Alert readers will have found it hard not to notice that Wings is currently focused on trying to solve one mystery above all others: why nobody has been prosecuted for a massive theft of hundreds of thousands of pounds, which took place in open sight, beyond any dispute, and is openly admitted by someone who was there at the time.
Until this week, nobody in the two organisations responsible for criminal prosecutions in the country – Police Scotland and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (the Crown Office or COPFS for short) had issued any sort of explanation of why the original Operation Branchform investigation apparently fell by the wayside when it led police to discover a second crime: that of embezzlement against the SNP by its then-Chief Executive, Peter Murrell.
But this week, with very little fanfare, the BBC quietly put out two extended interviews with senior representatives of those organisations, seemingly the unused footage from their half-hour televised documentary “Peter Murrell: The Man With The Money”.
This is the letter the SNP sent donors to the ringfenced 2017 fundraiser.
The terms are right there in the first sentence, and repeated several more times. The money will be “ring fenced for a future referendum”. It’s to “build up a sizeable war chest to fight the campaign when the time comes”. It’s to “ensure we are not outspent in the referendum campaign”.
There is no ambiguity in the email. There’s no mention of the SNP anywhere except in Jim Henderson’s email address. No suggestion whatsoever that the money could be used by the SNP for anything but a referendum campaign.
These are the people whose job it was to stop the leadership of the SNP from stealing almost £700,000 of “ringfenced” fundraiser money from independence supporters, and who utterly failed at that job.
It was also their job to stop Peter Murrell stealing the best part of £500,000 from the SNP, in a separate but related crime, and they failed at that one too.
A small handful of them (marked with red asterisks, but see postscript below) tried their best to do their duties, and were blocked primarily by one powerful woman – Nicola Sturgeon – and a room full of cowards, weaklings and bullies, listed above.
But as Peter Murrell begins a five-years-and-three-months prison sentence – more than we were expecting, in truth – let’s not lose sight of the key fact that the theft of hundreds of thousands of pounds of independence supporters’ money by the SNP, which accidentally exposed Murrell’s entirely separate crime of theft FROM the SNP, has still not been answered for by anyone.
Be assured, readers, that Wings won’t rest until it is.
Our first letter was answered/dismissed by “Service Adviser 1989847”, so this reply to our second one, while it doesn’t say much, definitely feels like a step up.
Our KC has offered all possible assistance to the Cyber and Fraud Unit in relation to the matter, and we’ll keep you posted with any developments, readers.
Ex President Xiden on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “Crown office are being disengeneous here. In cases like this the police investigate under the direction of the Crown office.…” Jun 27, 17:38
george wood on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “In the police interview at 26minutes in, the officer says “he was funding a lifestyle that he didn’t think he…” Jun 27, 17:34
gm on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “… on the other hand Sturgeon Swinney and others may have been in the UK pocket of course, maybe for…” Jun 27, 17:27
Oneliner on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “Clearly, Mr Logue is used to dealing with those whose heads button up the back. And by that I mean…” Jun 27, 17:22
Effijy on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “I recall a higher ranking criminal relation of a friend telling me that his Uncle had got out of the…” Jun 27, 17:20
Andy Wiltshire on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “Hi Rev, you had a second (stalling) answer from the police, but is there any sign of an additional something…” Jun 27, 17:03
Glenn Boyd on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “The only solution that presents itself is that of a Private Prosecution where Sturgeon’s duplicity, dishonesty and sociopathy will be…” Jun 27, 17:02
gm on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “Excellent post, Sean Duffy. This is where I am with this affair. ‘We know that there’s at least two suspects…” Jun 27, 17:01
gm on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “No prosecutions for the AS stitchup, protected from prosecution from stealing from the SNP, the missing referendum funds. Combine that…” Jun 27, 16:49
Claire on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “Police Scotland did not send advice & guidance ruling out prosecution or presenting a conclusion , as this option is…” Jun 27, 16:40
Willie on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “Holy mother of Satan, can anyone have faith in tbe absolute shit show that is police and the prosecution. Trying…” Jun 27, 16:39
Sean Duffy on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “If my daughter’s school raises funds by asking parents to donate their cash for the purpose of purchasing new books…” Jun 27, 16:33
Andrew Morton on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “Sturgeon is an asset of the security services and such, she and many of those around her are immune from…” Jun 27, 16:21
gm on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “Sturgeon isn’t a First Minister. COPFS and the Police had no problem investigating and prosecuting a Former FM, Alec Salmond.…” Jun 27, 16:17
twathater on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “1st let me say I agree with everything you have written here ,2 wee crawlers doing their best to protect…” Jun 27, 16:09
Martin on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “Maybe we should have the USA Grand Jury system to decide if there is enough evidence for a prosecution trial.…” Jun 27, 15:53
Alf Baird on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: ““a rather more eloquent speaker” An whit difference daes it mak?” Jun 27, 15:51
robertkknight on The Promise: “See reply at 10:09pm” Jun 27, 15:45
Mike on Ping-Pong-Fiddle-Aye-No: “Stu, I admire your ‘dog with a bone’ tenacity. I simply cannot believe that Scotland is openly sweeping a crime…” Jun 27, 15:32
I. Despair on The Guilty Party: “Surely “Well said, Ian”? 😉” Jun 27, 15:29
Brian McKaig on The Promise: “Call me a cynic but did the SNP canvass for IndyRef funds in the full knowledge Sturgeon’s case for one…” Jun 27, 15:03
James Che on The Promise: “As with the SNP, politics in America or Britain its good to remind civil servants when the time comes, there…” Jun 27, 14:24
James Che on The Promise: “Civil servants acting as the government, make a mockery of Westminster parliament, but then Englands parliament has no written constitution,…” Jun 27, 14:15
James Che on The Promise: “Thats because their busy still working in desperation at trying to make the union a reality for Westminster in 2026.” Jun 27, 13:45
crazycat on The Promise: “As Spartan 117 says, it’s for security. When I sent out messages to everyone on our Yes group mailing list,…” Jun 27, 13:35
Northcode on The Promise: “It’s time for another warning. First, in Scots: Ther scarce be a wird pit doun here fae colonialists (unyonists if…” Jun 27, 12:53
Alf Baird on The Promise: ““the UK will eventually break up. But when it does, Scotland will too. Probably into four smaller states.” Jings, Hatey,…” Jun 27, 12:26
Alf Baird on The Promise: ““the Civil Service isn’t politically impartial” Of course its not; the main political and ideological purpose of all (UK) civil…” Jun 27, 12:11
Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on The Promise: “Worth noting here that a “state of exception” regarding impartiality was in play during the 2014 referendum campaign. When the…” Jun 27, 12:09
Captain Caveman on The Promise: “Oh, probably add “too indoctrinated”, “incapable of critical thought” and “too left wing” to the mix as well.” Jun 27, 12:02
