian.com

What is the point?

I detested the man, but what is the point in investigating allegations against a corpse?

 

[Wilf]

What is the point?

I detested the man, but what is the point in investigating allegations against a corpse?

Getting heard? Potentially, exposing others who might have assisted Salmond?

 

[Sasaferrato]

Getting heard? Potentially, exposing others who might have assisted Salmond?

Aye, there is that.

 

[Wilf]

Aye, there is that.

As an (imperfect) parallel, all the women coming forward after al fayed's death have served to expose all the institutions and individuals who helped him.

 

[krtek a houby]

When Savile died, it took a time before the horrific extent of his abuse was revealed.

 

[Cerv]

What is the point?

I detested the man, but what is the point in investigating allegations against a corpse?

as the BBC put it

It is unclear why the allegation has been made now.

It would not be possible to bring a prosecution in respect of Salmond himself as he is dead.

However, the police may investigate whether there is a suggestion of any other criminal offences committed by anyone else.

Police receive new sex assault complaint against Alex Salmond

Officers are assessing a non-recent sexual assault allegation made against the former first minister who died last month.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[danny la rouge]

When Savile died, it took a time before the horrific extent of his abuse was revealed.

There was a police inquiry into the crimes after his death too, and as I recall, the scope of it broadened over time.

I’m not suggesting the scope or scale here will be similar, but it’s worth noting that police investigations into allegations against a deceased individual are not novel, and their point is not to secure a conviction of the deceased person.

 

[PTK]

It wasn't what you posted it was what you didn't post. You didn't complain that it was wrong to be to offensive about the dead, as you feel is the case with Salmond. Now I suppose you can argue that Thatcher is a special case, or that it doesn't matter because more years have elapsed. I just wondered why the inconsistency.

Thatcher died in 2013, and I joined Urban 75 in 2020. I apologise for not reading things posted seven years before I joined.

 

[lazythursday]

Thatcher died in 2013, and I joined Urban 75 in 2020. I apologise for not reading things posted seven years before I joined.

I accept your apology, and assume that means you are withdrawing your attempt to censure people speaking ill of the dead - especially given the emerging allegations.

 

[PTK]

I accept your apology, and assume that means you are withdrawing your attempt to censure people speaking ill of the dead - especially given the emerging allegations.

Well, you should not accept my apology until I can provide proof that I have read every post on Urban 75 in the seven years between the death of Thatcher and me joining Urban 75. I shall expect you to pledge yourself to reading every post in the seven years before you joined.

 

[Wilf]

(((Seven year itch)))