The Skeleton Dance
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November 02, 2024 by
Chris Cairns
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Absolutely perfect Chris. I like the J’Accuse! skeleton.
Chris, nail on head. Love the can of worms,well and truly opened.
Bullseye.
Should Salmond’s lawsuit be continued by his family and/or friends I expect a full exhumation.
With regard to Operation Branchform and why it is taking so long.
I refer you to the case of the Directors of Irvine based Oricom Telecom as well as certain NHS Managers and the alleged embezzlement of £7m from NHS Scotland.
04/12/2015: NHS Fraud Officers raid HQ of telecom firm Oricom.
27/11/2021: Eight people charged after probe into NHS contracts.
27/09/2023: Five men to stand trial on bribery charges over NHS contracts.
Interestingly, the trial date reported in that last story headline was January 2024. To my knowledge, the trial has yet to take place.
In conclusion, after nearly 9 years from the initial raid by fraud officers, the accused have yet to be brought to justice and when they are, the trial is expected to last 16 weeks.
Of course, a completely different case, but an interesting comparator nonetheless.
One final footnote, neither the Herald or the National have covered this story. BBC News, STV News, the Daily Record and the Mirror did.
And an excellent Saturday morning piece of satirical art Chris.
Relative small beer compared to the ongoing astronomical spend on duff ferries and deep piers, which a BBC Scotland investigation almost got into the nitty gritty of a few years ago before quickly backing off.
Is it just incompetence, or maybe something worse? Wha kens wae a colonial admeenistration ostensibly tryin tae serve twa maisters.
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Duff ferries you say Mr Baird. How can you say that.
These two ferries were state of the art. World leading in fact. Nothing but excellence no less.
That they are still in the builder’s yard over five years late, costing hundreds of millions of pounds more per boat is neither here nor there. World class, don’t you know.
And its not just these two ferries that are having a minor hiccup. Three diesel electric ferries the ferries the MV Hallaig, MV Catriona, and MV Lochinvar built at at Fergusson’s at huge cost per ferry were equally world class state of the art.
Ok so they were bit late, cost about five times the comparable more traditional ferry would have cost but you.ve got to pay for class. World class no less.
That the Hallaig went on fire causing islanders on Rassay to be stranded, had a history of breakdown, were more expensive to operate is neither here nor there. Neither is it a concern that after a million pounds of repair to get the boat working again the batteries could not be replaced due to the technology becoming old hat in a few years. The Hallaig now runs on diesel – but as I say class costs money.
Oh and with the battery fire on the Hallaig the other two boats had to be pulled from service for safety reasons. And the costs, the disruption, class costs money.
Or am I missing something Mr Baird?
Small beer indeed Alf. However, the money involved is not the point.
It is the time it takes to bring the accused to justice in cases of fraud.
If the Oricom case has not been resolved after 9 years, then it is not outwith the bounds of reasonable possibilities that Branchform could have another 6 years to go.
What a ghastly thought, however it is merely an attempt to manage expectations.
And I really hope I am wrong.
I recall Craig Murray stating that there might be other factors interacting with Operation Branchform.
Not sure if it relates to this.
link to wingsoverscotland.com
GUPTA / GFG Alliance / SIMEC
link to wingsoverscotland.com
Gupta / GFG Alliance and SIMEC’s proposed windfarm near Ben Nevis got knocked back in 2022 by Scottish “Government” ministers.
Wonder if promises were previously made in deals with powerful people, and when elements of any deals weren’t able to come to fruition someone got pissed off. That’s what happens in high stakes / value games.
Perfect!
Nailed it, Chris!
Another belter!
Bravo!
That mah freen’s is just fir a yoker. Thairs a wheen mair skeletons rattlin’ that we’re no seein’ here!! Braw stuff fir them to whom it micht concern.
Excellent stuff.
Luckily you can’t burn e-mails and texts. And the BBC Warkumentary (I didn’t watch it) shows how very worried they all are.
Has Brindley been sacked yet ? I’m betting she’ll be the first domino to fall.
Great cartoon. There’s many a true picture drawn in jest.
I watched both versions of the Wark hatchet job, so I was able to spot one of the alphabetties before the BBC cut that bit out. Was Wark called to account? Ha! Brindley is appearing bold as brass on TV even now. Resign? Be sacked? Not a chance.
Yes Chris and the Spooks are certainly out in force to give the truth the creeps.
The fake independence party are down to the bare bones with a skeleton staff awaiting burial.
They’re gonna need a bigger cupboard.
Cupboard?
Cemetery more like!!
I hope they haven’t made it to the crematorium, though I’m sure the shredders have been working overtime.
Excellent ‘toon from Holiday Boy. He’s no bad when he’s here is he 🙂
The open tin of worms – Brilliant
Thanks for this Chris. Brilliantly successful scathing wit. Gratifyingly deep “bone-crunching” bite. Scandalously suppressed truth made manifest in a lightning-flash. This artistically excellent image will endure. It will outlive us all.
Artificial Intelligence gets into the cyber spooky spirit.
link to archive.ph
«You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time except maybe with AI in the Brave New Worldly danse macabre of social media platforms» as an AI-verse Abe Lincoln could be programmed to say.
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Vain attempts by Swinney to keep the skeletons in the cupboard but the whole rotten episode of how the state conspired to do down Alex Salmond will emerge.
And the willing helpers, the agents provocateurs, they know this and fear it.
Maybe the cartoon of dead men and woman walking would be apt because that is what they are. They shall, and indeed are, being exposed.
A good cartoon Mr Cairns
Postcolonial theory confirms that a ‘co-opted national party elite’ and colonialism’s ‘confidential agents’ (Fanon) are ultimately ‘condemned by their own hypocrisy’ (Cesaire).
For the simple fact is that nothing they say can be believed any more; an ivery time thay appen thair mou’s, mair deceit fa’s oot.
I sincerely hope everyone involved in this conspiracy has developed serious mental health conditions over the years since Alex was acquitted and Branchform began. Sleepless nights, anxiety, stress, non-stop diarrhoea and, in the moments they manage to snatch 40 winks, terror inducing nightmares!! Bastards, every last one of them. Suffer ya middens.
Who’s the woman?
Don’t you mean ‘Who’s the gender non-specific operative?
Technically, only the skeletons can have their sex conclusively verified by visual inspection, due to the differences between the male and female pelvises. Alas, Mr Cairns has not provided us the visual cues needed.
Whilst the onlooker may be arbitrarily tempted to assign sex-determined roles to Mr Cairns’ living figures, that would be a mistake, and in real life Scotland, could be deemed offensive.
And if persisted with against the stated wishes of the victims, would be a crime.
LOL
Anyway, who’s the woman?
LGBT+#€$ Daphne Broon?
I think she represents the dim loyalists who don’t realise even yet that there is a great deal rotten in the SNP.
One of your best Chris, says it all.
Danse macabre. If only it was in double time though.
Can’t come quick enough
I can smell the stench from here
Another belter Chris! As Shauny Boy would say, “They’re not zombies, they’re just necrotically challenged!”.
Hopefully the Chief (Alex Salmond) can bring them all down – from beyond the grave.