The report on Rangers on tonight’s Channel 4 News by Alex Thomson put meat on the bones of what has been going on at Rangers over the last decade or more. Former chief executive, Martin Bain, was revealed to have written to then-chairman, John McClelland, in late 2003 asking that his pay rise is paid through the club’s Employee Benefit Trust, which is not subject to Income Tax or National Insurance.
Bain goes on to make a sinister note to McClelland, “at the end of the meeting I gave her back the letter addressed to me from you that stated my contractual increase for her to shred.”
Shredding documents? Oh dear.
Bain declined to answer questions from Channel 4 but yesterday offered to drop his contractual claim against the club, suggesting his issue was with Rangers new owner, Craig Whyte. It was the most self-serving drivel I have read in a while.
If this was how he behaved as Rangers chief executive Whyte was right to suspend him last year. How Bain had the front to pursue Rangers for over £1m knowing the consequences of his letters to John McClelland beggars belief.
I wonder how HMRC view instructions to shred documents that could inform a view on a tax claim? These documents prove Rangers directors knew how EBTs worked, understood what they were doing and the consequences.
Paul Baxendale-Walker walked straight out of a Carry On movie to give a great cameo performance. In a couple of years some poor casting director is going to have to try to find actors to play Baxendale-Walker, Whyte, Bain, Paul Murray and Zsa Zsa himself. Could any actors do justice to these bizarre individuals?
I’d be interested in your suggestions. Zsa Zsa for Sir David is a given.
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kitalba , 00:44 said:
Sorry, I think I missed it.
He is so into it. So many aspects we are familiar with that, when you come to it cold like him, are the stuff of journalistic dreams. Murray, the compliant press, 20 years of dodgy business, two contracts, the silverwear having to go back… and some football thrown in. Also he knows, having lived in Belfast, what Rangers (and Celtic) mean well beyond the world of football and Glasgow.
Getting results like tonight helps get him more time on it too and the response, online certainly, has been fantastic and not gone unnoticed
Knoxy 2000,
is there an age limit,i am 47 is that too old?
HT
Never plan anything however it would be good to meet up.
HH
philvisreturns.
Thank God the United States of America is still a beacon of liberty in this weary world:
good one..lmao.
Gram Parsons created Etch-A-Sketch. ;-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7yoXjUMG-4
good night… love u all…
Fred C. Dobbs – Some 80’s for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp43OdtAAkM&feature=related (thumbsup)
Vmhan – You are a gentleman. (thumbsup)
BABASONICOS71 – I reckon the Young Tories playlist would be Phil Collins,Duran Duran,Screwdriver,Gary Newman and James Last. ;-)
You forgot Dido!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSu5nAQ7uZw (thumbsup)
Gordon64 – You post one load of complete US BS.
No offence.
I’m glad you didn’t mean to offend, Gordon. (thumbsup)
philvis,
I agree.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O8jsxj9Dqo&ob=av3e
Gordybhoy47
No age limit and certainly no harm in registering. They will only sign you up if they deem you fit.
Their preference are Males between 18 & 40 but if you are fit enough your none marrow will be good enough.
MWD
G64
That was my wish mi amigo, and the closer it gets the more I feel my body tingling, it still gets to me, infact the older I get the better or worse it gets, the joy is even better, just to see thems suffer, that is sad, but it’s the way I feel, and it will never change.
It’s coming home.
Telegram Sam
G64
It would be good to put your moniker to a…pair of shoes :-))
Try to make it, even for a short while mate, MWD is buying!!!
Make that Gordybhoy64
MWD
TET,each to their own music wise,
any bets planned tomorrow,i know this wont be popular
but there could be money to be made betting the huns against
motherwell,not for me though,could never want them to win a game
zimmerman
Were you the bracket to my hinge the other night? :-))
zimmerman – Bob Dylan would probably disagree with your cynicism. (thumbsup)
1 2 3 4
HT
IF YOU REGISTER WITH ‘THE ANTHONY NOLAN BONE MARROW TRUST’ I will personally buy your drinks all night on Sunday.
MWD
No pressure!!!
MWD
Welcome to the JUNGLE.
MWD,cheers will check the website tomorrow,
too much cidre to concentrate tonight
Villa fans are having a round of applause for Stan at the 19th min mark tomorrow, maybe same from us on Sunday?
Hamiltontim
thats me.
Philvisreturns.
not our bob.
philvisreturns on 31 March, 2012 at 01:06 said:
petec – Most people on the Left and Right of politics want broadly the same things out of life, for themselves and others. The bitterness comes in when people convince themselves that those who disagree with their view of the world must be stupid or evil. (thumbsup)
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Even if life and politics were as simple as left and right, what you say is wrong. “Left” aspires to a fair distribution of wealth, where the people who actually make a product take a fair share of its worth. “Right” inflates that worth and underpays the producers. Or more cynically, “Right” means others suffer at your expense, “left” means we all suffer equally.
TET
Let’s party at CP no matter what.
Why ?
Because we are the best supporters of the team in the world.
That’s all that matters to me.
HH
The Mrs was singing this all day today, I asked her why, she turned and said why not, she had me in tears btw, can’t help it, her voice blows them all away, one thing for sure, the grandweans are getting a good education from her songs, grandaughter is going to be even better, she is learning fast, and for a 5 year old, she has a voice on her.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ELdWiYopuw
petec – I used to have hallucinations of strange-looking women when I wore a sparkly blue faux-snakeskin jacket, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ31jQjNpQc (thumbsup)
MWD
Sadly as I was diagnosed with a low white blood cell count several years ago I’m not able to take part buddy.
Apparently Guinness, in large quantities, will raise those levels though :-)
There’s a path just about 10 yards from my back garden and at the moment there’s some British lads shouting about what sounds like some bloke called Ammyroosew.Quintessential nuisance they’re being,but i suppose it’s all just friendly banter.Rool Britanya?1?
Meanwhile here’s Fleet Foxes;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtFrGCJrnKc
tarrant – “Left” aspires to a fair distribution of wealth
I’ll stop you there, Chris.
Wrong. (thumbsup)
Gordon’sixty odd
Did any of you bhoys go down to Blackpool the Seville year, when we played Blackburn?
V
HT
That’s a bite of an excuse.
:-))))
You do know that I can sort that with some Primary School White Paint.
MWD
Sabres of Paradise – R.S.D
One of the funkiest dance tracks ever.
the land that i live in,has god on its side
HT
Will be there with VP.
As long as BT won’t be there
You know the story ?
Mad World
gordybhoy64
Aye, I will be betting on the hun, it’s free money as far as I am concerned, their odds have come in a fair bit this week, there must be a lot of Tims on them.
I will see what’s happening in play.
The young fella needs a few bob for a course to get a job down the docks in Aberdeen, and I told him to give me 3 teams and I wold bet for hm and give him the winnings, I will post them in the morning, they will win btw, trust me on that.
Time for bed, up early with the weans, tis a hard life being a grumpy, and I love it, just a pity it’s part time, but soon enough, it should be full time, can’t wait.
philvisreturns on 31 March, 2012 at 01:24 said:
tarrant – “Left” aspires to a fair distribution of wealth
I’ll stop you there, Chris.
Wrong. (thumbsup)
just as well you’re not a teacher.
Show your workings.