I really don’t care if journalists stick a microphone in Dermot Desmond’s face and ask him questions about tax, Dermot is big and bad enough to look after himself, the letter he issued to BBC’s Mark Daly confirms as much. What troubles me is the inordinate double standards employed by the Scottish media.
Graeme Souness and Walter Smith were recipients of an aggressive tax avoidance scheme, funded by Rangers before their liquidation, while employed as managers of clubs in England. Why are they not subjected to the microphone treatment when they walk into football stadiums, as they do every week?
Unlike anything Dermot has been asked about (no one disputes the legality of Dermot’s arrangement), the Rangers scheme was found in court to be in contravention of tax law.
Why Souness and Smith were in receipt of money from Rangers, while they were employed elsewhere, is a question studiously avoided by their many friends in the media. It is not just these two. More than 50 Rangers players received payments through the same mechanism, all struck down in court. Not a week goes by without some of these former players or managers making media appearances, several sit down with the very people who deemed want to talk about Dermot Desmond this week. None are called to account for their struck-down tax arrangements in the way Dermot was for his (legal) arrangements.
I feel we are in the territory of SNP’s Christine Grahame here. Celtic do nothing wrong so change the frame of reference to allow you to tangentially include Celtic. Then screaming “Celtic” and “tax” all over the front page for an issue that involves one of our shareholders, but has nothing to do with the club. It is sloppy, but unlike Ms Grahame’s intervention, no innocents will be locked up this time.
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An incredible period of Celtic-watching and history was enjoyed by Dallas Dallas’s recently departed father.
A few lows, I am sure, but so many highs to recount.
RIP
The CQN Podcast: A Celtic State of Mind (EP21)
Matchday Special v St Johnstone – When History Was Made…
http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/?p=42064
Like or loath
That johnjames doesn’t miss that chap who was described as whatever in a South African court this morning
Trying to hide a plane in France transferring through numerous business, but caught and done for such in a South African court
Not a mention in U.K. News though :-))))
Hail Hail
Adi_Dasler,
He’s my absolute favourite when it comes to what’s wrong with Scottish football and a perfect case study in how the football/media machine works. He’s not alone. The lack of self awareness that it’s these very people that are the problem is not lost on anyone.
Teflon coated with no obvious qualifications or expertise in anything relevant yet wheeled out to add gravitas to whatever party line needs spouting. It could be any number of ‘experts’.
He is a beacon of hope for all in life who hope to attain so much with so little.
LYMMBHOY,
Cheers mate for posting all the Famous Glasgow Celtic’s goals …………so far !
Think I will watch them again…..and again
HH
2 get up, oot and do something 45s
# 1 — from a Fair Cities Cup year ( Barca and a team from Portugal whose name I cant remember )
https://youtu.be/jrVbawRPO7I
#2 – 1966. Humped The Deady Bears 4-0. ( Bobby Lennox hat trick)
https://youtu.be/RQCDtvG66ho
19 and sunny @11 30 -way down south
AIRPLANE ?
Didn’t Murray minto have a private jet during his EBT spell with Oldco ?
Didn’t the Huns and their fans not used to boast and brag about sending Sir Davids private jet out to some foreign lands to ensure getting players…………… on EBTs of course ?
Is my memory playing tricks…if not and considering Murrays shennanigans…it would be somewhat surprising if he FAILED to have some scheme in place in relation to his Jet ?
HH
Anyone in EK got issues with Virgin internet ?
Driving me up the wall
Well more the kids are because of lack of it.
BIGJIMMY
I think it was only “his” private jet when he had paid the charter fees. So probably never,then!
What the Kids Say ?
Some years ago i remember reading about a wee Girl who’s only words were ” Ma and Da”.
One day in her Grandparents house, the wee girl ran from the kitchen into the living room…..on doing so….she tripped over the edge of the living room carpet and as she fell she shouted out………..” OH JESUS CHRIST” !
HH
What the Kids Say…………and WRITE…
Back in the 1980’s I had a beautiful girlfriend who I also would meet twice a week for a pub lunch as our workplaces were sited close to each other.
One lunchtime in an old Glasgow pub we had just ordered our lunch…when she started to giggle away.
I of course asked her ” whats so funny darlin ” ?
She then spoke about a female workmate of hers who had told my girlfriend all about her wee brother who was still at Primary School.
( Lets call the workmates wee brother “Johnny”) .
Anyways, “Wee Johnny” had obviously decided to ” DOG” School one day for the very 1st time.
On his return to school the following day, Wee Johnny handed his female teacher ” A Hand written Note”.
This “Hand Written Note” was supposed to dupe the teacher into believing that it came from ” Wee Johnny’s” Mother…to explain his absence from school the previous day ?
I Quote the “Note”………
” Dear Miss…Please excuse ” Wee Johnny” from school yesterday…………..as he had a TOUCH of CANCER” ?
It was obvious that either “Wee Johnny” had composed the Note…or had one of his wee pals do it ?
How the feck do you get ” A TOUCH of CANCER”…..for one day ?
HH
HH
BIG JIMMY
Minty Moonbeams was a big league spiv . Touted as a super duper business chappy while doing stuff like running a debt to assets ratio of 70% and even that had to be supplemented by the occasional loan of sums like £ 240 million . The big question is why he was allowed to get away with it
https://youtu.be/insVgcOVVDQ
Off my work with sciatica.
Flicking thru the channels.
QVC ( A KNOW). Selling poppy jewellery!! Broaches, earing and necklaces.
Nae shame.
Dallas, sorry for yer loss.
Keep them close bud.
RIP.
Newsnow had a link to a website with a story giving the “Gers administration and tumbled down the league’ bo!!0x.
The guy says he is an unbiased Man U fan and
“ An unusually unbiased Manchester United fan not afraid to speak the truth.”
I tweeted him the Liquidation /start over truth and that he had lost all credibility.
He has apologised and edited the website to read
“Ever since the “Gers” were liquidated and had to start over “
And he has also removed the ability to comment, wonder why :)
http://www.itsroundanditswhite.co.uk/2017/11/08/scottish-premiership-not-competition-needs-addressing/
Probably been posted before, is so ignore. Also ignore if you have recently had a sense of humour bypass. :~)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/05/what-next-dooking-people-who-dont-wear-a-poppy
Oh! I see i got the 11.11 post ~ entirely accidental I can assure you all.
Spooky though?
What the kids say –( I won’t forget this !)
Primary 2 – Glasgow 56/57 .
The class Troubled Boy ( like somebody from a Smiths Choon ) tells the teacher and the class that his Dad was a war hero who died on a beach in Normandy during the war . Teacher went ballistic ( you little liar!!!) and dragged the poor soul up to the front of her desk for a good dose of The Belt . I complained in a no need for that he can’t help it style . That got me the belt .
https://youtu.be/VD9btD_3HHg
Years ago my oldest grandaughter was potty training and was staying at ours.
Was watching the racing oan the telly and not having any luck.
Had my last 20 quid on the final tv race, now if this gets beat nae bevvy that Saturday.
Wife’s in the bathroom changing the bairns nappy, always used let her run aboot au natural for a wee while.
Anyway thru the bairn comes just as the race is off and crouches right in front of the telly and has a dump oan the laminate! .
The hoarse won 9/2.
Enjoyed my pint that night.
Hail Hail.
…harse racing?
My wee offering before the morning ends…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXkSMzMXF-E
Just catching up on Dallas Dallas post from last night.
Like so many our our Dad’s, what a Celtic supporting legacy and gift he has provided and left with you.
May God rest his soul.
SEANTHORNTON
Bet you were delighted your missus had talked you into ditching the traditional carpet for yon new-fangled laminate!
Much easier for her to clean while you went for a few beers(!)
Sean
When my first son was about a year old he would have a bath in the big bath and waste not want not i’d pop in after. Anyway one night he left a little present stuck to the bathmat which I discovered too late – needless to say a few checks were made from then on. Got to love them.
Don’y do twitter – but this is excellent
https://celtsarehere.com/must-see-celtic-official-nails-new-twitter-format/
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS on 8TH NOVEMBER 2017 11:27 AM
My wee offering before the morning ends…
Last Night…….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX5T9GvSnbY
PARADISE PAPERS…
BBC Lunchtime news toady minutes ago………..
Prince feckin Charlie in Asia leaving a building towards “his” limo….a BBC reporter shouts…” Sir…Sir…any comment on the Paradise Papers” ?
Charlie totally blanks him and steps into “His” car.
” Like Mother…like Son” ?
How I despise these feckin Scroungers…and their hingers on !
……
Tory Pritti Patel has been ” ORDERED” back to London from Africa…over her meeting with Israel head Honcho in August/September….the reports are that she had other meetings that have only now came to light.
IF or WHEN Pritti gets ” The Boot”…..any chance she will take that Tory CHUMP Boris with her ?
I’ve had to laugh in recent days watching Tories like Ian Duncan Smith TRYING to defend Boris Johnson etc….when it’s perfectly clear that IF Boris Johnson was a Labour MP …..EVERY Tory would be slagging him off at every opportunity long before now as a total half wit, buffoon…..Chump….and yet just cos he’s one of them…………..???????
HH
SEAN THORNTON on 8TH NOVEMBER 2017 11:19 AM
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Hope you bought the wean a brand new Potty….but then again maybe not ….cos I would be tempted to have her right in front of my tv when the racing was on…………..after feeding her new diet of a Daily Vindaloo !
LOL.
Good wee story mate.
HH
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS @ 11.27
Fine choon – thank you !
Probably the same people -a few years later
https://youtu.be/-sK3Ju2WcQM
Off oot !
SEAN THORNTON on 8TH NOVEMBER 2017 11:19 AM
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I sincerely hope that you paid Her Majesty’s TAX on your Bet ?
HH
TULLY57
Aye,mate. 100% correct. So so many of us were taken to our first games by our Dads,uncles,cousins,brothers,etc.
A rite of passage and only a matter of time.
Not all took to the baptism,some fell on stony ground.
But aye,my Dad knows how grateful I am. And I know many of us feel the same way-I recall a wonderful post on that subject a few years back.
Of course,some Celtic supporters also come into the fold with no traditional background or emotional attachment. Many were “converted” by their friends-done a bit of that myself though drawing a blank in Kilwinning!
I remember meeting WESTWALESCELT
a few years ago in Cardiff. I was puzzled by his obvious love of THE HOOOOPS. Where it came from. He’s originally from Norfolk,IIRC.
His answer?
Our RED CARD TO MAGGIE!!!
Red rag to a bull,as he put it. A wee bit of research into our history as rebellious outsiders and his über-Tim status was stamped for life!
NEIL LENNON & MCCARTNEY…coincidence? Half an hour ago I was listening to this…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgnKILzyCkY
THE HONEST ASSESSMENT on 7TH NOVEMBER 2017 8:39 PM
I don’t post much, a handful of posts a year, lurk most days, today has opened my eyes a wee bit wider, Ernie Lynch has shown us he is in fact a journo, or has very close links to one, his defence of the BBC is admirable, if not misplaced, had the BBC wanted a Scottish link they would have far, far better punters than Dermot to hassle, you carry on defending your journo pals Ernie, you may fool many on here with your witty repertoire, but you will never fool this old Honest Tim.
…………………..
Join the club!
There’s a few of us in it already!
NHS CHIEF EXECUTIVE Simon Stevens this morning on NHS FUNDING……..
He quoted the “EU Leave” campaign BUS….£350 MILLION per week for the NHS, and how the Laeve campaign would have been fecked without that “LIE” !
NHS MINISTER…Jeremy Hunt…” More money will be available ONCE the Economy gets BETTER” ????????
LIAR…LIAR….pants on Fire
HH
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS on 8TH NOVEMBER 2017 11:42 AM
Coincidences are taboo in ma house!
Nice tune ~ thanks
HH
For all you young rebels…(copyright Melbourne Mick)…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okFznac7Lts
away tae see ma wee maw…
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 8TH NOVEMBER 2017 11:42 AM
…………………
That day at Hampdun after Scottish Cup Final ( 1988 ?)…i was there also with my ” RED CARD” for that Tory Bitch.
I seem to remember that in her arriving in Glasgow a couple of days earlier…she conducted a Tory Lunch in Ibrox as her and her Tory hingers on were invited by the Huns.
At the time…Tims like myself were asking Working Class Oldco fans who were mates….” How can your mob invite that Bitch and her cronies to your stadium for ANY Event” ?
No answers was ever forthcoming.
HH
HH
Big Jimmy
Last time I looked we were still in the EU – so it may be a lie but we’ll have to wait :((
Hang on………….Have I got the year wrong of Thatchers RED CARD ?
Was it 1985 when The Celts won the 100th Scottish Cup Final v Dundee Utd ?…and not 1988 ?
I can’t remember.
Sorries.
HH