#murrell — Public Fediverse posts
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We now know that Peter #Murrell was stealing from the #SNP since at least 2010, probably earlier. We know that he proposed to, and married, Nicola #Sturgeon in 2010. So he was almost certainly stealing from the party before he married her.
Say what you will about Sturgeon, I believe that she was honestly committed to her party. I cannot believe she knew about his thefts, at least until just before she resigned.
There's something very psychologically dark and disturbing there.
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We now know that Peter #Murrell was stealing from the #SNP since at least 2010, probably earlier. We know that he proposed to, and married, Nicola #Sturgeon in 2010. So he was almost certainly stealing from the party before he married her.
Say what you will about Sturgeon, I believe that she was honestly committed to her party. I cannot believe she knew about his thefts, at least until just before she resigned.
There's something very psychologically dark and disturbing there.
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@2legged My mother, who was by no means a fool, believed that prison should be abolished entirely. I think there are people so actively dangerous to others that they may need to be held securely.
#Murrell clearly isn't one of these. But in a system where the poor and powerless are often imprisoned, it would be invidious if the prosperous and powerful faced lesser punishment.
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@2legged My mother, who was by no means a fool, believed that prison should be abolished entirely. I think there are people so actively dangerous to others that they may need to be held securely.
#Murrell clearly isn't one of these. But in a system where the poor and powerless are often imprisoned, it would be invidious if the prosperous and powerful faced lesser punishment.
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"Throughout #Murrell’s time at the top, his control was total yet trust in his stewardship was ebbing away. Trust in the SNP will not be regained by the exercise of more control...
#Swinney could surprise supporters and critics alike by acting to higher democratic standards and volunteering to submit to independent, external scrutiny" -- oor Lesley Riddoch writing in @TheNational
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/26164375.john-swinney-let-daylight-partys-inner-sanctum/
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"Throughout #Murrell’s time at the top, his control was total yet trust in his stewardship was ebbing away. Trust in the SNP will not be regained by the exercise of more control...
#Swinney could surprise supporters and critics alike by acting to higher democratic standards and volunteering to submit to independent, external scrutiny" -- oor Lesley Riddoch writing in @TheNational
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/26164375.john-swinney-let-daylight-partys-inner-sanctum/
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Here's Tommy Sheppard writing about the real damage that #Murrell did to the #SNP. Yes, he was a thief; but much more damaging, he built a culture of centralised control and secrecy.
Unless the #SNP makes a very thorough (and public) reform of its internal structures, it -- and the #ScottishIndependence movement -- will not recover from this.
Tommy asks how the party will regain the confidence of its members; but it also needs the confidence of its voters.
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/26153791.snp-nec-went-wrong-party/
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Here's Tommy Sheppard writing about the real damage that #Murrell did to the #SNP. Yes, he was a thief; but much more damaging, he built a culture of centralised control and secrecy.
Unless the #SNP makes a very thorough (and public) reform of its internal structures, it -- and the #ScottishIndependence movement -- will not recover from this.
Tommy asks how the party will regain the confidence of its members; but it also needs the confidence of its voters.
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/26153791.snp-nec-went-wrong-party/
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I'm also fascinated by the psychology of giving your wife an apparently thoughtful — even romantic — gift bought with money stolen from the party she'd dedicated her life to. Particularly as he could DEFINITELY have afforded that particular gift out of his own earnings. It feels to me that there's something very dark and manipulative going on there.
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I'm also fascinated by the psychology of giving your wife an apparently thoughtful — even romantic — gift bought with money stolen from the party she'd dedicated her life to. Particularly as he could DEFINITELY have afforded that particular gift out of his own earnings. It feels to me that there's something very dark and manipulative going on there.
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Is it possible to have a coercive-controlling relationship with someone who is head of government of a country? On the face of it, it seems unlikely.
I don't know.
I suspect Peter #Murrell does.
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Is it possible to have a coercive-controlling relationship with someone who is head of government of a country? On the face of it, it seems unlikely.
I don't know.
I suspect Peter #Murrell does.
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We have learned nothing about compassion and understanding - or even being aware of when a person has a significant mental health issue - that's the big lesson of the #Murrell affair. Those around this man missed all the signs of a man with considerable mental health issues and compulsive, addictive behaviour that led to him lying and betraying not just those closest to him, but to people who had put their trust in him to manage funds for their cause of Scottish Independence
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We have learned nothing about compassion and understanding - or even being aware of when a person has a significant mental health issue - that's the big lesson of the #Murrell affair. Those around this man missed all the signs of a man with considerable mental health issues and compulsive, addictive behaviour that led to him lying and betraying not just those closest to him, but to people who had put their trust in him to manage funds for their cause of Scottish Independence
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The wonderful Andrew Tickell (aka #PeatWorrier) has some thoughts on the #PeterMurrell saga, at https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2059373652961878261.html
I was particularly struck by his comments on the tackiness of some of #Murrell's purchases. Even in Scotland, British class sensibilities problematise such spending from every angle.
I think of a late friend's Scots uber-aristo granny reportedly speaking in the 1950s of "the middle classes — the sort of people who own fish knives".
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The wonderful Andrew Tickell (aka #PeatWorrier) has some thoughts on the #PeterMurrell saga, at https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2059373652961878261.html
I was particularly struck by his comments on the tackiness of some of #Murrell's purchases. Even in Scotland, British class sensibilities problematise such spending from every angle.
I think of a late friend's Scots uber-aristo granny reportedly speaking in the 1950s of "the middle classes — the sort of people who own fish knives".
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The SNP and its members are victims of Peter Murrell's embezzlement, not the perpetrators. It was SNP party funds that were embezzled, not public money. The investigation into Nicola Sturgeon cost £2m, and she was entirely vindicated. All the gum-bumping and teeth gnashing by Baillie, Fraser, etc., will not change that.
Sorry to all those bitter unionists who believed Operation Branchform was the smoking gun that would destroy the SNP and pave the way for Sarwar to swan into Bute House.
I bet yer ragin.
#snp #scotland #ukpolitics #scottishpolitics #murrell #sturgeon
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The SNP and its members are victims of Peter Murrell's embezzlement, not the perpetrators. It was SNP party funds that were embezzled, not public money. The investigation into Nicola Sturgeon cost £2m, and she was entirely vindicated. All the gum-bumping and teeth gnashing by Baillie, Fraser, etc., will not change that.
Sorry to all those bitter unionists who believed Operation Branchform was the smoking gun that would destroy the SNP and pave the way for Sarwar to swan into Bute House.
I bet yer ragin.
#snp #scotland #ukpolitics #scottishpolitics #murrell #sturgeon
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Look… it may have been illegal embezzling of party funds but you have to admire Murrell’s commitment to getting a really good coffee. #murrell #snp #scotlandpol
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Look… it may have been illegal embezzling of party funds but you have to admire Murrell’s commitment to getting a really good coffee. #murrell #snp #scotlandpol
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Tell me, Mrs Murrel-Sturgeon, why didn't you suspect your husband was fiddling the books when he bought a Niesmann+Bischoff luxury motorhome for £124,550 in late 2020? Where did you think the cash came from?
#Murrell #Sturgeon #SNP
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Tell me, Mrs Murrel-Sturgeon, why didn't you suspect your husband was fiddling the books when he bought a Niesmann+Bischoff luxury motorhome for £124,550 in late 2020? Where did you think the cash came from?
#Murrell #Sturgeon #SNP
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cddp5gm0155t -
Peter Murrell arrested, charged.
Posted without comment. Be careful discussing an active case, obviously.
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Peter Murrell arrested, charged.
Posted without comment. Be careful discussing an active case, obviously.
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#SNP could face investigation into loans from Peter #Murrell
I have to say if that is all the police have - failure to declare two loans totalling £15,000 over 3 years ago made by Murrell to the party - then this is a storm in a teacup compared to the shenanigans South of the border in the same period....
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#Scottish independence less likely, as #SNP is in turbulence due to police investigations and arrests of former party leaders?
"A 52-year-old woman [#Nicola #Sturgeon] has today... been arrested as a suspect in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the #Scottish National Party," #Police #Scotland said...
Sturgeon's husband Peter #Murrell, the former chief executive of the SNP, was arrested as part of the probe in April." -
#Scottish independence less likely, as #SNP is in turbulence due to police investigations and arrests of former party leaders?
"A 52-year-old woman [#Nicola #Sturgeon] has today... been arrested as a suspect in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the #Scottish National Party," #Police #Scotland said...
Sturgeon's husband Peter #Murrell, the former chief executive of the SNP, was arrested as part of the probe in April." -
CW: Scottish politics
The SNP bought a super-luxury mobile home, didn’t tell the cabinet, didn’t tell the wider party, hid it at Nicola Sturgeon’s mother-in-laws house and they expect party members and voters that it was a mobile campaign HQ
Sturgeon and Murrell’s contempt for their own members and voters is colossal
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CW: Scottish politics
The SNP bought a super-luxury mobile home, didn’t tell the cabinet, didn’t tell the wider party, hid it at Nicola Sturgeon’s mother-in-laws house and they expect party members and voters that it was a mobile campaign HQ
Sturgeon and Murrell’s contempt for their own members and voters is colossal
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My goodness. Nicola Sturgeon's husband has been arrested in connection with SNP fundraising issues.
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Mad news this morning. If Murrell's done something wrong then convict him, give him the jail. The amount of folk that were seemingly bursting to say "Wings was right" is unreal tho. Wings is a potato-headed fuckwit who lives in England and votes Tory. He's not right about anything to do with Scotland, he's too far away from us. There's a reason the yoons fawned over him these past few years and it isn't his blogging prowess.
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Mad news this morning. If Murrell's done something wrong then convict him, give him the jail. The amount of folk that were seemingly bursting to say "Wings was right" is unreal tho. Wings is a potato-headed fuckwit who lives in England and votes Tory. He's not right about anything to do with Scotland, he's too far away from us. There's a reason the yoons fawned over him these past few years and it isn't his blogging prowess.
