I know there’s been widespread criticism of many in the media for not confronting former Rangers EBT beneficiaries, now working alongside ‘proper’ journalists, for not holding ex-players to account for the enormous sums of money diverted from the tax man. I’ve spoken to a few journos who have tried to make headway on this story but been denied comment, access, or even contact details from colleagues.
The defensive line on not discussing this subject was originally “My EBT was legal and is a private finance matter”. This changed last year when these EBTs were found to have broken tax laws at appeal, when the line was changed to “This is a private finance matter which is subject to appeal”.
All fair enough. A consequence of the original legal status and ongoing appeals is that no one has broken ranks on those responsible for imposing this state of affairs on a football club, the tax man, or individual players.
The Daily Record today report HMRC are pursuing players for the payment of tax on EBTs. My understanding is that many (if not all) players received a letter from the “Club” indemnifying them from tax. Watch how quickly you’re told “Not this club, it was the club that died”.
You’re going to need patience for this one, it could have years to run, but I expect ranks will break eventually.
You can read subtext, can’t you? The Times report today that Celtic and the SPFL have written to the Scottish Government telling them to keep their noses out of the running of football clubs. This was after the Government responded to pressure from Celtic to repeal the Offensive Behaviour at Football’ Act by hitting them on a subject they knew would cause conflict with some fan groups.
Push on the Offensive Behaviour Act and watch what happens with the Fan on the Board issue which you enjoy so much but seemed to have lost momentum.
Politics is a dirty business. All this to deflect criticism of an ill-conceived, ineffective, bad law, instead of just repealing it, which will happen as soon as we no longer have a majority government. Anyway, Don’t Blame Me…….
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MACJAY
Disagreements about the way forward for Celtic,disagreements about politics in general,and particularly certain aspects thereof,etc.
It really disnae matter which side you’re on when you’re sailing on The Titanic.
We really need to wise up,bud. Minor disagreements between good guys with pretty much the same thoughts are how the big boys beat us all.
And continue To do so while laughing at us and dipping our pockets.
WEEFRA
Tuesday,bud.
Cheers,and
HH
Neganon, time will tell.
But signs are growing that more is happening than we know in public.
Hector getting involved with the EBT recipients.
Time will tell.
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 1ST APRIL 2016 12:13 AM
Macjay
He was a Communist Party member as a young man. That was always known and declared. He still took the CIA money and joined the Bilderberg Group.
He said, jokingly, near the end “I have been a Communist all along”.
Only those that truly wanted to believe he was not joking could overlook all the evidence to the contrary and believe he was not joking.
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He was laughing.
I don`t think he was joking.
History is replete with examples.
The keeper of the Queens pictures !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Cambridge ……………how many is it now ?
Pillars of society……….The third man….. Kim Philby………..MI 5` s representative in Washington.
Communists.
Entryists.
All supped at the capitalist trough.
Anyway.
Celtic.
It`s health. It`s welfare.
BAMBOO
Poor old Marx…Gets the blame for everything.
But he knew a thing or two.
He wasnt perfect, but then again who is.
HH
at some point between the passing of PABLO, the nonposting of VHMAN, and the total right wing posters of today,
CQN lost its unique cultural identity.
keep it lit.
BMCUW
Back to normal. A welcome thanks. HH looking forward to it “M” .HH
SAINTS STIVS
Aye. Darn tootin’.
The huns still have their unique cultural identity though.
And it ain’t handsome(!)
Doc I am sorry but you are attempting to pretend that all the Hun guff is enough to keep is happy. It isn’t. This is about living with yourself.
Winnings. I am Very sorry but, as well intentioned as you are, Paul trying to play the Celtic support versus the Scottish government versus the board was absolute bullshit at its best.
Praising the Celtic board for criticising the daily record for calling them out when in reality they were a big part of telling the Scottish govt to stop promoting supporter influence is praising turkeys for voting for Christmas.
All that happenned today was that the board were further exposed in terms of their willingness to write letters to keep the support at bay, while not writing letters to deal with cheating.
It’s beyond farce. Beyond pathetic.
And every single excuse becomes more and more hollow. I know you all feel it.
All this so called mystery and intrigue is just to disguise the ugly ugly truth.m
Celtics end game approaches. It’s a big fork in the road.
I guess we are gonna take different forks.
Well done PL and well done DD.
We can all repent at our lesuire eh?
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 1ST APRIL 2016 12:21 AM
MACJAY
Bobby.
I agree that there is a problem.The extent of it is unknown to me.
Is it manifest amongst Celtic supporters generally or is it just the tiny minority of Celtic supporters who inhabit C.Q.N. ?
Is this feeling of impending doom shared by other Celtic blogs ?
The Titanic ?
The Celtic ship is about to founder? Sorry. I don`t think so.
In fact , as you no doubt know , my feeling is that the C.T. are directing their angst more towards Celtic than at the real villains of the piece. And we all know who they are.
I feel the C.T. have an ulterior motive for doing so.
They want power.
At Board level.
Celtic mean so much to all of us.
I have to speak up in the knowledge that people for whom I have the utmost respect profoundly disagree with me.
Very regrettable.
Such is life.
Mags. Best wishes. I shall keep going till what seems an increasingly bitter end.
THE GREEN MAN
Yes another Karl Marx is needed these days to shake up the bloated corrupt capitalist system.
Neganon, we disagree.
Time will tell, how much time?
Not much in the scheme of things.
Hector is an unstoppable force.
Same club?
THE GREEN MAN SAYS SACK THE BOARD on 1ST APRIL 2016 12:18 AM
MacJay
Wait till the Mexican Cartel’s start taking a personal dislike to THE DONALD.
Would not like to be him.
They will leave his head on top of Trump Tower:)
HH
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I believe Mexican pinatas now feature Donald`s face for biffing.
:-)
macjay
“History is replete with examples.
The keeper of the Queens pictures !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Cambridge ……………how many is it now ?
Pillars of society……….The third man….. Kim Philby………..MI 5` s representative in Washington.
Communists.
Entryists.”
As I keep telling you. Blunt, Burgess, Philby, McLean, Cairncross and McLean- all born into privilege- they were the ones who betrayed their heritage. It wasn’t the working class boys or lower middle class boys who made good (Healey, Wilson, Jack Jones etc;) that betrayed their country to the commies.
Mind you, the rest of MI5 and MI6 were all Crypto fascists conspiring to have an army of Colonel Blimps on stand by to take over the reigns of power should left wing politics prove too successful. Our Royal Family were most disappointed that war broke out with their German Cousins as they would have much preferred to be avenging their Russian Cousins. The inter-marriage of Cousins has a lot to answer for.
Now I am aff to bed
Doc. That’s all just red squirrels my friend. Sure they are cute and need nurtured and all that.
Meanwhile their trees are being cut down and we are pretending they are just being relocated or that the people cutting them down are the sfa even thought it’s pl and DD holding the saws.
It’s just all good ole fashioned bullshit and spin my friend.
Celtic board spends their time ensuring supporters have no influence whilst r fusing to take control of res 12.
Can you explain it my friend?
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The Donald (Beloved God-Son of Ivor Cutler)
Maggie McGill..
She lives oan The Hill..
She wiz oan the Pill….
An’ the CQN Blog….
Noo she’s NO….! :-(
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De Danann : ” Maggie ”
https://youtube.com/watch?v=N79s9CtolxA
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BMCUW
You are a friend indeed. HH.
Neganon
“I guess we are gonna take different forks. ”
Yes but will you be forking right? :-)
Definitely aff noo
Bamboo
Im fond of Marx as a political journalist and writer…not as some Communist guru…Lenin, Trotsk, and Stalin style…no.
When Marx wanted to find out what the British government was up to….he went to read parliamentary blue books to find the answers….he didnt invent it on the hoof.
Same when he worked in America….he got to the heart of Capitalism, he knew how it worked.
HH
Good evening Celts…I must say that I am struggling with my conscience somewhat regarding renewing my season ticket which I first bought in 1991 at a cost of £100 for rather annoyingly 20 games as it was a fiver entry fee…anyway I like many others feel that when Sevco land in the top flight it will feel as if nothing has happened to them other than the real Rangers receiving a 10 point penalty back in 2012…im hoping that Celtic give us some sort of sign to indicate to us that they are not going to recognize Sevco as their pretense reincarnation of Rangers and that they are supporting resolution 12.I appreciate that as far as the EBT appeals go we have to be patient until the process is exhausted but it’s the feeling that you are watching a rigged sport that doesn’t sit easily.
Neganon, that isn’t a fact, it’s an opinion.
I do understand your dis-trust of the Board, I’m not convinced in many area’s.
On this one I believe those who are running the Resolution to be better informed, and have the integrity to be trusted, should be trusted.
You can disagree, fair, but you have no fact to back that, just a distrust(understandable) of the Board.
An opinion, valid as it is, but no more so than mine.
Even when on holiday there is a time for bed.
Laters.
See some of you for a beer or two on Saturday.
The blog resembles nothing like it was when I joined it 10 years ago. Shame. HH.
Well folks after 7 years it has been both a pleasure and painful. In the end the tragic downgrading of Celtic under the current custodians is too much to bear so I am withdrawing from all things CQN. I would just end up getting banned anyway :)
I’ll be in Scotland after the league split so I will go to one of those games and see for myself. In the last 7 years I have seen something I never expected in my lifetime. The liquidation of Rangers. The unbelievable excitement followed by the slow realization that they were not dead and in fact “phoenixed” out of their expensive repugnant ashes with the help of all institutions and Celtic itself is one of the saddest things I’ve ever seen. Good luck to Celtic in the future. They’re going to need it.
Good luck to all you guys.
I salute my 2 CQN friends who died while I was a CQN’r.
I salute the res12 fab 4. You guys are tremendous.
I salute all of you. The ones I agreed with. The ones I argued with. You all know who you are.
My post were either my attempts to be informative, to piss you off or make you laugh.
I thank my brothers Awe Naw and Morrisey.
I thank Paul67
God Bless Celtic and all Celtic supporters.
Mind you, the rest of MI5 and MI6 were all Crypto fascists conspiring to have an army of Colonel Blimps on stand by to take over the reigns of power should left wing politics prove too successful. Our Royal Family were most disappointed that war broke out with their German Cousins as they would have much preferred to be avenging their Russian Cousins. The inter-marriage of Cousins has a lot to answer for.
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1914 war presumably. Prior to the Russian revolution ? Don`t quite follow that.
I do know that the British king of the day ( ?) refused a request from Czar Nicholas after the revolution to seek refuge in U.K.
Perhaps not quite so family friendly.
Or fearful of the spread of revolution against monarchy.
The Kaiser was not liked by the British Royal Family. That`s for sure.
SFTB. There is no right (or left) path. They are all wrong and all bad.
Doc please don’t start the old stating fact as opinion nonsense. Yes it’s my opinion and yours is a valid blah blah.
But here’s the thing. I am not arguing with the res guys. The salient point is that Celtic won’t take it forward and can’t explain why. They are hiding.
But man they aren’t hiding when telling the facist state to butt out when they suggest fan influence.
Can you reconcile that at all?
I can. They are corrupt and take us for granted and all our efforts right now should be on removing them.
Mags best wishes.
MACJAY
1939.
1914,the King then was better disposed to the French.
MAGS
Bye,sweet cheeks(!)
THE HAND OF GOD
You are a Celtic supporter,bud.
You might have a scarf with a badge or two attached,a tee-shirt bearing the name of a legend.
Support the team,not the board.
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♥♥♥ An Obituary ♥♥♥
Maggie McGill first saw the Light of Day on 1st April 1940…
Or tae be Mair Accurate…
Stars-afore-Her-Eyes…
On Account of her Momma’s Waters Burstin’ Unexpected-Like
As she was doing the Monthly Ironing Chore…
And the Poor Wean landin’ Heid-First Splinkety Splat…
Oan the ‘Portraits O’ The Saints’ Kitchen Lino….
Traumatisin’ their Wee Jack Russell, Korki
Who, nonetheless, recovered enough tae perform the ” Kiss of Life.”
Maggie remained ominously silent..
And a Loyalist Shade of Blue…
As Anxious Minutes Dragged By…
Afore she drew her First Spontaneous Breath….
Quickly followed by her first rendition of “The Sash”.
Over the next few day,her skin colour turned from Puce…..
To Mellow Yellow…
And finally, to the Deepest Shade of Orange…..
Afore Somebody hid the sense Tae put her in a Light-Box….
Where she quickly turned a pleasant Emerald Green…
Before that faded once again..
Tae the Hideously Milk-Bottle White…
So Loathed an’ Despised by the Bolshevik Plastic Paddies…
Oan this Sainted Blog.
Home for the first twa years was the bottom drawer o’ the Welsh Dresser…
Where she was Wet-Nursed by the faithful Korki….
Who ended up wi’ the longest doghood in all Peeblesshire.
By the time she wiz weaned ontae the Kennomeat…..
There wisnae a trick she widnae perform…
Tae Earn Her Favourite Bonio-Treats.
She survived several assassination attempts by her elder sibling..
The notorious Awe_Naw_Annone…
With his trusty Johnny-7 Panzerfaust.
And gamely resisted the torture techniques that the same miscreant had learnt…
Whilst attendin’ the Wee Free Hitler Youth Cub Scouts in The Village.
When ‘She’ was still a Toddler…..
The Faimly flitted tae the Vibrant & Edgy Easterhoose…
Right next door tae the Kardashians…
Where she flourished,despite being expelled from school aged 6yo…
Shortly after having mastered the act of walkin’ upricht oan Twa Legs..
Freein’ up Her Hauns…
Fur sellin’ Benson & Hedges in the School PlayGrund….
A Tenner fur 40s…
(Efter’ Stealin’ The Reward Coupons Foist…
Oota ALL the Boaxes.)
Still….”Onwards & Upwards” was her Motto…
And also her favoured wrastling technique.
This setback just opened up fresh new opporchancities…..
An’ she soon became Lead Singer for the ‘Deid Shirley Temples’…..
Whose first gig was as the support act for Barbara Dickson…
Doon Motherwell Civic Centre…..
Controversy soon followed…
Over the deeply offensive lyrical content of their 2min 40sec wonders….
And charges of plagiarism were lodged on behalf of Barbara Dickson and Sydney Devine.
They gained further notoriety when
they mugged Veteran BBC Radio interviewer, Ol’ Bill Grundy…
And held him Hostage in the Cludgie..
During an Incendiary Interview….
Following their Legendary Gig at the Easterhoose Kasbah …
Where they performed a particularly racy version of Iggy Pop’s “I Wanna Wanna Be Yer Dug’…
They were all taken into Social Care and the Band was dissolved….
After the Moderator of the General Assembly,Rev. I.M. Jolly…
Described them as a “Satanic Threat to the All the Youth of Scotchlund”.
While in the Care of the Social Work Department….
Maggie embarked oan her storied Thespian career in the ‘EasterHoose Players’….
Debuting as Blanche Dubois…
To HamiltonTims Gutsy and Balding Marlon Brando ….
In ‘A Tandem-Bicycle Called Desire’.
Later on,in an Oscar-nominated STV production of “Last Tango in Blantyre”..
Directed by the Louche ‘Soapbox’ Leftie, Dick Byrne..
Where she played the sultry,yet innocent gamin, Kristel…
Locked Intae a steamy Three-Way Relationship..
Wi’ Timboy 2’s Sidney Poitier….
And Wee Senga wi’-Her-Addictions.
She finally gained the global recognition she so desired….
And also recieved a Bafta award for best ‘Newcomer of the Year’…
She gained further plaudits….
After a Tropical Beach Photoshot…
Which left Choo Choo BMCUWP Registered BLIND…
With an unnaturally over-developed right bicep.
A Posse-Full of Hollywood Agents…
Scrambled tae lay siege tae her Maw’s Humble But-n’-Ben…
Next door tae Kardashian Towers..
And the Peebles Hydro….
In the Hopes of signing her up on a long,long contract…
For their GoldenBall Studio Outfits..
And the Bright Lights of Hollywood soon Twinkled oan Her Horizons….
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….
(Coming Next Part2: “The Hollywood Years.”
SeeYa
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Margaret McGill on 1st April 2016 12:56 am
Forever and ever we`ll follow the boys
The Glagow Celtic, the Timaloys.
For we will be mastered by……………
Naw.
Best no go there.
Every best wish to you and your`s ,Maggie.
MacJay
Just today, i was reading some source material that relates to your last post.
Intelligence reports on John MacLean and the ILP…1918-1920.
Your analysis is near the mark.
MI5…were of the opinion that ” Though MacLean is mentally unstable, here is sufficient method in his speeches to attract large audiences”
HH
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 1ST APRIL 2016 1:01 AM
MACJAY
1939.
1914,the King then was better disposed to the French.
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The Kaiser was long gone by`39.
The Czar was still on the throne in`14
As I said to S.F.T.B.. Don`t quite get it.
Anyway.
MAGS.
I will miss your sardonic wit, so my best wishes go with you.
H.H Mick
Mags
Give me a shout when you get back in town.
HH
DONALD
Telt you before-do not reference me in yer posts. They have no place here,and my moniker has no place in them either.
You might get a kick from your comment about a well-developed right bicep,but my left foot is even better developed.
And trust me,should our paths ever cross,it will have the homing device aimed squarely at a smashing target. You’ll get some kick from that.
That’s if I get there first,of course. Your nether regions have never been so prized as they are on here.