To date, the case [for abolition] has not been proven beyond reasonable doubt, she says. He cannot be seriously expecting us to believe that being the head of COPFS and his neck on the line on this that he did not scrutinised that letter in detail before it was handed over to the committee. Without asking awkward questions. Where is he now? So we have to get our message out in those terms. It is clear she holds the bipartisan character of the committee system in high regard often very different from the tribal jostling that FMQs gives rise to while drawing a clear distinction between her roles as a convener and backbencher. He never did Delighted to say SpectatorTV has just welcomed its 100,000th subscriber. That is the level of intellect who wants to govern Scotland. I wonder if the reason why he was unsettled at points might have been because somebody else had written the answers for him and as he was reading them he came across parts he realised would put him in an even more difficult position so he could not bring himself to read them aloud. I think Alex Salmond will be looking-on tonight, pleased that he has had the opposition plan set-out before him. Its a trait she kept up on her return to university in the early 80s, this time approaching forty and with two young children at home. A MSP is forced to stand down, for what is a trivial offense. I invite you to read https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/essential-tremor/symptoms-causes/syc-20350534 and reconsider your comment at 8:11pm. It seems to be disappearing. At the 2021 Scottish Elections I was honoured to be again re-elected as the MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale constituency. Pull your head in guys & gals. (More), Stats: The lines are being drawn up: on their side are the Sturgeonista loyalists, the sophomiric woke Wahhabis, the grey suited Charlotte Street SPADs and those dependent on the SNP for funding for their quango or the prospect of sinecures as long as they remain on message. 9+ years of both covert and overt operations by the British state designed to destroy trust and confidence in Scottish institutions and devolution? I sincerely thank you for your post. Cant stop staring at Tom Arthurs tie. More to the point, it reveals a darker side of the matter and conspiracy is too light a description. I think I get it now. Grahame says that she is listening to the debate. But something is in the air. My graduate training has included both in-person and. Looking at the individual dissembling and obfuscating I couldnt help but think what a weasel of a little man. Lodged 3 May 2018 attempt to use its powers to force release by Crown Office of all correspondence it holds involving those Alex Salmond accuses of plotting against him'. that`s $65,000,000 going south every day,about $24 billion a year,if we nationalised our oil like Saudi. Beat it. She is dangerous in the same way that Trump was dangerous. Does this not perhaps help to explain why Scotland has the highest prison population rate per head in Western Europe, with 150 people held in prison for every 100,000 of the population? J. Hillis Miller Health Center Location 1600 SW Archer Rd. So correct me if Im wrong, a letter was issued by the COPFS, which clearly identifies one of the complainers by insisting on the redaction of 5 paragraphs, and Lord Wolffe states that he had no knowledge of the letter. Just in time for the May Elections we all saw that coming didnt we???? Still trying to make sense of James waffles assertion that it wisnae him, a big boy did it and ran away. 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.). The world is closed. It takes neck of a particularly dodgy brass to claim the COPFS is formed by professionals when he was forced recently to tender an apology (although many thought it should be his resignation) because those professionals have costed us tens of millions of pounds in malicious prosecutions. I hope to work in the public health field. Someone leaks the report to the Daily Record. Since we have been in Union (if perhaps unequal) for 300 years, its different. Billions for English Flood Defences I saw several of her put downs against several unionist MSPs. He testifies that he was contacted subsequently by Liz Lloyd to amend a press statement to hide the knowledge of the allegations against Salmond in March 2018. With pressure, and a slow increase in the number of charges, the police did open an inquiry. What legal firm would touch her, and she wasnt a very good lawyer anyway. And I know why [it happened], hes worked very hard on this, everybody has a moment when they get carried away. The Crown Office may try to find reasons for not producing them. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. A sure sign your party is headed for victory. [8] During the COVID-19 pandemic, she went into self isolation as someone over 70 years old and therefore at more risk of developing severe COVID-19 symptoms. You have to admit, shes given any potential future female politicians the best lesson in what NOT to do in power that they could have had. Probably tin-hattery but was a thought that crossed my mind. She later divorced and reverted to her maiden name. Its game over for them. This episode is far from over. If she does that she might salvage alternative career paths. Millions for City Projects Here endeth the lesson, let those who have ears and not one eye on their next career move, hear. So I found this tiny clip Date lodged: Tuesday, February 28, 2023, Supported by: Paul Sweeney Machiavellian is better and that points to one person only. So *was* Geoff a complainant? 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). 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. I am sure I am not alone in that. With such history of sexually impropriety, Christine Graham is seen there nodding in agreement to slithery Wolffe licking his lips with body language that give much away in the effort to stitch-up Alex Salmond AGAIN. I used to have some respect for lawyers, but as the years passed, I got to know a few, had to use a few, or found myself in court or on a jury my respect for the whole thing has long evaporated. I used to joke about it with her I called her stevie wonder once. If all these people in Holyrood are as fkn dumb as the ones I have seen over the last few weeks fk me I am up for a place in that fkn Circus whats not to like Free Money for talking shite , Christ my wife says I talk shite every day but I dont get payed lots of cash for it , How do I apply only drawback might be the swearing but I guess I will get used to it l. Does Nicola Sturgeon wear false eye-lashes? So sad that some people here are crossing the line in what they post. Wonder if he made a mistake there somehow. This is very serious. Nicky Dreghorn, watching you slander Alex Salmond on your nightly Covid TV With Nicola programme, you actually make me feel physically sick. Boris is spending money like Scottish water! Christine Grahame (Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) (SNP): "No strikes. So hasnt he just said something that will aid jigsaw identification for a lot more people who dont follow Wings or Craig Murray? Grahame, a veteran having been through four parliamentary elections, says she has never held ministerial ambitions and has never felt her freedom to speak up curtailed. [17], However, Grahame's position was eventually vindicated, with the council recommending Galashiels as the preferred site in December 2016 stating "Galashiels offers the greatest potential to provide a world class attraction which will make a significant contribution to the Borders economy.[18], Grahame has been outspoken in her view that the conviction of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing is unsafe and represents a miscarriage of justice. If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. I thought Id kept it but in my technophobe world I hadnt. Real professionals! And intriguingly it seems the Crown Office will soon have another opportunity to obstruct the committees work: Hopefully that one will be less of a damp squib. The tragedy is this shambles is all of NSs making and will adversely affect, albeit briefly, the cause of independence. 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. We appear to be living in a Sturgeonian dystopia where her popularity insulates her from scrutiny. Is one supposed to give a free-pass to people with *alleged* difficulties, and yet those same people seem to waltz through life, and lifes challenges/social challenges without let or hinder? The halo of our Law Officers currently needs a substantial wash and brush up simply to be fit for purpose. Wolffe also appeared to be reading all his answers from his folder. The Holyrood inquiry into the Salmond affair is to use the parliaments power to compel the production of documents held by the Crown Office. From The Herald. Just need to be patient for now. Fearful of losing the judicial review, a second front is opened. The truth will out in full and in glorious technicolour. 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. Dearly beloved , the lesson today comes from the book of Watergate chapter 1 verse 1 and the Lord spoke to those stiff necked sinners and said its the cover up stupid. Is this the silver bullet moment for Salmond. This rhetoric is devastating for womens trust in reporting sexual harassment + abuse.. 24 February, 2021 at 9:36 pm My bet is on the MI5 crown agent. Now, granted, I dont know over-much about Haggerty, so I wont cast aspersions on her personally, but too many leadership supporters have been carrying on cheerfully without much opposition, and with fawning praise from certain quarters (not the Tory press, obviously, but parts of the media) that they actually believe their own hype and think they are invincible whereas in fact its largely the awfulness of Johnson and the Tories that has caused the frankly underwhelming rise in support for independence. 24 February, 2021 at 5:56 pm Grahame ran for Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party in the 2004 leadership election, but was defeated by Nicola Sturgeon. This site is the glue that holds us all together. I am not too sure where I actually stand here for I do not really have much information of the person that I first referred to as a nodding donkey. 24 February, 2021 at 7:15 pm NS, the LA, LL and LE should all just resign now and let Scotland get on with Independence process. I am not going to get into the substance of the issues, not least because, in doing so, there would be a risk of my breaching the court order. At several points Slimey mentions that the Crown Office is staffed by professional prosecutors. 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? You showed us who you were 1st post. He is a government minnister, he is also the head of the Clown Office. Any pain that might be brought by our Independence is of a nothing in comparison. I think the Cabinet Secretary had a good point in going into this, really, and I am not just saying that, I think he had a good point. Christine Grahame (formerly Creech; born 9 September 1944) is a Scottish politician who served as a Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament from 2016 to 2021. Rhiannon Spear & The Rape Crisis Centre. She passes the dossier to the police, who refuse it. Brian Doonthetoon you appear to be obsessed with identifying complainers. This is what makes me especially uneasy for the future of independence. Preparations had been made since December 2017, when Police Scotland were approached for the first time by Judith McKinnon. Whether it be sustained questioning over the conviction of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi for the Lockerbie bombing, her bid for SNP deputy leadership a decade ago not, she says, because she wanted the job but rather because she was sick of seeing the same old faces in the frame or in the current debate on the abolition of corroboration in criminal trials, she has not been given to keeping schtum in politics either. Truth fades from memory as propaganda paints a new reality. Liam Fox might have added that if even part of what Salmond says is true, Sturgeon can expect to face criminal charges. Ms Grahame was in Holyrood yesterday, but she has maintained a steadfast silence on the issue so far, insisting that she would not comment on anybody's private life. You unexist. I just keep thinking, this must go deeper and be more insidious than we think, for them to keep digging the hole deeper, and deeper. Maybe I read it wrongly, she gave the impression of the old school combative SNP MSPs. Her maternal grandfather was Welsh. [3], After a period as a housewife, she returned to Edinburgh University as a mature student where she earned a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1984 and a Diploma in Legal Practice in 1985, subsequently practising as a solicitor at a number of law firms until her election as an MSP in 1999.[4]. Christine Graham - People Directory - 192.com 200 Results for Christine Graham Please use the search above if you cannot find the record you require. Scotlands fortnightly political & current affairs magazine. Did he also said that is really for the Committee to make the decision about what to publish, or did I just imagine it? In fact, I will qualify that if I may They represent you in the Scottish Parliament and your local area. Date lodged: Tuesday, February 28, 2023, Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, Result 55 for, 64 against, 0 abstained, 10 did not vote, Submitted by: Paul O'Kane, West Scotland, Scottish Labour. what a shifty cunt he licks his lips like a serial killer in a movie. He did not tell us either if he saw the letter BEFORE or AFTER it was sent. Dr Milne was the natural. Using her married name, Christine Creech, she was the SNP candidate at the 1992 General Election for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale. Why have we heard nothing about / from her until now? Interesting that even the BBC is, after months of pretty much ignoring this, now giving it proper attention: It was the lead story on Radion 4s P.M. programme tonight. Did the letter even go across the Lord Advocates desk before it was issued? A lot, I think. They both know it is the end-game now. 24 February, 2021 at 9:43 pm. The rest are just balls. Is this the political protocol in every Parliament in every country, or is it peculiar only to Scotlands? This website contains useful information including details on how to contact me as well as local surveys and information. A fishing expedition ensues. Hopefully more MSPs and such like call for this before & after the election. Did the Crown Office receive any submissions from any third party before it wrote to the SPCB yesterday? He will have an answer ready & close LF of at the pass & continue to impart the information for us all to hear. It was just a skirmish today; both Nicola Sturgeons Covid Presentation and the Lord Advocates appearance at Holyrood. to pay off. Crown Office ordered to release evidence of Alex Salmond conspiracy Very badly reported as Salmond v Sturgeon of course. Theyre all lying, corrupt cockroaches, Anonymoose says: You'll find the topic discussed and how many times this MSP has contributed to the discussion. Others seem to be saying I have hit the nail on the head. She was born on September 9, 1944 and her birthplace is Staffordshire, England. test in court its ability to publish all Salmond evidence. Notwithstanding this fiasco, she is IMHO one of the better SNP MSPs. Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, came out on top with her one-year-old hound Mabel, but the politician was humble in victory. He had the look to me of someone that knew they were in a hole and was desperately trying not to dig any further. Joan Hutchesons expos of the failures relating to the NEC and the leaderships response to attempts to change it are all of a piece with the conspiracy against Salmond. The problem with trotting out all that spiel about Law Officers doing the duty all the time, is that its coming from a Lord Advocate who has presided over malicious prosecutions of private individuals, and didnt resign, advised the Scottish Government on a botched Complaints protocol, appears to operate double standards in who will be threatened with Contempt of Court proceedings, repeatedly obstructs the production of evidence and information germane to the Inquiry, and steadfastly refuses to address the patent conflict of interest with his cabinet post and his independent capacity. Sciences regresses as Galileos telescope goes unused again. I was just getting into the whole Come to Ghana thing from the Ghana tourism authority on twitter, then this kinda threw me: https://twitter.com/FionaSnp/status/1364653197806174211. ", Asked by: Grahame, Christine, Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 28 September 2022, "To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with NHS Borders. Im away to watch towie for the first time ever , whole lot more believeable than this shit shower. What is going on. 12 mins ago 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. Grousebeater mentioned that there was a new party in the offing yesterday on twitter. In 2011, she was elected MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale. I have been writing in here for the past 6-weeks or so. Big girl did it run away!. but McDonalds is open. Gut reaction thats a bloke. Which is quite thing when just getting a foot out the bed in the morning may be an achievement in itself. Find out how Christine Grahame has voted recently. Contact at local office 6 High Street Galashiels TD1 1SD Phone: 07976 596 245 If anything, the events of the last few months have shown that to be the case. Bernaith smiles and catches his sneeze to protect the house of cards. The Crowns sole interest in the matter is to secure respect for that court order. Alex Salmond hit initially a target of 50k and then I think 100k in about 24 hours if I recall correctly. Murrell is probably in debt up to his eyeballs. I am a community health education major. One of the best 50 quids I have ever spent Captain. I appreciate he will not be questioned directly on it & if he sidestep into the redacted area LF will try to silence him. Hi zebedee. This website contains useful information including details on how to contact me as well as local surveys and information. My mothers lesson about if youre not prepared to say or do something, I dont want to hear about it has remained with me sometimes to my cost that if something really is wrong, I spoke out, she says. Scotland ought to go alone if ye wish, of course, but enthusiasm carries us away sometimes. Did anyone ever tell you what a hard-working, honorable and honest man you are Mr Wings. Liked by Christine Grahame Ford has announced that it is returning to Formula 1 from 2026. Absolutely no answers, & of course I heard no explanation about the need to actually redact. that JB also name checks? https://twitter.com/Jeggit/status/1364674843245953031. So I did., Holyrood provides comprehensive coverage of Scottish politics, offering award-winning reporting and analysis: Subscribe, Read the most recent article written by - Time for Michael Matheson to live up to his motto of smart on crime, Stay in the know with our fortnightly magazine, Registered in England & Wales under No. Shes beneath contempt. A general characteristic of middle class people is they are always shitting themselves about one thing or another. She has served on the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body since May 2021.[1]. Lets see what more we find out about this. That arse wipe Spear on Twitter has just accused Alex Salmond of a abuse of Power where is yer evidence Mr Spear it is a mister isnt it ? I hate what unionism and British nationalism stand for, but I wont help put a deeply regressive and anti-democratic bunch of chancers like the SNP in to power. 6.1.1, The world's most-read Scottish politics website, Posted on Bob Mack says: Find doctors by specialty. On Buzzlearn.com, Christine is listed as a successful Politician who was born in the year of 1944. 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. Under the public interest defence? Was that why the Lord Advocate took care to stress that he did not draft the letter, and that senior prosecutors act autonomously? Christine Graham, MSW is a Social Worker in Long Beach, CA. Some days she can hardly get going, other days shes twitching all over the place. Probably wouldnt now though. I cannot see how he could be liable to any action civil or criminal if he had to comply with such an order. Was the Crown Agent, David Harvie, consulted? 24 February, 2021 at 8:48 pm. And remember, people even politicians are people have busy lives too. Oh good, Guardian columnists. In the 1994 European Parliament election, she contested the South of Scotland constituency, again unsuccessfully. It was confirmed at that meeting that the Crowns sole concern was one paragraph in its article about the former First Ministers ministerial code submission. Away and shite, youre Office is in disrepute, on your watch again. Illness and cancer disappear to make way for an ancient foe of dubious virility. Social . Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale Constituency. Can anyone supply anything more in pursuit of this possible Hereld clue concerning who made the decision? 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). Find out how to adopt this simple step into your daily oral health regimen. State owned Saudi Aramco it is the seventh largest company in the world by revenue. He said he saw the letter after it was composed. Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4224045.stm. Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale Constituency. Im hanging on until the election or a leadership election, whatever comes first. Billions on the Brexit divorce settlement https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10158265728151374&set=a.10158260397776374&__cft__%5B0%5D=AZXel1YRxGLg6PWYe-HKxCjB8KcjJWHb8zyUPs7zQXoitB51gmnBYGr_Xr_nK_ioNfv8NWie4nf0_J-zsQ0PSy1L6NMfO0-Z8f3bTjowdbzDqQ&__tn__=EH-R. You may surmise that but, all I can type is that, I just browse the WWW and post links to what I think will be of interest to readers on WOS. Rev, you have to be the hardest working Investigative journalist in the uk. Lots of looking down and to the left. Professional, independent upholders of due process, which has so many safeguards to help prevent any travesties of justice and democracy merely humble profferors of sage professional advice in this instance but its heehaw to do with us anymore were so over it. MSPs take part in examining and passing proposed laws (Bills). He was determined not to give the game away. The public purse has just paid out ~24million to a couple of private individuals who were deeply involved in that football club. She continued to campaign for this for a number of years, with the line eventually opening between Edinburgh and Tweedbank in 2015. Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, Result 23 for, 93 against, 3 abstained, 10 did not vote, Submitted by: George Adam, Paisley, Scottish National Party. Twitter. Are you giving us a clue as to Jason Michaels mystery happening? Ms 1 fears that this may be an opportunity for Alex Salmond to get back into Hollyrood. 24 February, 2021 at 9:12 pm There is something quite rotten, corrupt, stinking to high heaven about Craig Murrays trial. After the election, she was reshuffled from chair of the Scottish Parliament's Health committee to Shadow Minister for Social Justice, generally seen by media commentators as an upwards shift. [2] Grahame was brought up in Edinburgh, attending Boroughmuir High School. I can remember Malcolm Chisholm coming out in favour of minimum unit pricing against the whole of the Labour benches. This is OUR democracy, not theirs. Now I have concerns that access to justice for some people means just getting their case into court and I do not think court is therapy, I do not think that a rape or sexual assault victim getting into court and then a jury turning round and finding someone not guilty, acquitting them or not proven, will make them feel any better, I think it will make them feel worse, thats my take. Thanks for that, SD, I wasnt aware of this condition. I simply could not have put it any better at all. 6,096 Posts, Jackie Baillie: She was defeated by Nicola Sturgeon. Surely that would have sunk his boat instead of asking questions that have an infinite get out Claus. The UK media seem more interested in whether it will reduce support for independence rather than any facts. Nobody had th gumption to ask about the professionalism professional prosecutors who mount malicious prosecutions by their own admission and political prosecutions by any objective estimation. Surely Scotland can do better than this? This rhetoric is devastating for womens trust in reporting sexual harrassment + abuse. 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. His performance was an outrage. She writes their story. As for covert operatives, the case of Mark Kennedy comes to mind. If that was the case, they would have not deleted entire paragraphs. Who in COPFS felt they had the authority to overrule Lady Dorians ruling by redacting those paragraphs? Two weeks later, the dog was put down after biting someone. Everybody knows. If the Committee serve a s.24 notice on Alex Salmond to produce the documents to them wouldnt he be happy to do that? Millions for extra schooling in England Has no one mentioned to them, their cover up has not worked? 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. A family nurse practitioner is a nurse who completed a. Thats what makes it most galling bacause it is all so needless. Younger MSPs who are often very tribal on first taking up seats on the SNP and Labour benches will lose that following time on the committees, she says. So maybe their questioning wasnt as lame as it might appear. They look at each other and ask .Do you think there might be any others?. Are your links related to the cryptic Twitter message others have linked to, in which a chap called Jason Michael says something very big is about to happen in Scottish politics? [2], https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Di_Rollo. How did the mass Scottish political and legal car crash get to this level of dysfunction? They want to support their sister. Hired mouths, prostitutes of the tongue. Real professionals know how to lie and accept lies properly. 24 February, 2021 at 7:26 pm Did anyone notice he was turning the pages of his folder from back to front? Yes, the Court of Session came ultimately to his aid but at what financial cost to us and emotional cost to the appellant? Constituency report for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale. The SSPCA was called and checked out the animal. The harrassment enquiry was the lead item on ITV news at 10 tonight. This is a singular event which possibly no-one else in Scotland could have managed. Billions for Tory friends emergency contracts Margaret Grahame, my paternal grandmother, was born in 1877. It is perhaps time that untidy bastard Wolffe did some poridge. Political Holdings Limited document.write(new Date().getFullYear()); Time for Michael Matheson to live up to his motto of smart on crime.
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