There's no avoiding it I'm afraid, Steven Purcell is the big story today and so far it is The Herald that has the most detailed breakdown of what happened in this past week. Tom Gordon and Paul Hutcheon have pieced together what happened this past week with what appears to be forensic detail.
'Forensic', regrettably, is an unfortunate choice of word as The Herald is also reporting that the body of Danus McKinlay, the young Labour activist who died last week reportedly of a heart attack outside Glasgow City Chambers, will undergo a post-mortem examination into the cause of his death.
In terms of Purcell's week of twists and turns, he seems to have been the master of his own downfall by refusing to be up front and open about the reasons for the controversy, though there is a strong impression that this was paranoia-induced rather than a sober decision.
The Drug Enforcement Agency and crimelord networks are mentioned in the News of the World as Purcell had managed to get mixed up with the wrong crowd. As one political source put it, '"When you're a guy in a position like that, you don't hang about with the sort of people he was." There are also dunks in the river and abusive phone calls to Vodafone. It's all horribly bizarre.
What will be the impact? It depends if this is the end of all the revelations I suppose but it really is a remarkable story.
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Good to see Sunday Herald at last covered this but why did they refuse for days to cover it in detail and why do they not reveal their editors v strong social links to this whole affair.
I suppose the next question is who knew what and when .Some of the stories seem to suggest that his Labour party colleagues knew for a few years of his problems did that include Iain Gray and Jim Murphy ??? and if they knew did they decide it was acceptable for a man with dependency problem to be running Scotland's biggest local authority.
It also has to be asked if there has been a cover up by senior party officals.
This is not over by a long way though I think its the actions of others now that have to be questioned.
Steven took drugs?
Aye, but did he inhale?
The News of the World cited a close contact as saying that not only was Purcell's beahvaiour and alleaged addictions know but that due to continually standing up important people on Mondays after a binge weekend, they effectively cleared Purcell's diary for every Monday.
Just how long had that been going on?
Is there anyone else around Purcell who also has 'chemical dependancies'?
Who in Labour knew about this?
Have the police been called following this admission to possessing a Class ADrug?
Do Ian Gray & Richard Baker believe such people should be imprisoned?
D'ye still hope to see Purcell back refreshed and raring to go one day?
The Richard Nixon of West Coast politics (minus the toxic unpleasantness, of course). There are terrifying accounts of his being, during a binge, being rugby-tackled by Secret Service agents as he tried to attack White House staff; or of Kissinger calmly calling the Pentagon as instructing military chiefs to ignore any orders of nuclear launch from their Commander in Chief.
I don't see how Jeff can be faulted for his generous missive. No-one in the public knew the full extent of this at that stage, and I hope I Purcell returns to productive professional life refreshed - maybe seeking redemption through community work.
Jeff
I think that the Scottish Government now needs to thoroughly investigate every decision made by Purcell which had a significant spending consequence.
The question on my mind is not "is he a target for blackmail" - it's "was he blackmailed into doing X, Y or Z". For example, were security or taxi licences or contracts, liquor or gaming licences, planning permissions etc. awarded by the Council to individuals or companies linked to organised crime?
I'm not saying that he was blackmailed, but in the light of the circumstances an investigation would be prudent. Certainly that's exactly what would happen next in the private/corporate sector.
CC
I to would like to hear the thoughts of Labours justice spokesperson Richard Baker.He is probably the most self rightous politican in Scotland, and that takes some doing.He can twist any comment to find a way of blaming the SNP or if it is the local press to be an anti Aberdeen comment.
So come on Mr Baker what is your view on people with drug addictions holding down senior positions in public life and how long should they go to jail for.
The Scottish Government and the SNP in general need to just let this particular story play out in the media.
What is important is the broader story. It goes like this:
Purcell seemed to be a decent sort with Glasgow's best interests at heart.
His problem is that he became involved in the omnipresent smog that is the Scottish Labour Party. He possibly naively thought this was the best route to deliver for his community. A lot of good people have made this mistake over the years.
Armed only with this ambition for his community (and maybe for himself too) this smog of corruption, association with organised crime and institutional cronyism has, over a number of years, reduced this man to a shadow of a human being.
He has been chewed up and spat out because the vested interests will no longer tolerate someone like him.
Is it any co-incidence that Labour representatives hardly ever deliver on anything? As soon as they show some genuine ambition for the people that elected them, the smog smothers them to make it clear whose interests they are really there to serve.
Scottish Labour - preventing progress, cronies of crime-lords and dehumanising decent folk.
(And if that wasn't evidence enough of how poisonous Scottish Labour is, Richard Baker is still their Shadow Justice Secretary!!! Who stands to gain from him ever taking office?)
I'm not saying that he was blackmailed, but in the light of the circumstances an investigation would be prudent.
The Police appear not to have thought there was persuasive evidence... just the principle of such a public figure mixing with the sort.
A straw-poll of his decision making could reveal discrepancies. Were there any?
I don't think it is for the Scottish Government to investigate anything.
However I think Glasgow City Council should review certain decisions.
What this exposes, I think, is the potential dangers of the kind of Cabinet-style administration that Steven Purcell ran which did not just exclude opposition councillors from decision-making but also the majority of Labour councillors.
There is always a balance to be struck between the need to have a streamlined and efficient decision making process and the danger of lack of proper scrutiny.
Indy
Perhaps you're right. The problem for GCC, though, would be that, unfairly or not, it would be pointed out that it would effectively be investigating itself.
Any outcome other than a dramatic one would inevitably lead to the investigation being seen as a whitewash. A third party investigation would be more prudent, in my view.
The Scottish Government do have the power to do this, if they wish. Indeed they have full ultimate control over local government.
CC
A lot of the info and his links to organised crime are now in the public domain, as are some disheartening stories about McConnell.
Forget the stress, he was in it up to his neck with some bad boys and he got caught.
The relationship with various drug crime bosses and bisiness entities of dubious history was not even hidden.
I could post the stories in full, You no doubt have them as well Jeff but the dead tree press already has it and is sitting on it and trying to work out how to get labour out of this scrape.
If some of the London based press get a sniff of anything going back to Comrade Brown they just might take an interest in this and it certainly won't be pretty then.
Its a sad fact of life here in Scotland that the media will decide what they consider to be suitable for the public to pass opinions on and unfortunately doing a potentially dynamite story on New Labour just before the election is a complete no no.
The Dead Tree Press, as you dismissively call them, redcliffe, is hardly trying to cover up the truth. Look at the papers and try not to let your irrational hatred get in the way.
Anonymous's "broader story" about Purcell being a victim of Labour is just nonsense.
Isn't the truth enough for you guys? Jeez.
I wonder if The Herald is now embarrassed that it threw its weight behind Purcell's ludicrous "Ripped off Glasgow" campaign--possibly conceived when he was high on drugs/alcohol?
He was definitely out of his mind on something when he instructed Glasgow officials to write to the "Scottish Executive" and not the Scottish Government.
Another Labour Celtic-minded chancer with feet of clay.
Joan McAlpine's take on this is enlightening (and a bit scary).
http://joanmcalpine.typepad.com/joan_mcalpine/
Why are Celtic brought into this?
I wonder if The Herald is now embarrassed that it threw its weight behind Purcell's ludicrous "Ripped off Glasgow" campaign--possibly conceived when he was high on drugs/alcohol?
Were other GCC representatives and staff similarly toked-up?
The Scottish Govt can't intervene in the running of GCC unless there is good reason.
What we are looking at here, at this stage, is the actions of an individual. An individual who blocked attempts to tackle organised crime. Well now he's gone and there's no excuse for the Council not to proceed full stream ahead to tackle the issues that we all know exist.
If they don't do that, if there is evidence that they continue to block efforts to tackle organised crime despite Purcell's absence then there may be a case for intervention.
But that point is not now.
We have to give the Council a chance. The will is there.
as are some disheartening stories about McConnell.
Out of interest, is this related to the letter of mitigation he wrote for those thugs in (?) 2004?
I imagine it would be the red rose dinners Alec.
I wonder if The Herald is now embarrassed that it threw its weight behind Purcell's ludicrous "Ripped off Glasgow" campaign--possibly conceived when he was high on drugs/alcohol?
The "ripped off Glasgow " campaign was supported by the Evening Times whose editor at the time just happend to be the ex editor of the Aberdeen Evening Express and was constantly going on about a Glasgow bias and how Aberdeen was always being underfunded to help Glasgow.Hey presto he moves to the Evening Times and undergoes an immaculate conversion and everything is turned on its head.
Divide and rule .
One good thing that could come out of this is to endow politicians with an understanding that who they associate with can reflect on them.
One of the reasons why organised crime flourishes throughout Glasgow and the West of Scotland is because it is tolerated. There is a glamour attached to it.
The downfall of Steven Purcell should go some way to reducing the tolerance that is extended to these people.
They should be viewed as the anti-social scum that they are.
Aye, Observer, Small Faces should be required viewing at City Chambers.
Now, can anyone tell me why British Sign Language is offered on a webpage?
http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/NR/exeres/4021CFD2-DBC6-4489-95FE-9042B9A5D652,frameless.htm?NRMODE=Published
No one in the upper echelons of the Labour Party knew about his drug and alcohol problems, or risky associations, until the last weekend?
GCC did not explain publicly his resignation as leader of the Council, but accepted the substance of this should be done by him and his lawyers acting for him as a private individual.
Just imagine if his party political label had been SNP.The press would never have let him stay in office. They are supine in Scotland.
Parts of this story are still a bit -- troubling. I keep wondering how moving across town would keep people who might have photographs (according to the police) from blackmailing Mr. Purcell. And anyone who isn't reminded that there have been on-going allegations for quite some time about the GCC knowingly funding a community centre run by a known crime family has a more innocent mind than I do. Which might leave concerns about the GCC investigating itself. Honestly, one would think they all would have NEEDED to be toked-up to allow this to have gone on. But I wouldn't hold my breath for investigation from the Scottish press.
I think COSLA might need to be brought in here, it's becoming clear that his close confidants and senior staff knew about this situation for a long time.
The DEA met with him last May, that was before the Glasgow NE By Election and also before the labour Group at Glasgow City Council refused to attend a council discussion on organised crime called for by the minority SNP group.
This, much like the accusations of bully with brown, reeks of a culture of dismissiveness, a general sweeping under the carpet rather than dealing with the problem.
That Purcell's diary alone appears to have been servely curtailed (every monday apparently) because of his activities is evident enough to mount a COSLA Investigation in the actions of the leader's advisors and just how far down the chain in the Labour Group and party this goes.
I sincerely hope to god that nothing comes from the apparent post mortem to be carried out on this Labour activist youngster who Steven Purcell employed in the council and whom the News of the World cites as often visiting Steven Purcell in his office.
This is more than personal tragedy, as the Times reports, this points to a kind of 'culture' prevalent within Glasgow City Council, one of the longest running hegemonies in the UK.
Time to blow out the cobwebs and start a COSLA Investigation into the council's key financial dealings, property, contracts and licensing decisions.
A full public investigation is now required to clear the air in this stinking case. If Purcell know where to get drugs then the police knew as well so why weren't their arrests and prosecutions? I think a full audit of who got what Council contracts and their links to Labour now needs to happen. If everything found above board fine, if not proscutions should happen too. Who are these 'media people' had who regular meetings with him and what is their agenda in promoting a political party rather than reporting news?
And anyone who isn't reminded that there have been on-going allegations for quite some time about the GCC knowingly funding a community centre run by a known crime family has a more innocent mind than I do.
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They might have a more up to date one too. Chirnyside was closed some time ago.
I think some of you are jumping the gun here. We are looking at allegations about the behaviour of one man, not the entire Council.
I have no doubt that his decisions will be reviewed - there have already been demands for that by politicians and the trade unions.
But there is no evidence, as yet, to justify intervention.
Scotland's Clay Davis?
Can anyone fill me in on goings on at Chirnsyde? I'd understood that the Lyons had been removed from there over three years ago.
"Scotland's Clay Davis?"
Sheeeeeeit, he'll take any mothafuckas money if he givin' it away.
One of the anonymous' (get a name by the way,) said I have a hatred of the dead tree press.
I have ahatred when there are aspects covered up.
When a story was pulled TODAY on Glasgow's fun and games, after being flagged by Joan McAlpine as being in the paper she writes for, we need to ask why it was pulled.
Who made the call, literally.
Clearly with Purcell running away and his story in pieces there is little legal reason to hold back on the facts.
No one in the upper echelons of the Labour Party knew about his drug and alcohol problems, or risky associations, until the last weekend?
According to today's Screws:
Purcell was considered as a candidate for the Glasgow East by-election after the party's first choice, fellow councillor George Ryan, dropped out of the race. Last night a very senior Labour Party insider told us: "At that point, rumours about Steven had reached the party headquarters.
"So a discussion was had with him - and he was asked outright about the drug rumours. And after that, any idea of him being the candidate was ABANDONED immediately."
If this is true, Labour knew about this and decided to let him continuing running the council.
The gods did not save Purcell.
Is this the article you were looking for?
http://tinyurl.com/yb2qbwg
Colin - that account clashes completely with the account given at the time that Purcell refused to stand, despite being asked to personally by Gordon Brown, and that Brown went into a giant hissy fit about it with mobeys being thrown against walls etc.
It's hard to see why they would have made that up at the time if it was a cover story as it didn't make Brown look good at all.
I don't think we can take much at face value here.
I have to admire the iron discipline of the professional scribblers at The Herald newspaper who have, so far, refused to dub the implosion of the Glasgow City Labour Party nomenklatura Purcell-gate.
The Herald never even got round to dubbing last week's Labour Party scandal SPT-gate.
I expect this minor news distraction will be downgraded in time for tomorrow's Herald headlines coming out, and Indygal-gate will have taken its place, no doubt -
Ahem!
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Anon asked
" Why are Celtic brought into this?"
The flat that he moved to in order to start afresh last May after the visit from the drugs police was rented from Brian Dempsey who used to be involved with Celtic. A small link but enough to get football into the mix and make it more exciting.
A small link but enough to get football into the mix and make it more exciting.
Oh, Christ, yes. Football is very exciting.
Good cover story that.He turned down Glasgow East and Brown was furious.
I cannot believe this aspect of his life style went unnoticed for a year at least.
Glasgow is a village. The police knew, the press knew and Labour knew.
Labour is a self serving machine and has lost all sense in Scotland of the common good.
ps thanks colin and Observer
Observer says:
'But there is no evidence, as yet, to justify intervention.'
But surely there is suspicion, sufficient to warrant an investigation.
Curley Bill
The Sunsay Mail reported this story deadpan. They gave up a whole side of a page to Frank Macaveety bewailing how tough a job Purcell had and the pressure etc. Seems to me that the Daily Labour party news(record) wil be set to run with a narrative of the Glasgow boy-done-well under extreme pressure.
It is facetious for anybody to believe that Purcell has been approached by the SDEA simply because he might be putting himself into a position to be blackmailed. This story has all the hallmarks of sex, drugs and politics. I think we can honestly discount that young boy's death. I only mention it because of reports of a PM, though this need not mean suspicious. Anyhow I reckon there must be ranking police in possession of material that would place GCC under a cloud at the very least.
Whatever evidence they have must not be of sufficient depth, surely public policy would not come into play here.
Also, the "Celtic-minded" epithet, is that supposed to be derogatory?
All this talk of senior Labour party politicans being aware of this is irrelevent to them.They are the Labour party who on earth has the right to question them.They see Scotland as their own personal property and Glasgow as the jewel of their property.
When they try and smear other politicans about things they have done ten fold they don't see the double standards.
On the rare ocassions the media do question they look hurt,who us ? but we care for you,we look after you and everything is fine.
They haven't dealt well with opposition in Scotland they still can't quite believe it and things will all be right again soon.
They have dragged Scotland down and held Scotland back for 50 years and the only way they can survive is to continue to pull us down.
And how does this relate to Purcell ? well its just another case of them saying just forget it and don't question us it'll be fine, and if they are not questioned and brought to task then maybe the Labour party are right and they can do whatever they want.
Guido is saying young Danus McKinlay - the lad who died outside the City Chambers - was a long-term diabetic and, moments before he died, passersby thought he was intoxicated. This could conceivably be behaviour brought on by insulin deprivation.
Now, if this is so, why would the boy not have taken his medication?
Other thought - surely Gray must now call for an inquiry into the awarding of the NHS taxi contract to persons of interest in Strathclyde Police's investigations.
Jigger
I'm all for having an investigation Curley Bill - of Steven Purcell and his actions.
I believe it's unthinkable that there won't be.
But there are several issues here - not least of which is that Purcell has fled the country.
And Tony is spot on - The Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency don't pop in for a little chat because they are concerned with your welfare.
We don't know what has been going on here. We don't know what actually triggered Purcell's acute reaction around about Friday lunchtime. The stories in the papers are all over the place, and speculation is rife.
What we do know is that 40,000 people will be turning up for work tomorrow to look after the 600,000 people who GCC serves and they need to have some stability.
Mr Purcell is the issue here, not the whole of the Council. As I said earlier they need to be given a chance to deal with this issue. We can't view them all as suspects.
I think this is very distateful bringing Danus McKinlay into this issue.
A post mortem is routine in any sudden death.
Having said that the NHS awarding a taxi contract to known associates of a crime family is an issue that needs to be raised.
With Nicola Sturgeon, not Iain Gray. He isn't in charge of health.
Never posted here before but a lot of folk are on the money - (call me "slanj comrade")
Was the herald editor, who is now going to the sunday post a big pal of purcell?
Does this explain the coverage?
What about Scotish Sun edior?
Anyone name where they ran up drinking debts gets a curly wurly
So is the big question in media one of ethics for herald -- which could explains exaggeration of SNP issues and minimising Labour ones.
Free press anyone? - -slanj comrade
Now, if this is so, why would the boy not have taken his medication?
It's been said he hero-worshiped Purcell, and was pole-axed by events. I've known diabetics who've skipped medication for less.
There's a lot to be aghast at with events. This is not one of them.
Onto the subject... any party machine which knew about this sort of behaviour, and let him carry on [1], deserves to be identified, and deserves to loose.
[1] That didn't even happen with McNulty's serial killer.
Never posted here before but a lot of folk are on the money
'Ere, I see you every day.
alec u are factually talking rubbish
now back to matter in hand
comrade
>>Were other GCC representatives and staff similarly toked-up?
It's Ripped Off (yer tits) Glasgow.
When you walk through the garden...
Why would/should would Scottish 'FBI' warn-off Purcell?
~*kersmash*~
(That's a CCTV camera, by the way.)
"Alec" is so weird.
"Guido is saying young Danus McKinlay - the lad who died outside the City Chambers - was a long-term diabetic and, moments before he died, passersby thought he was intoxicated. This could conceivably be behaviour brought on by insulin deprivation.
Now, if this is so, why would the boy not have taken his medication?"
Isn't it a bit dangerous and distatseful to speculate on this matter?
The most obvious danger for an insulin-dependent diabetic is passing out due to TOO MUCH insulin, not insulin deprivation.
Insulin deprivation would eventually have the safe effect, but that would take a considerable time - days or weeks, probably, rather than the short-term nature of lack of blood glucose caused by too much insulin.
But neither scenario is unlikely to lead to death unless medical intervention wasn't undertaken until a few hours after collapse, which does not seem to fit the current scenario.
But the guy had several major health problems, so perhaps best to leave it to the experts to ascertain the cause of death?
"Insulin deprivation would eventually have the same effect, but that would take a considerable time - days or weeks, probably, rather than the short-term nature of lack of blood glucose caused by too much insulin."
Apologies - 'safe' in my earlier post should have read 'same', as per the amended paragraph above.
Just a typo, but since it changed the whole meaning of the sentence thought I should own up ;-)
Numpty Watcher said... "The most obvious danger for an insulin-dependent diabetic is passing out due to TOO MUCH insulin, not insulin deprivation."
Absolutely correct on this, and that can certainly make a diabetic behave in an irrational manner.
"But the guy had several major health problems, so perhaps best to leave it to the experts to ascertain the cause of death?"
Totally agree, lets wait for the facts to emerge through the proper channels in this tragic case, rather than get carried away speculating.
Some papers cited a heart condition as the reasons the young lad tragically died, hence why the post mortem is required. I think speculation is not necessary and more than a little ghoulish.
If it's linked, we'll soon know and the police will be involved.
If not, then leave it be,
"Ripped Off (yer tits) Glasgow."
There's a NotW headline in there somewhere.
The Times report that Senior Labour Party figures were made aware two years ago of rumours that Steven Purcell, the former Glasgow City Council leader, was a cocaine- user but they dismissed them as “malicious gossip”.
Exactly they're response to Brown's bullying.
Are Labour in denial about what they have become?
Pinstripe suited cocaine snorting bullies.
"It is understood that the possibility that Mr Purcell could be a drug-user was raised in a conference call of Labour politicians and advisers in the run-up to the Glasgow East by-election as they considered possible candidates. "
Says the Times.
Is this where the delay in calling the Election came from and where the people of that proud area went without representation for the longest period recorded in the UK?
If true that would be completely shocking, we all knew it was for party advantage, but did anyone consider that it was for a coverup?
Did Jim Murphy and Iain Gray know about this?
Did Paul Martin the election co-ordinator know?
Meanwhile, three Kosovans jump to their death in a reported suicide pact after receiving a letter from the Home Office telling them that they are to be deported.
Only weeks ago Secretary of State for Jim Murphy attacked the SNP for defending asylum seekers and defended the Home Office's record.
At the meeting with the police in Glasgow City Chambers, Purcell, 37, was told that detectives had been informed about the plot during a wider investigation into some of Scotland's biggest coke barons.
The officers at the meeting were Assistant Chief Constable Johnny Gwynne and Detective Chief Superintendent Allan Moffat, head of crime support at the agency launched to tackle serious and organised crime.
The politician - seen as a rising star in his party before his dramatic resignation last week citing stress and exhaustion - told the officers that he was unaware of any attempt to blackmail him.
He was not asked by the officers whether he had used the drug.
A police source said:
"The purpose of the meeting was to establish whether he was being blackmailed. The SCDEA were made aware of a dealer claiming to have evidence of drug use which would have destroyed his career. It was taken seriously and a meeting was arranged shortly after the claims emerged.
Mr Purcell told detectives that he was not aware of any such blackmail attempt."
I wonder how the DEA came by this info.
You cannot blackmail someone over cocaine use unless you actually take cocaine.
I find it hard to believe that someone woking in drug law enforcement did not ask Purcell if he had ever used drugs, would have been my opening question.
Strathclyde police knew he was named in drug deals, and instead of arresting him pre warned him there was an investigation so he could cover his tracks.
Same old Glesca police.
We did not ask him so he did not tell us, even if the big boys on the street did.
Moving flat to getaway from his old mates shows he had to get away from them for a reason.
Scared of the media now, and what hidden mess has he left in Glagow's financial affairs?
If I see him in Oz I will ask him myself.
Better check out all those inner city saunas in Brisbane and Sydney. Assuming he is a creature of (a non drug) habit as well.
"Strathclyde police knew he was named in drug deals, and instead of arresting him pre warned him there was an investigation so he could cover his tracks."
I wonder who tipped off the DEA that a dealer had a video of Purcell?
Our friends in the redtop meedja perhaps?
Cannot comment on a video, as I do not have knowledge of that.
But labour would surely have destroyed it last May after a chat to the bizzies and said just keep things going as usual.
Both Accusations about Brown's bullying and Purcell's drug taking appear to have swept aside by the internal workings of the Labour Party.
Neither appear to have been tackled or indeed even offered support, so in awe were they held by the sycophants around them.
Add in illegal donations, accusations of cash for peerages, an illegal war or two and internal briefings that the chancellor described as 'the forces from hell' and we're getting a very real picture of what Labour has become.
An empty hulk of a party, populated by tired careerists, failed modernisers and young ideologists who either actually belief the guff that they are fed or are so cynical about politics that they just accept it as a career path.
That video will have a high value a week out from an election if of course it actually exists.
I doubt it though.
I think the Record and Evening Times have CLOSE to the whole story but their political masters may not allow it to be published as it will crucify more than Purcell.
Was Brown happy having a guy who was at best a coke head and mentally unstable in charge of Glasgow? He had asked him to become an MP via a by election and then pulled the invite after he found he was a sandwich sort of a picnic. Fine for Glasgow to keep him in charge doing things in a half hearted manner.
Organised crime debate? Let's forget about that one eh?
That is therefore their mutual decision, labour and the dead tree press. But if someone else does break rank then they will have to join the breaking story.
Exciting talks with libel lawyers no doubt, but with Purcell scarpering away and hoping the world goes away the likelihood of him coming back to Glasgow to call other people liars in court when he has shown himself to have failed his mandate is close to zero.
Having scouted about the internet and the papers today it would appear that the media have simply moved on. It was all rather predictable that the sundays' main pieces on the story ended their "exposes" with a full stop rather than a question mark. No one seems prepared to ask the questions and follow the trail. Now John Mason has been hung out to dry to run a one man investigation on the matter.
It all brings back into focus the earlier discussion on patronage. After 80 years of Labour governance, their power structure is such that even its mere presence is enough to disincentivise a journalist pursuing a story to its logical ends. What disincentive is there for a journalist pursuing the SNP? Nada. This is the reason why the SNP continue to get hammered in the imperial scottish meeja.
Anonymous,
Well you do have Joan McAlpine - the links to the right - and the Herald seems to have a few things to say too.
Am I the only one quite surprised that he's been allowed to fly way? The words witness protection scheme keep crossing my mind, dunno why.
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