Let’s be clear from the off, Craig Whyte is not your friend. He was not the man who “murdered” Rangers any more than Alasdair Johnston, his accuser, who was paid to ensure the club was run in an appropriate manner in the years prior to its crash into liquidation.
If Whyte has your job, your pension or your wellbeing in his hands, you would likely fair no better than those who have had the misfortune to be vulnerable to his exploitative nature before. He is the worst manifestation of our corporate system.
As yesterday’s verdict at Glasgow High Court established, he was merely a collaborative player in the drama which saw Murray Group shed its liabilities to Rangers fans into an all-too certain, and limited, future.
The SFA were right to quickly fine and sine die Whyte, despite the fact that he has no inclination to become involved in football again. What the Association must now do is examine the role of those who had explicit and executive oversight responsibility of managing Rangers through the process of its decline and sale to a character with a lengthy corporate irresponsibility charge sheet.
Whyte was not in any way a bad choice for the job required at Rangers. For those with most to gain, he was the perfect choice. He was, in fact, the only choice, if the desired result was to be delivered – and it was.
No one else would have had the stomach to pick up a corporate basket case, manoeuvring bank debt, securitising years of ticket sales, brazingly stiffing public service funding, and in doing so, freeing Murray Group from a disabling liability.
What do I care? I predicted, then watched, Rangers inevitable crash into administration and liquidation. Patience and thick skin was all that was required through the years of bravado from Ibrox. Those who shouted down the glaringly obvious in support of these charlatans have been shown up as malleable accomplices.
There is one outstanding matter I do care about. In my opinion, Sir David Murray did not discharge his duties as the ultimate controlling director of Rangers FC in a responsible manner. If there is one issue which every Scottish football fan can unite on, it is surely this.
The deplorable sequence of events at that club, from it’s exploitation of the Employee Benefit Trust scheme to pay millionaires tax free sums through a system which was designed to allow employers to aid staff through periods of hardship.
To its submissions to the SFA on taxable overdue. To the shredding of correspondence, and failure to disclose other correspondence.
Rangers were a huge influence on our game; on the SFA, the SPL, the media, and more. The executives concerned had placemen who protected them. The SFA must now charge those responsible for bringing the game into disrepute.
More sine die punishments would mean little to men who are already finished with the game, but it would be a hugely significant act of faith towards the paying public, of all colours. It is time for us all to unite against the men who really did sell the jerseys.
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ACGR
Are you coming out to play on 17 June in Tinsel Town in the rain?
Gary 67
Re-drawing lines changes nothing but the name you call yourself.
There is so much in flux just now- we cannot analyse this through the 2014 lens that said Independence was inevitable- it is not- it is a choice.
Asking the Labour party to do the SNP’s work is as useless as asking Nicola to stop campaigning for Independence and just get on with inplementing Socialist progressive policies. Neither thing is gonna happen. You cannot ride two horses.
Aff to my bed- pleased that the Labour Party has, against the odds, found its feet again.
Not so pleased that we will probably see some non-entity like Stephen Crabb emerge to become yet another unelected PM for a while.
Sometimes the times we live in are just too interesting.
Aff to ma kip now
Angus Robertson loses seat to Tory
2 More Tories in Scotland – Angus Robertson and Tasmina Ahmed -Sheik out
Awful
ACGR
You been playing heedies wi yir golf balls again?
Shame about the Angus result. A lot of previous SNP voters deserted to Tory. The Labour vote that won back Ruglen was only 2% up on last time. SNP was 15% down and the Tories got 12% off that 15%.
Mon Paul Sweeney!
Good to see Labour pick up some Scottish seats
GARY67 on 9TH JUNE 2017 2:18 AM
Angus Robertson loses seat to Tory
SNAKE PLISSKEN on 9TH JUNE 2017 2:21 AM
2 More Tories in Scotland – Angus Robertson and Tasmina Ahmed -Sheik out
Awful
Wether you like the SNP or not,Angus Robertson was a fantastic speaker in THOC.He gave May the hardest time of any politician.
Scotland should hang its head in shame.Ruth Davidson,FFS.
SNP hold #Aberdeen North
Labour gain from SNP in Midlothian
Turkeybhoy
Agree. Angus Robertson is a great Scottish orator. He will find a place.
Another awful thing about that Tory in Moray is he’s a linesman in our league.
A part time MP
DD
Spot on…Angus Robertson is a good man
WHAT IS THE STARS on 9TH JUNE 2017 2:06 AM
Nigel Farage on BBC
I will be back
So not all bad news for Macjay
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Fascinating.
Farage .
The prime mover ( imho ) of Brexit .
Leaves UKIP , thereby in all probability , weakening the Brexit negotiating position of Theresa May .
If , in fact , she is the one negotiating .
Second recount in Perth now
DD, cant make that or HT’s stag do. Heading to spainia 16th so will miss both.,,,,,_(
STTB, you can quote percentages at me all night long but as someone who lives in Angus this is a knife in the heart of any kind of reasonable social responsibility towards the old, infirm, handicapped and young people I’m my constituency.
The Nazi party have taken hold of where I live.
If I believed in God I’d ask why he’d allowed this to happen
Wouls you like to buy my house and get closer to your colonial unionist masters
TGM
Angus told me that Rangers are deid. Good intelligent man.
DELANEYS DUNKY on 9TH JUNE 2017 2:30 AM
Turkeybhoy
Agree. Angus Robertson is a great Scottish orator. He will find a place.
Its not the point he will find a place,ts the thought that seeing the work he did in parliament,roasting May more than any other MP I saw,has gone straight over the heads of the morons in his constituency.If they had gone to Labour,no problem,but to fekin Ruth Davidson.
The wee newsreader,doing her out and about girl on ITV,I think Indian,is so fragrant,I might stay up all night.
Oooohhh Matron.
ironic is it not that scots will probably save the tories, how could any one vote tory?
Turkeybhoy
They know not what they are doing. :)
Amber Rudd appears to be gone
Nick Clegg gone
SP
Fly the red flag in Sheffield. :)
TURKEYBHOY on 9TH JUNE 2017 2:40 AM
The wee newsreader,doing her out and about girl on ITV,I think Indian,is so fragrant,I might stay up all night.
Oooohhh Matron.
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Not Filipina then ?
:-)
SNP hold 3 Glasgow seats.
Macjay
I understand a wee bit of Spanish and can usually get by in Spain. Thought I would be ok in Lisbon. Didn’t have to bother. Every Portuguese person I met spoke perfect English. I was told that the world do not know Portuguese so they learn English and Spanish to communicate with us. :)
Apologies for changing the subject and tone of the blog by posting about football
Or more accurately soccer
USA beat Trinidad & Tobago 2-0 in Colorado in their World Cup Qualifiers thanks to 2 goals from Pulisic
1-0. https://t.co/00LKULYmuf
2-0. https://t.co/fLWUJH2uTr
God bless Jeremy Bernard Corbyn. Well done
Good to see Nick Clegg getting his just desserts in Sheffield – a small city with 60,000 students dump the guy who gave us £9000 a year tuition fees just so he could play at being prime minister whenever his buddy Cameron went on holiday,
Good to see young people making a difference, If they get a taste for voting it will give the Tories a lot to think about in future as age demographics progress,
Well said Jeremy, the truth always comes out. Night from me.
Pete Wishart holds by 21 votes
Gon the Lang Toon!
Theresa May is fake as feck.
Best news –
Paul Nuttall came third
DELANEYS DUNKY on 9TH JUNE 2017 3:01 AM
True of so many countries.
China , Japan , Korea .
All want to learn English,
Usually with an American accent. :-(
Macjay
Most Portuguese I met spoke English wi an American accent.
They blame Hollywood and rock bands.
DELANEYS DUNKY on 9TH JUNE 2017 3:58 AM
Macjay
On the other hand , mate , most people I meet love the Scottish accent.
I used to love an American accent.
No more .
Particularly L.A. female.
Hopefully the Donald can fix that too.
Alex Salmond out.
Quite acceptable.
Cons win the seat .
Perfectly acceptable.