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.
We received two emails today, just a few minutes apart. There are a couple of notable things about them. The first came from Claire Somebody at the Crown Office.
The second one, even more thrillingly, came from Service Advisor 1989847 at Police Scotland, which we assume is some sort of advanced crime-fighting robot.
In one of those emails, readers, is a three-word phrase that raised our eyebrows just about right off our heads. Before we chat any more, see if it jumps out at you too.
John McNab on The Shortest Day: “Why shouldn’t John Swinney “lustily belt out” the National Anthem? There’s no clear indication that this chimera of “independence” which…” Aug 30, 05:58
Peter McAvoy on The Shortest Day: “Early last month the USA celebrated the 250th anniversary of independence I don’t recall on any documentaries,books magazines or online…” Aug 30, 02:19
Saffron Robe on The Shortest Day: “That’s a very good point, James. Why should we vote to leave something we never voted for in the first…” Aug 30, 01:26
robertkknight on The Shortest Day: “Once upon a time, the raison d’être of the SNP was to restore Scottish Independence. In my day, this resulted…” Aug 30, 01:04
James on The Slowest Dawning: “Ah, but wha needs Fannny when we’ve got twa redundant “Pricks” like youse?” Aug 30, 00:37
Young Lochinvar on The Shortest Day: “S117 Alf is right. A lot of us felt very angry with the “my heart said.. but my head said”…” Aug 29, 22:38
Effijy on The Shortest Day: “Reform are right wing fascists who like Trump are there to make the rich richer and using corruption at the…” Aug 29, 22:14
sarah on The Shortest Day: “As someone said here the other day “even Homer nods”! Geoff is a founder of the SSRG, I believe, and…” Aug 29, 22:05
Spartan 117 on The Shortest Day: “A good post Dan and, regarding your closing sentence, you’ve only got to read anything on the internet to see…” Aug 29, 21:55
Spartan 117 on The Shortest Day: “A good post and, regarding your closing sentence, you’ve only got to read anything on the internet to see that…” Aug 29, 21:53
Aidan on The Shortest Day: “I bet you’re popular in the village cracking on like that. But just so you know, I have a V8…” Aug 29, 21:35
Spartan 117 on The Shortest Day: ““Yoon”… To quote your favourite reply, “LOL”. There’s nothing “Yoon” about me. Last time round, I paid attention to the…” Aug 29, 21:35
Alf Baird on The Shortest Day: ““I voted “No” in 2014” You and others like you deprived us Scots our freedom. English Tory rule that appealing,…” Aug 29, 20:55
James on The Shortest Day: “The SNP troughers want gravy, now. As you know [and as has been explained numerous times by this sites author]…” Aug 29, 20:06
James on The Shortest Day: “Fish Face is the Chief Clown as you well know.” Aug 29, 20:01
Shug on The Shortest Day: “I wonder why nobe of them ecer have the balls to twll HO the f…. Off I stand by my…” Aug 29, 19:56
James on The Shortest Day: “That right, aye? Aye, nae rigged postal votes, nae peculiar toon cooncil type franchise, nae ootside political or media interference.…” Aug 29, 19:48
panda paws on The Shortest Day: ““John Swinney’s already upped the stakes by standing in front of a Glasgow crowd in his shortbread-tin outfit and lustily…” Aug 29, 19:12
Spartan 117 on The Shortest Day: “Errrrmmm, we had an independence vote in 2014 which resulted in independence being rejected. Voter turnout was very high (85%)…” Aug 29, 18:47
Dan on The Shortest Day: ““It was outside our price range, but we decided to do the right thing, sacrifice somewhere else and move to…” Aug 29, 18:45
James on The Slowest Dawning: “Aww…how sweet. Now, any Scot knows that one London registered Unionist party is much the same as another, but call…” Aug 29, 18:15
James Che on The Shortest Day: “The Scottish people themselves never voted to join a union, so why do a % of Scots need to vote…” Aug 29, 18:12
Dan on The Shortest Day: “Aye, TH, pretty much my thoughts too. Now if for example Dave Doogan had used his parliamentary privileged position to…” Aug 29, 18:09
Spartan 117 on The Shortest Day: “It’s literally written in the article and directly quoted… If people of your comprehension skills have a vote, is it…” Aug 29, 18:05
factchecker on The Shortest Day: “I often agree with Robert, but not here: “It (the SNP)has no desire for Independence, for to achieve such would…” Aug 29, 18:03
Spartan 117 on The Shortest Day: “What’s really shocking is anyone being in any way surprised at any of this. Post-Alex the SNP were always more…” Aug 29, 18:02
James Che on The Shortest Day: “Scotland declaring independence, UDI from a voluntary union, just leave and end the voluntary bit. Only Englands parliament is doing…” Aug 29, 17:59
James Che on The Shortest Day: “The independence door has been ajar for years, the SNP are just to Scared an feared to go near it…” Aug 29, 17:40
