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| Ben Kenobi | 6 Nov 2017, 09:45 PM Post #161 |
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Auld Hermit
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Bit of a non-story. Although I'm not going to lose any sleep about a billionaire getting a bit of hassle from a journalist. It's nothing to do with Celtic so I couldn't care less really. |
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| Jimmy_Quinn's_Hattrick | 6 Nov 2017, 09:53 PM Post #162 |
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The reductive impulse to frame a serious issue through football, tenuous as the connection may be, is a perfect example of BBC Scotland's parochial mindset. It's not that there's a problem with grilling Desmond on tax avoidance, but there is a problem in thinking that this is a justifiable leading headline on a story like this. The fact that it is is down to a combination of BBC Scotland's own shallow resources and talent pool, and that they don't think Scottish audiences will care if isn't connected to the football somehow. |
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| Wee Ed KTF | 6 Nov 2017, 10:05 PM Post #163 |
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Considering retirement
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Dermot Desmond's letter to Mark Daly, copied to high BBC heid yins All this for £1m. Unfortunately, the BBC investigative team are less concerned about investigating Murray's £1billion, Rangers (RIP)'s £100m tax evasion and Sevco's tax evading criminal chairman Edited by Wee Ed KTF, 6 Nov 2017, 10:06 PM.
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| corsica1968 | 6 Nov 2017, 10:12 PM Post #164 |
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Over the course of 2012-13, I had numerous discussions with two journalists and a senior commissioning producer at the BBC regarding the Rangers charity theft. Despite providing them with all written evidence (some of which I couldn't even make public as it would have betrayed sources) that proved beyond doubt how nearly £500k was illegally diverted from the Rangers charity to Rangers and Sevco, they decided against proceeding with the proposed documentary. The reasons given were that a senior manager at BBC Scotland had threatened to leak their names in advance and the subsequent threats, harassment and intimidation would simply not be worth it. One of those journalists was a certain Mr Daly. We all know about Charlotte Fakes, Minty, etc as do the BBC, The Guardian and just about every investigative journalist in the UK. And then there is GASL - a convicted tax cheat. How have these issues been investigated?... Let's remind ourselves that Murray et al stole c£28 from every single person in Scotland when Rangers went bust. To which we can add the c£0.6bn he cost us all when the parent company went bust (although he managed to walk away with the crown jewels from that for a pittance). But the BBC now see fit to lead their news with a story about an Irish billionaire who "may have avoided £1m" in Swiss taxes??? This is exactly like the Desmond care home story - a bigoted squirrel. There is one reason and one reason alone why the BBC |
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| fatboab | 6 Nov 2017, 10:34 PM Post #165 |
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Just before the Dawn
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BBC Scotland currently pay for the services of Billy Dodds and Steven Thompson, both recipients of EBTs , which have been declared illegal methods of tax evasion I think they might want to get their own house in order before lecturing others on tax avoidance. |
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| aldo | 6 Nov 2017, 10:43 PM Post #166 |
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And that's the way we like it...
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That doc surprised us at the time but only because any public criticism of anything concerning that mob was unheard of, but in reality it was little more than a slap in the face, rather than the boot in the balls the subject demanded. Souness' EBT, years after he left Rangers, but in the wake of him throwing £m's of Blackburn's money at them as crisis loomed, is one of many revelations in Daly's doc he simply chose to mention but not follow up, yet he scampers after Desmond as though he's on the case of a Watergate expose. File under Uncle Tim... |
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| Wee Ed KTF | 6 Nov 2017, 10:44 PM Post #167 |
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Considering retirement
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Agree regarding the numerous EBT recipients lauded and applauded by BBC Scotland. Hypocrisy.However, the BBC might be a tad nervous after DD's letter. He ain't shy when it comes to litigation (allegedly). |
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| Fortune Teller | 6 Nov 2017, 11:08 PM Post #168 |
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Hot to Trott
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Is it OK to think that Desmond is an arsehole for dodging tax, even if it isn’t in the UK? Same shampooe, different country |
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| lenobhoy | 6 Nov 2017, 11:09 PM Post #169 |
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Catch some light and it'll be alright
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They'd be as well leading with a story on Bono dodging tax, it has that relevance to Scotland. |
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| sid1888 | 6 Nov 2017, 11:25 PM Post #170 |
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Still PMSL laughing at the Director of BBC Scotland's name, "Donalda Mackinnon", FFS you couldn't make it up, even the wummin are Huns! |
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| CeltFromTheHills | 6 Nov 2017, 11:32 PM Post #171 |
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Ever bought an Apple product? |
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| pads99 | 6 Nov 2017, 11:48 PM Post #172 |
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Club Captain
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She's not actually but there you go |
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| Fortune Teller | 6 Nov 2017, 11:54 PM Post #173 |
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Hot to Trott
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Yes, I’m posting from one. What global mega corporation should I go to to get my phone? This is a governmental issue mainly but it doesn’t mean that you cant despise the folk who are brazenly fiddling the system, whether it falls just on the correct side of the line or not
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| Gherkin Jerk | 7 Nov 2017, 12:06 AM Post #174 |
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Club Captain
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That was some trek for DD to get from his motor to his seat. Thought he would have had a closer parking spot than that.
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| sid1888 | 7 Nov 2017, 12:10 AM Post #175 |
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Really? Strange the amount of pro Hun pish and anti-Celtic stuff she allows to be spouted from an organisation where she is responsible for the strategic direction and programmes and services produced! http://www.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/insidethebbc/managementstructure/biographies/mackinnon_donalda |
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| Lobey Dosser | 7 Nov 2017, 12:24 AM Post #176 |
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Considering retirement
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He hasn't the cajones to do that. |
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| shugmc | 7 Nov 2017, 12:42 AM Post #177 |
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I was there
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Which makes his non-story about Desmond all the worse. |
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| corsica1968 | 7 Nov 2017, 01:06 AM Post #178 |
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He's also a Celtic shareholder... |
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| Celtic Joe | 7 Nov 2017, 01:36 AM Post #179 |
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First name on the team-sheet
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Listened to the Radio Scotland News at 7.30pm. Wow, what a stushie about the tax revelations. It led off with something about an Irish businessman, some shares, Switzerland, Isle of Man. And three actors you’ve never heard of. Also from Ireland. Poor souls, must be no tax cheats in Scotland they could mention . . . |
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| jimthetim73 | 7 Nov 2017, 01:38 AM Post #180 |
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Are you a Rangers supporter? In other words, DD is saying only someone that thick and deluded would try and tarnish his reputation on national tv Can't wait for the fallout from this |
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Agree regarding the numerous EBT recipients lauded and applauded by BBC Scotland. Hypocrisy.
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