There’s a gentleman that’s going round
Turning the joint upside down
Stool Pigeon – ha-cha-cha-cha
He’s an old ex-con that’s been away
Now he’s back, no one’s safe
It’s quite likely that David Grier and Craig Whyte had many conversations they didn’t want replayed on BBC Reporting Scotland. Their deal to acquire Rangers from Sir David Murray and Lloyds Banking Group would have required many scenarios to be considered, some of which would certainly be unpalatable. So with this in mind, Grier may have been comfortable discussing strategy with Whyte when the latter recorded their conversation in May this year. They had been in the proverbial trenches together before and at one time would have had a bond of trust.
What frankly beggars belief is that either party would consider this bond to be still in place a month after Duff and Phelps sued Craig Whyte’s company for £25m. It’s even more surprising that Mr Grier and Mr Whyte were on such convivial terms – chatting liberally in a restaurant about such a serious matter – while they were supposed to be on opposite sides of a £25m legal action.
We now know that Rangers administration went miles off track soon after it started. Whyte, as we predicted back in October last year, hoped to present creditors and Scottish football with a fait accompli. Duff and Phelps were to complete the task within days for a fixed fee of a fraction of what they eventually raised.
Instead Duff and Phelps fee increased by a factor of six, Whyte lost control of events and inherited a great deal of litigation, not to mention a police inquiry. Duff and Phelps must now prepare to tell the truth to Lord Hodge next week. There are millions of pounds at play here and anything short of the truth could land them in heaps of trouble.
Credit to Mark Daly and Reporting Scotland for landing the recording. The BBC are taking a pounding this month but this was a stunning item for an evening news bulletin to present.
Craig Whyte, you will remember, threatened to sue Daly last year and managed to convince the hard of thinking that Daly, and the BBC, were victimising Rangers by dishing the dirt on Whyte. Some still adhere to this belief, despite now realising their Messiah was just a naughty boy, it’s a cognitive dissonance thing. Another lesson that football fans are fools for bombast.
After all the talk then they wired him
And he took a walk with his crooked friends
And they joked about the good old days
And he recorded it on a reel of tape
He caught the mug who did in the forgery
And the babe in charge of larceny
We have to wonder what liquidators BDO will make of Duff and Phelps actions when they take over next week. Ha-cha-cha-cha.
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Gene’s a Bhoys name
Thanks, will do.
is that the glen bar opening up as a pub again!
Zbyszek
Just been out with Robbie wearing my Legia scarf. Robbie not happy he didn’t have one.
pauloantony
Is that George Galloway the populist politician who has a contract with the daily record? The daily record’s George Galloway? Him?
EN
On CQN I discovered how to compress my working day into about 17 frantic minutes and that when Philvis is in town it’s pointless trying to beat him to the podium …
FF
JimmyQuinnsBits
:))))
Too late! I’m constantly saving spiders from the wrong end of a slipper in my house.
Pen
more on newsnihht scotland
I discovered that the original CQN badge exudes class in a way the newco cqn (lowercase) badges can never match.
EN
You might have noticed on my fb that im heading to brum on wednesday to watch the killers.
Im smuggling a lorne of buchanans and a plain loaf over the border for a pal
Bookies Pen for a Button on a Blazer
22:40 on
25 October, 2012
Spiders are good for the house
However, if you must kill them, make sure their life isn’t in vain. Lightly fry them in butter, with garlic, ginger, and spring onions, adding a glass of white wine after a couple of minutes. The fat ones might need a bit longer.
Serve on toast – brown
Shady
Small Town Gypsy Massacre
are playing the opening of The Dubliner this Friday 26th October!
It’s a Halloween fancy dress affair so get your costume on.
The Dubliner
47 glasgow rd rutherglen.
I’d like to say that, on CQN, I learned that in number theory no three positive integers a, b, and c can satisfy the equation an + bn = cn for any integer value of n greater than two.
However, I would be exaggerating …
FF
I discovered I don’t know what people are talking about, particularly the banter about JimmyQuinnsBits. Wish everyone posted like Kojo I can follow him fine.
JimmyQuinnsBits
Must buy ginger and spring onions tomorrow. :)
Via CQN I discovered a frequent and reliable early morning weather update service for East Kilbride.
The Boy Jinky 22:43
The Killers are no bad, no bad for killers…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS2TujGFJGg
Im currently offering to pay the flights over for roll n saguase smugglers.
EN
Sabre67
That’s easy. It’s snowing/It’s no snowing :))))
Book
pauloantony-maybe an online petition,100k sign up get it to Westminster.
Corkcelt,
top tip for budding film-makers (Viz):
banging two pistachio nutshells together gives the impression that a very small horse is approaching.
its all free
Shady-Trying to open pub on Saturday i hear.
We dig dig dig dig dig dig dig in our mine the whole day through To dig dig dig dig dig dig dig is what we really like to do It ain’t no trick to get rich quick If you dig dig dig with a shovel or a pick In a mine! In a mine! In a mine! In a mine! Where a million diamonds shine!
We dig dig dig dig dig dig dig from early morn till night We dig dig dig dig dig dig dig up everything in sight We dig up diamonds by the score A thousand rubies, sometimes more But we don’t know what we dig ’em for We dig dig dig a-dig dig
Sev-co, Sev-co Sev-co, Sev-co, Sev-co
[Chorus] Sev-co, Sev-co It’s home from work we go [Whistle]
Sev-co [until fade]
eldiegobhoy
I wish I could be there to say – Robbie, it’s Legia scarf for you.
Glad, you still have it, my friend.
wait till your neighbours get into their car, then fool them into thinking the handbrake doesn’t work by pulling their house backwards.
If there’s one thing I have learned through CQN it is that I saved myself a fortune, not to mention many hours of my youth, by steering clear of the Ol’ Burns Howff …
FF
Maestro-Has FD got it?
Thanks Jimmy I presume you bang 2 Coconut Shells together if a large horse is approaching.
Jimmyquinnsbits @ 22.25
My sentiments exactly. Zybysek puts a lot of us to shame.
En
Saw them at T and V too
Do the sniffer dogs no pick up the scent of the saw sage :)
Zombies 2 set a new World record for the number of people allowed free entry to a match (crickey, I nearly said ‘football’ match …..how far from the truth would that be …..LOL)
Lorne sausage in the fridge, rolls in the bread bin, for export, oh no, for breakfast!
jimmyquinnsbits
Ever thought of Master Chef?
Assuming you bought spider’s history as well just in case.
I discovered on CQN that the usual suspects come on demanding Neil Lennon’s resignation when Celtic lose a game.
I also discovered on CQN a bunch of people whose generosity knows no bounds when it comes to charitable acts.
Finally, I discovered on CQN that The Lord does indeed work in mysterious ways, God bless wee Oscar.
I also discovered that it is time for me to go to sleep, so Hail! Hail! and good night.
corkcelt
22:51 on
25 October, 2012
Thanks Jimmy I presume you bang 2 Coconut Shells together if a large horse is approaching.
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No, you ride a large horse ;)
corkcelt
22:51 on
25 October, 2012
Thanks Jimmy I presume you bang 2 Coconut Shells together if a large horse is approaching.
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or you could use both to give impression of horse approaching from and passing into the distance!
JimmyQuinnsBits
top tips from viz : paint your grass blue. When a plane flys over your house the passengers will think you have an outdoor swimming pool.
Zbyszek
Always close to me my friend.
awe_naw_no_annoni_oan_anaw_noo
22:50 on 25 October, 2012
Brilliant, except the last wee bit, surely not Sev-co [until fade
Surely Sev-co[until-deed]
!!Bada Bing!!
22:49 on 25 October, 2012
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I have said we should get this issue before the Scot Parliament Petitions committee you dont need 100,000 signatures it will be much easier