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As usual the news is not very cheerful. The saga relating to the appointment of Peter Mandelson as American Ambassador rumbles on and Kier Starmer's position becomes ever more precarious.
The other scandalous story in the news today is how Peter Murrell the former SNP Chief (Scottish Nationalist Party) managed to embezzle £400k from the party's funds over a 12 year period. He has now pleaded guilty and details of what he spent the money on are emerging.
They range from things like gardening equipment and electronic equipment purchased from Amazon to expensive watches, but the biggest expenses seem to have been for a Jaguar car and a deluxe Motor Home costing £124,550 that was driven only 4 miles to his Mother's house where it remained until confiscated.
More details can be found here.
What I find puzzling in all of this is that Murrell's wife (now estranged) is Nicola Sturgeon who was the First Minister of Scotland from 2014 to 2023 and she is claiming she was unaware of what was going on despite many of the Amazon purchases being delivered to her home.
Really? I don't think so.
Sounds like the Scottish government has been hobnobbing with the United States "MAGA" republicans. Embezzle a little here, have sons redirect a few billion there, kill off a handful of endangered species, drill in the Grand Canyon, destroy a historic preservation site...
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I really can't believe that Kier Starmer still has a job and that is shocking about Peter Murrell's embezzlement. How did Sturgeon not know, I don't believe that for a second!
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