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    • gm on The View From Row Z: “ThanksJun 1, 21:07
    • Rob on The View From Row Z: “We had a chance to change things just a few weeks ago, the largest party is still the SNP and…Jun 1, 21:00
    • Ian Smith on The View From Row Z: “Murrell was given legal aid because all his assets were frozen.Jun 1, 20:55
    • gm on The View From Row Z: “I take it back, it appears to be perfectly normal for a KC to defend someone on legal aid. The…Jun 1, 20:20
    • agentx on The View From Row Z: “Well your coalface acquaintance with decades of experience at the coal face of Scottish Criminal Justice, knows sfa. Murrell pleaded…Jun 1, 20:08
    • Alf Baird on The View From Row Z: ““The mists are parting – it’s all becoming clear” Indeed, Uk***ne’s national elite opted to sacrifice their people and nation…Jun 1, 19:49
    • Hatey McHateface on The View From Row Z: ““She is, of course, a nobody in England” Only, she’s not, just as she’s not a nobody in Scotland either.…Jun 1, 19:23
    • gm on The View From Row Z: “I have no idea how it came about, what the rules are or whether it is the luck of the…Jun 1, 19:22
    • Hatey McHateface on The View From Row Z: “Believe this or not. An acquaintance of mine, someone with decades of experience at the coal face of Scottish Criminal…Jun 1, 19:13
    • Hatey McHateface on The View From Row Z: “I think I’m starting to see it, Alf. The mists are parting – it’s all becoming clear. Despite the complete…Jun 1, 18:43
    • Hatey McHateface on The View From Row Z: “You leave your helmet alone, Wally W. If there was any justice in this world, you’d have long since gone…Jun 1, 18:31
    • agentx on The View From Row Z: “Who exactly granted legal aid for Murrell when all we have been told is that he was rich enough to…Jun 1, 17:49
    • agentx on The View From Row Z: “sorry – that “?” character should have been a tick. (Don’t know why it was not recognises as such)Jun 1, 17:26
    • agentx on The View From Row Z: “He is incorrectly called a solicitor – he is in fact a senior counsel at the Scottish Criminal Bar. (Barrister)Jun 1, 17:24
    • GM on The View From Row Z: “A KC on legal aid?Jun 1, 17:14
    • agentx on The View From Row Z: “?Jun 1, 17:11
    • J Robertson on The View From Row Z: “Absolutely Ian . I would have hoped Kuenssberg would have called her out on her abject failure to discharge her…Jun 1, 17:08
    • agentx on The View From Row Z: “Don’t forget Murrell is back in court tomorrow 2 Jun: “for a “narrative hearing” because the legal teams on both…Jun 1, 16:49
    • Young Lochinvar on The View From Row Z: “Check out on YouTube; Nicola Sturgeons woes meets Gordon Browns cave. :-). 🙂Jun 1, 16:46
    • Young Lochinvar on The View From Row Z: “Just read the most recent revelation in the Murrell Collection; 100+ toilet rolls bought just before Tricky Nicky (during early…Jun 1, 16:18
    • Confused on The View From Row Z: “I think Peter Murrell always was a “patsy”, a “useful idiot”, first up, a convenient “beard” to hide that nikki…Jun 1, 15:47
    • James on The View From Row Z: “Aye, Northy is a Pict….. And you’re a….”prick”. Wear your helmet with pride.Jun 1, 15:17
    • Colin Alexander on The View From Row Z: “It may not (?) be a criminal offence for the SNP to spend indyref “ringfenced” money on other things. Criminal…Jun 1, 15:05
    • agentx on The View From Row Z: ““You know how it is. You wake up and look out the bedroom window. You see a brand new Jaguar…Jun 1, 14:59
    • Owen Mullions on The View From Row Z: “https://youtube.com/shorts/dorL_ib1_sc?si=XuCGCs2Y79v8b8CyJun 1, 14:23
    • Alf Baird on The View From Row Z: ““they’re a bunch of crooks, spivs and chancers” Yes, as Fanon reminds us, a co-opted national party elite ‘behaves like…Jun 1, 14:22
    • Luigi on The View From Row Z: “Och, don’t be too harsh on them. They are grieving, still in the denial phase. In their wee ginger bubble,…Jun 1, 14:20
    • Dick Wall on The View From Row Z: ““Scotland owes him a debt”says The Daily Sceptic. I agree wholeheartedly. It is always instructive to ask yourself “Do you…Jun 1, 14:18
    • Cringe on The View From Row Z: “55 minute version here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0np7qlnJun 1, 13:53
    • Hatey McHateface on The View From Row Z: “Where you see “co-opted by colonialism”, Alf, I see “unfitted, morally and intellectually, to run an Independent Scotland”. Occam’s Razor…Jun 1, 13:32
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