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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sixtaeseven: £94M: Permanent Embarrassment & Disgrace Forever
22:30 on 25 October, 2012
On CQN, I’ve discovered there are a hellava lot of Murrays out there, and they are usually a wee bit dodgy.
(bona fide CQN Murrays excepted, of course)
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My favourite Murray…….
Andrew de Moray was the son of a northern landowner, Sir Andrew de Moray of Petty. Andrew and his father were both captured in the rout after the Battle of Dunbar in April 1296. Andrew the younger was initially held captive in Chester Castle on the Anglo-Welsh border, from which he escaped during the winter of 1296-97. He returned to his father’s castle at Avoch on the northern shore of the Moray Firth, where he raised his banner in the name of Scotland’s king, John Balliol. Moray quickly gathered a band of like-minded patriots, and employing hit-and-run guerrilla tactics, began to attack and devastate every English-garrisoned castle from Banff to Inverness. The entire province of Moray was soon in revolt against King Edward I’s men, and before long Moray had secured Moray, leaving him free to turn his attention to the rest of the northeast of Scotland.
I discoverd that when CQN goes down, I get withdrawable symptoms.
OK Jimmy you win, I’m not taking you on in quirky quotes, you are obviously a master or else you’ve overdone the Buckfast.
Maestro
A veritable goldmine of information this site. Unfortunately it’s dinner at my sister’s tomorrow.
S
Oh dear
withdrawable=withdawal, or withdrawel or the shakes :>)
pedrocaravanachio67
22:55 on
25 October, 2012
spook owners of cars with tinted windows. Upon seeing one driving past, wink conspiratorially and touch your nose.
I discovered that SFL Division 3 is ACTUALLY Division 4 on CQN
I discovered I can make do with six hours kip, cqn keeping me up.
corkcelt
22:57 on
25 October, 2012
amigo,
I have not sooked the nectar of the abbey this evening. I have foresaken it, and my love lies in a different direction now. I have gone all Spanish – as they don’t say there – a smashin Albarino, from the celts of Galicia, god bless em – sniff
If I was drinkin it out of Scarlett Johansens belly-button, it couldn’t taste any better
ok, that last bit was a lie
the exiled tim
23:00 on
25 October, 2012
Oh dear
withdrawable=withdawal, or withdrawel or the shakes :>)
Otherwise known as the a Heebeegeebees!
Doc
Your cruel….. As am I ;)
JimmyQuinnsBits
put a fish on a bit of string and hang it over your neighbors living room window. they’ll be freaked out thinking their house is under water. ( or something like that ).
I discovered you meet a lot of people that you are proud to call your friends, when you go and partake of a little CQN every week.
Doc
That’s the word :>)
The Boy Jinky, I have been where TET is now, and I know he was in Barca, had a great time, but there is always a price to pay.
Hope you feel better in the morning TET, hair of the dog?
st.john.doyle-I suggested Westminster as MSPs dont have any appetite to bring it in to the open.Probably the Trish Godman episode has spooked them.hh
St John : there has to be a full public enquiry. If you’re any good at it, draft a letter and kick off a letter campaign to our MSP’s, MP’s , etc.
I wouldn’t want to introduce any additional obstacles and delay further the findings of the FTT, etc. but the worry is that certain people will try to suppress all the facts.
HH
TTTT
Must be a ‘timposter’ surely
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Default Re: Charles Green-is he involved with Whyte
The best way to find out what’s going on at Rangers these days is to read tarrier sites. They always seem to know a lot more than we do
T4, do you think the powers that be will sanction a full scale public enquiry?
It deserves one, but would they?
I’m off to bed, if I have bad dreams, I’ll blame JimmyQuinsBits and I was just about getting back to normality.. I haven’t been sleeping well since that bloody last minute goal. I kid ye not.
Rod Stewart on top rated US Jimmy Fallon chat show with Celtic trackie top on in clips.
Oldtim
Wheres your phone
Doc
I’m fine, takes a lot of the vino tinto to get me shaking, or the lack of it.
See all the extra weight I have put on, it’s where the vino goes, oldtim has lost his extra pounds, so I thought I would keep them for him :>)
The Boy Jinky.
Where’s your phone???.
TET, glad to hear you’re fine.
Hope the mountain is Hun free as always.
T4
You have said about a public enquiry for some time now, how do we go about getting one, it seems the only way any semblance of the truth coming out will be through one.
Doc – naw, but we need to pressure/embarrass Salmond into giving the go-ahead for one.
I have no idea what’s involved on the logistical side, but the internet bampots can start the ball rolling.
T4
bloody hell, emdy else really confused? stayed up to watch newsnight scotland. i’ve got a sore heid now.
Also, is Stv news a comedy show now?
I discovered how to kill zombies stone dead with the information I pick up on cqn.
Their blank look is a picture to behold when the hard facts I read and take great pleasure in telling thems way before the msm have the bottle to go to print.hail hail
I have discovered that an unwelcome trait has crept into my being.
Elitism does not sit well with my socialist principles so I feel
compelled to apologise to holders of lesser badges.
icanseetheredflagflyingonmyboatfrommyvillaoncrete csc
T4, I have written to a couple of MP’s, a Hun who seemed to be getting very involved early on, he backed off very quickly, sure he had lots of non Huns contact him. So pressure on MPs, MSPs would be a start. I also think the volume of high end journalism hitting this, Daly, Thomson in particular are exposing this to a huge extent. When this gets to the banking system, and I think it will, then a full open enquiry may come.
Doc
It is, never clapped eyes on one in all the time I have been here, sheer bliss.
On the odd occasion I go down to the costa, I have seen a hun top, and I never miss the chance to have a pop, it infuriates the wife, but as they are always only ever one or two of them, they are never very brave and just think I am having a laugh, they have got that bit right :>)
Oldtim
Both are safe and warm ;)
T4, sorry, for clarity, the first part of my post meant that public pressure makes Politicians act.
Regardless of personal opinion, loyalty.
Just tuned in for a status and after reading back through six pages of complete nonsense discovered that you can’t always rely on CQN for your information.
What’s HAPPENING?
TET, stay safe when having a wee pop at them, they are not very clever and some have been known to resort to violence, seriously, stay safe.
TET,
you’re a tonic
still jealous ;)
night all
Badda Bing
He done an interview on thon Daybreak programme a fortnight or so ago and ended the interview by shaking the guys hand and saying ‘up’ the hoops’
Made me smile anyways.