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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/13105668 (042307ZMAR21) Notable: The Sturgeon case exposes the fatal flaw in Scottish devolution, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: 83d2f0d3ab7411c0a5f58068495e5bf4c84e2ba3a16d98f8e157c5212ddfa438.png

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Originally UK #34 >>123936

Devolution has ended up giving Scotland a new establishment even more powerful - and less accountable - than the old one. Leading article in the new Spectator

The Sturgeon case exposes the fatal flaw in Scottish devolution

The campaign for a Scottish parliament was rooted in the notion of a ‘democratic deficit’. Scotland kept voting Labour but the UK kept getting Conservative governments. Devolution, so the logic ran, would give Scotland a more responsive government. Two decades on, a new democratic deficit is emerging: the chasm between the minimum accountability demanded by the parliament and the maximum Nicola Sturgeon’s government is prepared to give. A new establishment has taken root in Edinburgh, more powerful and less accountable than the old one.

The Alex Salmond inquiry, which began as a recondite tale about a failed attempt by Sturgeon’s government to probe sexual misconduct claims against the former Scottish National party leader, has narrowed to three stark questions. Did Sturgeon lie to parliament about what she knew and when? Did she break the ministerial code in failing to inform civil servants of a secret meeting with Salmond at her private home until two months after the fact? And is there any credence in Salmond’s incendiary accusation that people around Sturgeon, including her husband, the SNP chief executive Peter Murrell, conspired to have him imprisoned?

The investigation of these questions has exposed where power really lies in Scotland. The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, a member of Sturgeon’s cabinet and head of the Crown Office prosecution service, this week gave evidence to a Holyrood committee investigating the Salmond affair. Wolffe started off reminding Holyrood politicians that — unlike MPs — they are ‘punishable’ under the law for statements they may make in parliament. The doctrine of parliamentary privilege, a cornerstone of Westminster’s democracy, does not exist in Scotland.

But when Wolffe was asked if his fellow government ministers are punishable under the law, he had far less to say. What would happen, he was asked, if (as Salmond alleges) ministers refused to hand over a cache of documents, despite being subject to a search warrant? Would this be illegal? ‘I am not going to make any comment in the abstract on what might or might not be a criminal offence,’ he said. It is hard to imagine an attorney general refusing to be drawn on such a fundamental point of law before parliament and remaining in post.

Obstruction has been a constant theme of the Salmond inquiry. Legal advice twice demanded by the Scottish parliament and twice denied by the Scottish government was released only after Sturgeon’s deputy was threatened with a motion of no confidence. The documents proved that Sturgeon’s government proceeded with costly legal action against Salmond long after being advised by lawyers that the case would fail.

It was against this backdrop of secrecy and intrigue that The Spectator went to the High Court to secure the right of the inquiry and the public to see all relevant evidence — specifically Salmond’s written testimony accusing Sturgeon of breaking the ministerial code. No sooner had the High Court made clear that there were no obstacles to parliament publishing whatever it wanted than the Crown Office pressured the Scottish parliament to censor Salmond’s testimony. This testimony did not (as was absurdly claimed) jeopardise the anonymity of the complainants. We should know. We published it in January and it remains on Spectator.co.uk now.

More at:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-sturgeon-case-exposes-the-fatal-flaw-in-scottish-devolution

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/13177506 (100613ZMAR21) Notable: Covid Bun / Australian Health Minister hospitalized, "in serious condition", day after receiving Covid, Astra-Zeneca, Vaccine, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: 26d4f0302826d43be3fb0ef7c69259f663709e77717caf65737008566b800c3a.png

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Originally Midnight Riders #306 >>>/qresearch/69015

Rocco Galati @roccogalatilaw

Australian Health Minister hospitalized, "in serious condition", day after receiving Covid, Astra-Zeneca, Vaccine.

https://twitter.com/roccogalatilaw/status/1369294004408492034

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/13183432 (110212ZMAR21) Notable: British Nursing Candidates Rejected as UK Govt Prioritised Cheaper Migrants: Think Tank, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: 888aac66a3a4026b81e5c06bb68c47b7fae336add2f635979e438031cb4d1f30.png

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Originally UK #34 >>123962

British Nursing Candidates Rejected as UK Govt Prioritised Cheaper Migrants: Think Tank

Hundreds of thousands of native British nursing candidates have been rejected over the past decade, while the government made it easier to bring in cheaper nurses from abroad, a report from Migration Watch UK has claimed.

The report, which was seen by Breitbart London, said that even during the Chinese coronavirus pandemic last year, over 23,000 British applications for nursing courses were rejected, despite the government offering 1,200 fast-tracked Health and Care Worker visas to foreigners during the same time.

Since 2010, over half of the nearly 650,000 UK-based nursing course applications were rejected, with 348,000 applicants in Britain being turned away, Migration Watch UK reported.

In recent years, the British government has sought to recruit tens of thousands of foreign nurses under the premise of a “shortage” of NHS staff. In 2016, for example, nurses were placed on the shortage occupation list — making it easier to hire from abroad — despite 36,200 Britain-based applications being rejected during the same year.

At the time, Migration Advisory Committee chairman Sir David Metcalfe said: “There is no good reason why the supply of nurses cannot be sourced domestically.”

More:

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/03/05/british-nurses-rejected-as-govt-prioritises-cheap-migrants-think-tank-claims/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/13188178 (112340ZMAR21) Notable: Salmond and Sturgeon Bun / Salmond and Sturgeon evidence in full (two links), MISSING MEDIA/FILES: Alex_salmond_harrassment_complaints_evidence.png, nicola_sturgeon_evidence_on_salmond_harrasment_inquiry.png

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https://www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/committee-on-the-scottish-government-handling-of-harassment-complaints-february-26-2021

Alex salmond evidence in full.

https://www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/committee-on-the-scottish-government-handling-of-harassment-complaints-march-3-2021

Nicola Sturgeon evidence in full.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/13243525 (171626ZMAR21) Notable: Covid Bun / Boxing was in mourning on Saturday night after the shock death of one its all-time greats, Marvin Hagler, at just 66, after he reportedly suffered side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: 66c4b36b3cde5b5af32507b3982320602623a9c1c9005de1ab5eb762e2c3df84.png

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Originally Midnight Riders #317 >>>/qresearch/71067

Boxing was in mourning on Saturday night after the shock death of one its all-time greats, Marvin Hagler, at just 66, after he reportedly suffered side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine.

The American boxer - born in Newark, New Jersey - dominated the sport's middleweight scene, which he was champion of between 1980 and 1987.

He was also named as the Fighter of the Decade for the 1980s by Boxing Illustrated magazine and won the Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year award twice.

The man who was floored officially only once in his incredible brutal career ­- and that was actually a slip - finally took the count.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-9359529/Undisputed-middleweight-champion-Marvelous-Marvin-Hagler-passes-away-unexpectedly-aged-66.html

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/13251840 (182305ZMAR21) Notable: Salmond and Sturgeon Bun / NICOLA Sturgeon misled parliament over the Alex Salmond affair, MSPs have concluded, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: sturgeon_misled_parliament_heraldscotland.png

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https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19171584.nicola-sturgeon-misled-parliament-alex-salmond-affair-inquiry-finds/

Calls for Nicola Sturgeon to resign.

"NICOLA Sturgeon misled parliament over the Alex Salmond affair, MSPs have concluded.

The Holyrood inquiry into the affair found the First Minister gave "an inaccurate account" of her actions and so misled the cross-party investigation.

However it stopped short of saying she did so "knowingly", the threshold for resignation under the Scottish Ministerial Code.

It is understood the inquiry split down party lines 5-4 on the issue earlier today, and decided Ms Sturgeon broke the code on the balance of probabilities, with only SNP MSPs clearing their leader.

The decision is likely to increase pressure on Ms Sturgeon to stand down before May's election.

The Scottish Tories have said they wil bring forward a vote of no confidence in Ms Sturgeon before Holyrood breaks for the election on March 25.

The First Minister's spokesman said she "told the truth" in her eight-hour evidence session a fortnight ago, and accused opposition MSPs of "partisan and selective briefing" ahead of the full inquiry report coming out.

But the opposition parties scented blood. "

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/13262561 (201615ZMAR21) Notable: Covid Bun / CDC Ignores Inquiry Into Increasing Number of Deaths, Injuries Reported After COVID Vaccines, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: 792acd4a5785f6636b455d3590e7f01a16103f327aab550e1cd1b826a1eacfad.png

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CDC Ignores Inquiry Into Increasing Number of Deaths, Injuries Reported After COVID Vaccines

VAERS data released today showed 38,444 reports of adverse events following COVID vaccines, including 1,739 deaths and 6,286 serious injuries since Dec. 14, 2020.

By Megan Redshaw

Data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the number of injuries and deaths reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) following COVID vaccines showed 38,444 reports of adverse events since Dec. 14, 2020.

On March 8, The Defender contacted the CDC with questions about how the agency is investigating reports of deaths and injuries after COVID vaccines. We provided a written list of questions asking the status of investigations on deaths reported in the media, if autopsies are being done, the standard for determining whether an injury is causally connected to a vaccine and the known issues with VAERS — namely whether healthcare providers are reporting all injuries and deaths that might be connected to the COVID vaccine, and what education initiatives are in place to encourage and facilitate proper and accurate reporting. We asked for a reply within two days.

As of today, 11 days later, the CDC has not answered our questions. Instead, when we call them, they respond saying, “they have received our email, they will escalate it and it is in the system.” When we asked if we could speak with the person reviewing the email, we were told that information could not be provided. When we emailed them to follow up, we received no response.

Every Friday, VAERS makes public all vaccine injury reports received by the system as of Friday of the previous week. The 34,444 adverse events reported between Dec. 14, 2020, and March 11 include 1,739 deaths and 6,286 serious injuries.

This week’s data included reports of 478 cases of Bell’s Palsy. Of those, 66% of cases were reported after Pfizer-BioNTech vaccinations — almost twice as many as reported (36%) following vaccination with the Moderna vaccine.

The first Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID vaccine was administered in the U.S. on March 2. As of March 11, nine anaphylactic reactions associated with J&J’s vaccine had been reported to VAERS. As The Defender reported earlier this month, the J&J vaccine contains polysorbate 80, known to trigger allergic reactions, The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines contain polyethylene glycol (PEG), also known to trigger anaphylactic reactions.

In the U.S., 98.2 million COVID vaccine doses had been administered as of March 11.

VAERS is the primary mechanism for reporting adverse vaccine reactions in the U.S. Reports submitted to VAERS require further investigation before a causal relationship can be confirmed.

For the most part, today’s data reflect trends that have emerged since The Defender first began tracking VAERS reports related to COVID vaccines.

This week’s VAERS data show:

Of the 1,739 deaths reported as of March 11, 30% occurred within 48 hours of vaccination, 21% occurred within 24 hours, and 46% occurred in people who became ill within 48 hours of being vaccinated. By comparison, during the same period, there were only 85 deaths reported following flu vaccines.

Nineteen percent of deaths were related to cardiac disorders.

Fifty-three percent of those who died were male, 44% were female and the remaining death reports did not include gender of the deceased.

The average age of those who died was 77.9 and the youngest death was an 18-year-old.

More at:

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/cdc-ignore-inquiry-death-injuries-covid-vaccine/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/13305777 (270042ZMAR21) Notable: Salmond and Sturgeon Bun / Former SNP leader Alex Salmond launches new political party, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: alex_salmond_new_independence_party_alba.png

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Former SNP leader Alex Salmond launches new political party

>Former SNP leader Alex Salmond has announced the creation of a new pro-independence party which will contest the Scottish Parliament election.

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>The former first minister said he would be among the candidates who will stand for the Alba Party on regional lists.

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>Mr Salmond said the aim was to build "a supermajority for independence" at Holyrood after the election in May.

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>Other parties described Mr Salmond as "discredited" and questioned his suitability for public office.

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>The announcement came at the end of a dramatic week at Holyrood.

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>What does Salmond's new party mean for the election?

> What is the Salmond and Sturgeon row all about?

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>On Wednesday, Mr Salmond said he would take fresh legal action over the conduct of the Scottish government's top civil servant.

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>A report by MSPs on Tuesday described the government's handling of harassment complaints against Mr Salmond as "seriously flawed".

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>The previous day, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was cleared of breaching the ministerial code over her involvement in the Alex Salmond saga.

They really don't give a flying fuck do they? Any of them I mean. Self serving is the name of the game in politics...isn't it supposed to be the opposite?

Thankfully I never vote, it only encourages them to think they rule over me........THEY DON'T.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/13311278 (272321ZMAR21) Notable: Elite school 'rape culture' scandal: Whitehall launches national investigation, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: ELITE_SCHOOL_RAPE_CULTURE_SCANDAL_TELEGRAPH_NEWSPAPER.png, newschant_com_elite_school_rape_culture_whitehall_launches_investigation.png

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>>124070

I just posted this on uk board 36 and I'm posting it here to tie it in to this article about Salmond's new party because, Salmond was one of those "Government officials" who most certainly did conspire to prevent a Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) with amongst others, Lord Brian Gill.....

==Elite school 'rape culture' scandal: Whitehall launches national investigation

Officials from Home Office and Department for Education leading cross-Government response with senior officers==

>Britain's elite schools are at the centre of a major Whitehall investigation involving over their handling of the emerging "rape culture" scandal among pupils....

I'm not sure I'd hold out much hope here, after all how many "police chiefs, government officials" have been involved in not only the cover up of child abuse, but in many cases it is alleged police chiefs and government officials were actually involved in the abuse....along with the Judiciary, particularly in Scotland, where at least one senior retired Judge is currently being held in solitary confinement in a Scottish police station; not in a prison where others of lower social standing would be held if remanded for the same or similar charges of child sexual abuse.

I have no sub for the telegraph newspaper, here is an alternative for much the same info I presume...if another anon could post the full telegraph article from the telegraph I'd apreciate it.

https://uk.newschant.com/uk-news/elite-school-rape-culture-scandal-whitehall-launches-national-investigation/

Revised authorities recommendation on sexual violence and sexual harassment between youngsters in faculties and faculties is now being drawn up and can be in pressure in time for the subsequent educational year in September, The Telegraph can disclose.

Government sources stated a cross-Whitehall group of officers is predicted to fulfill minsters within the coming weeks. A supply added: “We take all allegations and considerations about sexual abuse or violence extraordinarily severely and are working with multi-agency safeguarding companions to make sure the protection of all youngsters in all faculties, together with in impartial faculties.

“Where schools do not meet the strict safeguarding standards that we have in place, we will always take action. If it becomes clear that there are current failings in any school’s safeguarding practice, we will immediately ask Ofsted or the Independent Schools Inspectorate to conduct an inspection. If a school is found to not be meeting the required safeguarding standard, we will make sure it either improves or closes.”

The Metropolitan Police launched an investigation on Friday evening after saying it had obtained a number of reviews of offences, with officers reviewing dozens of distressing accounts on Everyone’s Invited by ladies of the harassment, abuse and assault they face from male pupils.

Scotland Yard stated officers had been establishing whether or not any potential victims in London may very well be inspired to report crimes, with a number of already coming ahead. A hyperlink can also be now accessible on the web site to report crimes on to Scotland Yard.

Chief Constable Simon Bailey, the National Police Chiefs Council’s lead for little one abuse and investigation, stated on Saturday that “thousands of children and young people have come forward to report allegations of sexual offences within schools” because of the work of Everyone’s Invited.

He added: “We will now work at pace with Everyone’s Invited and partners, including the Home Office and Department for Education, to progress a joint response. If victims wish to report sexual abuse to the police, they can be confident that they will be believed and treated with compassion and respect before a thorough investigation is undertaken.”

An Ofsted spokesman vowed to conduct “surprise” inspections of faculties the place “safeguarding issues” come up.

On Saturday evening, Soma Sara, a former personal school lady and sexual abuse survivor who arrange the web site, requested to fulfill senior Government ministers. She instructed The Telegraph: “Everyone’s Invited would very much like to meet with ministers in the coming days to discuss the best way forward in eradicating rape culture.”

They are already trying to soften the sound of child abuse by calling it rape culture...it is rape culture of course, but if you leave out "of children" it doesn't sound quite so harsh.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/13315259 (281601ZMAR21) Notable: Dig on Gupta name, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: origin_of_the_family_name_gupta.png, gupta_family_history_ancestrydotcom.png, meaning_of_chandra.png, chandra_god_of_the_moon_wikipedia.png

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>>>/qresearch/13312998

>I wonder if there's a relation other than a name?

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>We know how they like their dynasties

gupta seems to suggest "secret" and "protected". Great empires were founded by chandraguptas.

>" from Sanskrit gupta ‘secret’, ‘protected’. This is a well-known name of ancient India; the two greatest empires of ancient northern India were both founded by persons named Chandragupta (see also Chandra). The founder of the Maurya empire in the 4th century bc was Chandragupta Maurya. In the 4th century ad, the Gupta empire was founded by another Chandragupta, and a long line of Gupta kings ruled India for about 200 years.

>Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press"

Here is also a wikipedia link to "chandra" as suggested by ancestry.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandra

Chandra it would seem is the "god of the moon" and gupta means "secret" and "protected"

chandragupta ... the secret, protected god of the moon.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/13357728 (041407ZAPR21) Notable: Inquiry judge right to issue media ban, Court of Session hears, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: john_halley_pinned_tweet_twitter.png, crown_office_to_be_investigated_by_child_abuse_inquiry.png, lord_boyds_ruling_on_lady_ann_smiths_censorship_of_john_halleys_employment_tribunal.png, lord_boyds_ruling_on_lady_ann_smiths_censorship_of_john_halleys_employment_tribunal_part_2.png

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Here is a bit of an update on John Halley QC, who I have mentioned several times, on previous Scottish boards....

John Halley was the last of Susan O'Brien's team that headed the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI), prior to Lady Ann Smith, the current chair.

1st attachment is the pinned tweet from John Halley's twitter feed, and shows a large part of his public statement, made on 3rd may 2019, best defined by the following quote from it...

>In order to ensure necessary safeguarding of our children going forward, Scotland and our

survivors of child abuse require the truth

https://twitter.com/AdvocateHalley

The full content of Mr Halley's public statement from May 2019 can also be found here...

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332865656_Public_Statement_by_John_Halley_Advocate_and_Part_Time_Sheriff_in_Scotland

...see 2nd attachment.

Personally I would love to be able to read that 17,500 word "note" to the new chair: That however will be unlikely as the chair has the ability to restrict disclosure or publication of any document given, produced or provided to the Inquiry, under section 19(1)(b) of the Inquiries Act 2005. This power to withhold information from the public (in the process of a "public" Inquiry) I have noted on previous Scotland boards and attached the relevent screenshots from the SCAI website.

3rd attachment is in recognition of the effect John Halley's public statement has made, with the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) now "likely" to be investigated regarding their failures regarding child abuse.

https://www.scottishlegal.com/article/crown-office-to-be-investigated-by-child-abuse-inquiry-over-alleged-failures

>The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) is likely to be investigated over alleged failures as part of an inquiry into historical child abuse, The Sunday Times reports.

>The Crown Office said it anticipates being part of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry’s (SCAI) investigation.

>“It is anticipated that future stages of the inquiry will require the institutions charged with the investigation and prosecution of crime to face up, candidly and critically, to the practices and policies of years gone by,” said a Crown Office spokesman.

>“In understanding and acknowledging the deficiencies of the past, lessons can be learnt for the future.”

>The disclosure from COPFS comes after a lawyer appointed to the inquiry brought up concerns that young people in care were being let down by a prosecution policy that did not capture sexual exploitation through prostitution.

>John Halley, an advocate and part-time sheriff, submitted a report to Lady Smith, chairwoman of the inquiry, detailing his concerns.

>Mr Halley cites a number of cases that never made it to court – despite evidence of sexual abuse and trafficking of children in care.

>He questions in his report whether cases were dropped as part of a prosecution policy introduced in 1991 that found it was not in the public interest to pursue clients of male prostitutes, some as young as 16, who had engaged in homosexual acts.

>He argues this may have facilitated the trafficking of young people in care.

>“I will not be complicit in, nor tolerate, cover ups and failure to report or to investigate systemic failures, including prosecution policy failures, which appear to have perpetrated injustice on vulnerable young people in care in Scotland,” Halley wrote in a statement on Twitter.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-55827439

Inquiry judge right to issue media ban, Court of Session hears

I believe that the content of the 17,500 word "note" is the real reason John Halley has once again been silenced! That and his public statement of may 2019.

How, in the process of a "public inquiry" can ANY information be hidden from the public; especially on such an important topic such as child abuse? The cover up continues under the lies of CONVID 19, during which time the inquiry has largely been closed and continues to avoid any scrutiny whatsoever of State crimes against humanity. Read the public statement again...

> I will not permit the serious

allegations, detailed in my Note, of past child exploitation, and failures to report suspicions of

child exploitation, by lawyers, judges, public figures and others, to be ignored

Serious allegations have been made of child exploitation, as well as failure to report on such matters, of lawyers, judges, public figures and others and all detailed in the "note".

Lord Boyd of Duncansby has just ruled, 1st April 2021. The full content of Lord Boyd's opinion on the matter can be found here...

https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/docs/default-source/cos-general-docs/pdf-docs-for-opinions/2021csoh035.pdf?sfvrsn=0

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/13440309 (161823ZAPR21) Notable: The Orkney 1991 satanic abuse case., MISSING MEDIA/FILES: p_txt.jpg

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The Orkney 1991 satanic abuse case.

I only found out abt this recently, was too young to remember it at the time but the story gained attention around the world.

On Febuary the 27th 1991 at the crack of dawn police and social workers took 9 children from their homes. They believed the children were victims of SRA (satanic ritual abuse) and took them to the mainland for questioning. After 5 weeks, Sheriff David Kelbie said the case was "fundamentally flawed" and sent the children home before it even went to court.

The main family at the center of all this was "The W family" (Willshers). The Father of this family had already been sent to prison in 1986 for abusing his children.

The children claimed they were made to participate in ceremonies at a quarry with dozens of adults where abuse would take place, led by Rev. Morris McKenzie (see pic). "The social workers were told that a group gathered at a local quarry to chant, dance and have sex with 'The Master' (the Rev. Morris McKenzie) who would be wearing a black cloak and a black mask, and who would hook them out of the dancing circle with a crook"

If you read the media's version of it, the children simply made it up, fuelled by the evil social workers n police who manipulated them into giving false information to authorities. They basically say that SRA is a fantasy and doesn't exist in today's world. I beg to differ.

So let's look at the facts...

- police and social workers (trained proffesionals) felt they had enough evidence to remove 9 children from their families due to allegations of SRA.

- A sheriff dismissed the case before it even went to court.

- police and social workers were villianised for the whole ordeal.

- Objects suspected of being used in Satanic rituals were seized.

- The case resulted in having a huge impact on the Children (Scotland) Act l995 making it much harder for authorities to remove children from suspected SRA situations.

This story has fuckery written all over it. Did the police n social workers actually stumble upon an organised satanic abuse ring? Was the whole thing fabricated to introduce new laws to protect satanic abusers in the future?

Here's some links on the subject.

https://www.crfr.ac.uk/the-legacy-of-orkney-for-child-protection/

https://aanirfan.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-orkney-child-abuse-scandal.html?m=1

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/orkney-child-sex-abuse-scandal-1099361.amp

https://careappointments.com/care-news/scotland/92194/the-woman-who-could-have-stopped-orkney-satanic-abuse-scandal/

https://www.thenational.scot/news/14862249.when-evil-visited-orkney-untold-story-of-ritual-child-abuse-allegations-on-the-island/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/13497149 (232121ZAPR21) Notable: Covid Bun / Scots mum left with horror rash and ‘burning inside’ after Covid jab, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: blotchy_skin_after_vax_the_scottish_sun.png, cool_daisy_chain_tatt_on_blotchy_skin_after_vax.png

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==BAD REACTION Scots mum left with horror rash and ‘burning inside’ after Covid jab – and her autistic son is too scared to look at her

Exclusive

Ewan Mowat

19 Mar 2021, 9:28Updated: 19 Mar 2021, 17:27==

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/6840557/coronavirus-vaccine-mum-rash-reaction/

>As well as struggling with the reaction of her son to her condition, Leigh has had serious concerns over her health - but revealed she was contacted by someone who had a similar reaction, who has been able to support her.

>She said: "I wish I'd just been taken care of properly, put in a room and monitored. I've been worried about dying because of this.

>"But another woman has reached out to me privately [since I posted about it on Facebook]. She had patches of a rash like mine but not all over.

>"She's told me that she's three weeks clear of it and starting to feel better.

>"She's given me the confidence that I can get through that and that I'm not going to die.

>"That has helped but I do feel like I was let down at every level by the hospital."

>Despite her reaction to the vaccine, Leigh does not want to put people off from getting the important jag, but she did have a warning.

>She said: "Please be aware that there is going to be side effects.

>"And if you feel unwell, don't just shove it under the carpet as that might make it worse. Go and get help."

>NHS Lanarkshire said they were unable to discuss individual patients.

How much more farcical can convid get?

Being told anal swabs are on the way, watching handoncock laughing his way through waffled pish about step grandad and all manner of other shite for well over a year now, and all manner of other laughable ineptitudes and still the majority of the planet is obeying the "authorities".

Who the very fuck are these people who claim authority over any of you, or I?

Words by their very nature seem to have magical qualities when committed to paper, for those who aspire to rule you and treat you as their cattle: It should be obvious to most of you looking on at world events with an open mind exactly why.

Cattle, to be herded. Herd immunity, it's not by chance they use such language, you are their cattle.

Why are unelected health workers suddenly in power over you all? Why does the SNP think bribing you to vote for them on the promise of another 2.5 billion £ to the corrupt as fuck NHS seem like a good idea?

Get this whole rotten structure to fuck. Corruption and greed every fucking where.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/13525897 (271940ZAPR21) Notable: The Parents Liason Committee, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: Lord_Gill_past_commissioner_of_Queen_Victoria_School.png

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/13556321 (011116ZMAY21) Notable: A great patriot has passed away but we will continue her fight!, Mrs. Narqie

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Hi Frens, I was the first baker to make the first 4 buns for the Netherlands. i have a sad announcement. Last April 28, a great Dutch patriot passed away. Our Mrs.NarQie. She was a patriot of the first hour and my buddy for the past 5 years. She did not miss a rally of her hero, Donald J. Trump. We both sat up nights to take in every word and image. Furthermore, this patriot co-owns a website, a forum , discord channel, Covfefe Reports and several Telegram channels. All this to bring the citizens of the Netherlands out of a coma. To tell people the other side of the story about vaccines and testing. About the fact that little by little our freedoms are taken away and gave as an example The Great USA. We have had some setbacks like many of us. Removed from YT, FB, Twitter and more. But each time we stood up to fight the fake news again and our Mrs. NarQ was a great warrior in that. So was her incredible fight to bring to light the crimes against children worldwide. Just remember your call back then: #DisneyGate. I could go on for hours about what actions have been started to wake up the Dutch citizens. But I think this is enough.

Mrs Narqie always spoke with admiration about you anons and autistics. About how quickly you could debunk stories and always had to laugh terribly at the meme's you make. We certainly nicked a lot of them. ThanQs

Mrs.NarQie has made many posts on your buns and was all smiles when she read that her comment got into the notables.

Now we as Team Six have a tribute to our MrS. NarQie. I am including the link and is on telegram channel Covfefe Report. It is of course in Dutch but when you look at it you will see the meaning and purpose of it. https://t.me/covfefereport

Anyway, we are going to miss her terribly and question to you is, do you want to share this massively on Social Media or wherever you can. It would also be for Mrs. NarQie if this would also be in the notables. She would say, Yeah Kek!

A great patriot has passed away but we will continue her fight!

WWG1WGA

Mrs. NarQie o7

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/13720358 (211737ZMAY21) Notable: Hospital patients were unlawfully discharged into care homes in Scotland, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: 9d38f9ef48d6c02cd321cabd5e1efcb72d94f720867d822c1335de7b402072a4.png

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Originally UK #38 >>>/qresearch/13712913

Hospital patients were unlawfully discharged into care homes in Scotland, which experienced a disproportionate loss of life during the coronavirus pandemic.

The revelations come following an investigation by the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland, a statutory body which “monitor[s] the Mental Health (Care & Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 and the welfare parts of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000”, among other duties.

For its report, titled Authority to Discharge, the Commission took a 457-patients sample of the thousands of people who were discharged from hospitals into care homes in the early stages of the pandemic, often without being tested, and found that a score of them were unlawful, spanning 11 separate Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) areas across Scotland.

“Lack of understanding of the law, lack of understanding of good practice, confusion over the nature of placements, misunderstanding over power of attorney. These findings are very disappointing and may mean that many more moves were made without valid legal authority,” lamented Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland chief executive Julie Paterson in comments reported by the Telegraph.

More…

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/05/20/snp-scotland-hospital-patients-discharged-into-care-homes-unlawfully-report-finds/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/13730644 (230003ZMAY21) Notable: Copies of some of the flyers collected yesterday 22/05/2021 at George's Square Glasgow, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: Booklet_handed_out_George_Square_Glasgow_23rd_may_2021_published_by_Christian_Information_Service_Bente_and_Abel_Struksnes_vestrumsbygda_Norway.jpg

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Copies of some of the flyers collected yesterday 22/05/2021 at George's Square Glasgow during the Unite for Freedom rally.

Thanks to all participants for giving their time to try and awaken the Scots.

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Originally General Research #17482 >>>/qresearch/13809957

Nicola DELAYS Scotland's roadmap: Sturgeon heaps pressure on Boris by putting the brakes on Scottish unlocking as scientists demand he puts June 21 freedom day back a MONTH to contain Indian variant 'volcano'

Nicola Sturgeon has delayed Scotland's unlocking to 'err on the side of caution' heaping pressure on the PM

Boris Johnson is urged by scientists to delay decision on whether to fully lift lockdown in three weeks' time

British Medical Association warns UK is at 'pivotal moment' in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic

Scientists have urged the Prime Minister to stick to his word that he would be guided by 'data not dates'

Two-week targeted and enhanced testing programme for asymptomatic people begins in Canterbury, Kent

Nicola Sturgeon heaped pressure on Boris Johnson today by putting the brakes on Scotland's unlocking as scientists warned he will have to 'carry the can' for a 'bad decision' to press ahead with June 21 'freedom day'.

As the UK recorded no new deaths for the first time in 10 months, Ms Sturgeon told MSPs that vaccinations do appear to be 'weakening' the link between cases and serious illness, and she hoped that in future the virus can be dealt with in a 'less restrictive' way.

But she warned that we are 'still not quite there yet' and must 'err on the caution' until more of the population has had both jabs - saying that some areas of Scotland will not go down to the lowest level of restrictions next week as planned.

Ms Sturgeon insisted that a tentative approach now would mean there is more chance of 'staying' on the path to a full unlocking.

The intervention came as the PM was assailed by a queue of experts warning against the full unlocking - with Prof Adam Finn among those entreating him to recognise that the UK is still 'vulnerable' and the 'job is not done'.

Prof Ravi Gupta, a member of the government's Nervtag advisory panel, suggested the timetable should be pushed back 'at least a few weeks, probably a month' so more data are available and schools have started summer holidays.

The British Medical Association insisted the battle against the disease is at a 'pivotal moment' and Mr Johnson must stick to his promise of being guided by 'data not dates'. One consultant respiratory physician referred to 'mini Covid volcanoes' erupting at hospitals around the country, which are threatening to 'explode'.

However, others have said it is still too early to be sure what can happen, with the government not committed to making any final choices until June 14.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9639067/Coronavirus-UK-Scientists-demand-RETHINK-June-21-Freedom-Day.html

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/13933444 (182241ZJUN21) Notable: Ex-police chief to head redress body for survivors of historical sexual abuse, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: Former_Deputy_Chief_Constable_Johnny_Gwynne_.png

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Ex-police chief to head redress body for survivors of historical sexual abuse

By Gina Davidson

Wednesday, 16th June 2021, 5:21 pm

Updated

Wednesday, 16th June 2021, 5:38 pm

https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/ex-police-chief-to-head-redress-body-for-survivors-of-historical-sexual-abuse-3275903

>A former Deputy Chief Constable of Police Scotland has been appointed to lead Redress Scotland, the new public organisation that will make decisions on the levels of financial compensation to be awarded to survivors of historical child abuse in care.

>Johnny Gwynne, who is also a past director of the UK National Crime Agency with responsibility for tackling child exploitation, will be chair of the body to which survivors can apply for redress payments of up to £100,000 as well as therapeutic support and an apology.

>The Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care) (Scotland) Act 2021, passed by the Scottish Parliament, received Royal Assent in April and the scheme will be open for applications before the end of this year.

>He said: “Some children in residential care in Scotland were failed by those entrusted to look after them, often with catastrophic results. Scotland is taking steps to face up to those failings by establishing this financial redress scheme for survivors.

>“In leading the establishment of Redress Scotland, Johnny is resolutely committed to building the type of independent and transparent organisation which is capable of delivering justice for survivors. To do so, he will work from the outset to instil a trauma-informed culture right across the organisation.

>“I am in no doubt that he will bring the needed leadership and empathy to this key strategic role. The scheme will have embedded within it the principles of dignity, respect and compassion.”

>Survivors will be able to apply for a fixed rate redress payment of £10,000, or an individually assessed redress payment.

Appointed by John Swinney on Wednesday. He will be paid £560/day for his services. One wonders how one falls into ones position? Do they advertise these kinds of jobs? By my reckoning you could do the job 4 times more efficiently if you paid 4 people £140/day. I know tons of people would be happy as a pig in shite to find a job paying 140/day.

Anybody know anything about Former Deputy Chief Constable Johnny Gwynne? What in his resume made him suitable for this job? Was the job advertised? Is there not some legislative mumbo-jumbo that says Government jobs should be publicly advertised?

If not, there should be.

Why should we trust any policeman where child abuse victims are concerned, especially one of such rank; when there were many in high office within the police who were so instrumental in the cover up of said abuse over a number of decades(at least)?

I'll repeat again, when is the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) going to investigate the torture and human experimentation done within the "health services"?

Drug trials on little children and Electro-convulsive therapy? This is fact, but the public won't know until the Inquiry investigates it.

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Summer Solstice Turning Point As Military-Industrial Complex Takes On Medical Industrial Complex

Benjamin Fulford 6/21/2021 Part 2

Putin also made clear Russia was not interested in joining a G7 cold war against China saying things like:

“Over the last few decades, we have developed a strategic partnership relationship between Russia and China that previously had not been achieved in the history of our nations, a high level of trust and cooperation in all areas: in politics, in the economy, in the area of technology, in the area of military and technical cooperation. We do not believe that China is a threat to us…It has not declared us an enemy, as the United States has done.” http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/65861

So much for the official view.

Off the record, our various intelligence sources had different versions of what really went on. The P3 Freemasons and MI6 both said an agreement had been reached to establish a World Federation to replace or enhance the existing international governance infrastructure.

However, a Russian FSB source said the secret war for the planet was still raging. Their intelligence from Geneva is that the Octagon group plans are as follows:

“They will cancel cash in about two to five years. Also, all rich people will lose everything they have.Small businesses will be bought up by large semi-governmental corporations. Big business and government will merge. But actually, there will be no government, the people will become slaves.”

The FSB proposed a stealth strategy to put an end to these horrific plans. However, since we do not want to give the enemy a heads up what the counter-strategy is, we are unable to tell our readers about it at this time. Nonetheless, clearly a part of it means striking at the head of the octopus instead of fighting with its various arms.

Let us look now at how the war against the various arms of the Octagon is raging. The first thing to note is that “In Europe, as of June 5, 13,867 people have died and 1,354,336 injured following a COVID-19 ‘vaccine.’”

https://m.thebl.com/world-news/13867-dead-and-1354336-injuries-in-european-database-of-adverse-drug-reactions-for-covid-19-shots.html

MI6 says most of the vaccine deaths will happen three to five years from now as the prions they contain do their damage.

In any case, there is now a rash of disclosure about how the entire justification for this vaccination campaign was criminal. Here is an example:

“Former CDC head Robert Redfield said of the World Health Organization (WHO), which ‘investigated’ the origins of the pandemic in what was nothing more than political theatre conducted by a highly conflicted group – one of whom, Peter Deszak of NGO EcoHealth Alliance, worked with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and was funded to the tune of millions of dollars by Anthony Fauci’s NIH.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/who-highly-compromised-unfit-lead-covid-19-investigation-according-former-cdc-director

Sauce: benjaminfulford.net

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/13980957 (251609ZJUN21) Notable: Lagarie children's home abuse survivors lose compensation test case, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: Lagarie_childrens_home.png, Stuart_Rivers_apologised_for_Lagarie_childrens_home_abuse.png

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Lagarie children's home abuse survivors lose compensation test case

By Mark Daly & Calum McKay

BBC Disclosure

>Survivors of sexual and physical abuse from the Lagarie children's home in Rhu, Argyll, have lost a test case for compensation.

>The Sailors' Society charity, which ran the home, successfully argued it could not get a fair hearing because the alleged abusers were dead.

>The cases were brought following a BBC Disclosure documentary in 2018.

>More than a dozen people told the BBC they were abused by staff at the home, many of them sexually.

>Between 1949 and 1982, hundreds of children were sent to live at Lagarie. They were the children of seafarers taken in by the Sailors Society, a Christian charity supporting the families of men working at sea.

>Roddy Austin, a former resident of the children's home, said: "They call themselves a Christian society. I see no Christianity coming from the Sailors' Society at all."

>In 2018, the BBC Disclosure programme Suffer the Children uncovered decades of allegations of abuse over two different regimes at the home.

>The then CEO of The Sailors' Society, Stuart Rivers, told the BBC: "I can't change the past, but I can make sure that that we do things right now.

>"I'm not going to play dirty with this. I want to see a satisfactory outcome for them, and I'm committed to that."

>Mr Rivers left the charity. Subsequently, his former employer lodged a defence to civil actions taken by two former residents, who cannot be named for legal reasons.

>The society argued it could not have a fair hearing because the principal alleged abusers, William and Mary Barrie, were dead and could not answer the allegations.

>In a preliminary hearing at the Court of Session, Lady Carmichael dismissed the actions in favour of the Sailors' Society.

>She concluded the absence of evidence from the alleged abusers was "a fundamental barrier to a fair hearing".

>Concerns had been raised among campaigners that the case could have far reaching implications for other historical abuse survivors.

>Thompson's solicitors represents the two former residents and more than 20 others who say they too were abused at the home.

>Laura Connor, a partner with Thompson's, said this was the first time this defence was tested in a Scottish court.

>Ms Connor said she was "extremely disappointed" by the decision.

>"We want to assure clients and survivors more widely this is not the end of the journey by any means," she said.

>"The decision is specific to the facts and circumstances of the two cases which were involved in this hearing.

>"There has been no general points of principle made that erodes survivors' rights."

>Ms Connor added: "There are still ways forward for these cases and with other cases in similar situations, and we will continue to fight for the justice and recognition that survivors deserve."

>She said that plans to appeal the decision had been lodged.

>Roddy Austin, 63, who lived in the home in the 1960s, said the Sailors' Society had failed the survivors.

>He said they had been told the society would look after them.

>"They're now turning round with this judgment and saying, 'they're all dead, so therefore we've no case'," Mr Austin said.

>"This is not over, not by a long shot."

>The court judgment noted that in 2018 the Sailors' Society held reserves of about £10m.

>Survivors of abuse at Lagarie can still apply for compensation from the Scottish government's redress scheme, set up this year for survivors of historical abuse in care.

>A Sailors' Society spokesperson said: "This has been a very difficult process for everyone involved and this judgement is understandably disappointing for survivors.

>"Lady Carmichael has ruled that as the alleged abusers are now dead and did not have the opportunity to answer the allegations before they died, it is impossible for a fair trial and therefore the cases cannot proceed.

>"We deeply regret that any child was abused at Lagarie and we have apologised unreservedly for any abuse.

>"The current Sailors' Society is a very different organisation, and nobody involved in these historic events is connected in any way with the organisation now.

>"In recent years we have worked hard to respond as fully as we can. We have met with survivors, financed counselling, asked police to reopen their investigations and fully cooperated with the police and the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry."

>The spokesperson added it would continue its conversations about contributing to the government's redress scheme.

"The then CEO of The Sailors' Society, Stuart Rivers, told the BBC: "I can't change the past, but I can make sure that that we do things right now."

"I'm not going to play dirty with this. I want to see a satisfactory outcome for them, and I'm committed to that."

Mr Rivers left the charity."

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/14243430 (011046ZAUG21) Notable: SHAMING OF ABUSE PROBE FATCATS WHO WILL RECEIVE MORE CASH THAN THE VICTIMS

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>I am informed by my good friend that there has now been created another 12 positions under Johnny Gwynne, said to be payed at the rate of 390/day.

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>12 x 390/day = 4320/day

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>factor in Mr Gwynnes generous salary provided by YOU…

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>5 x 560 = 2800/week x 52 = £145,600/year

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>5 x 390 = 1950/week x 52 = £101,400/year x 12 (per new employee) = £1,216,800

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>Johnny Gwynne is getting nearly twice as much per year as victims (who manage to negotiate all obstacles placed afore them) can claim at the maximum level. All other emloyees will get more in one year than can be claimed at the maximum level.

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>They intend to shut everyone up with a waiver and pap the majority of them off with 10k.

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>The money being spent on this inquiry is astounding and very little so far has gone to a victim, most goes on legal fees..

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>These people are sick!

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>No sauce for this yet, but the chief Guinnea-pig is never far wrong on these matters! Will post details when I come across them.

I'm a week late posting this, the article came out last weeks Scottish Mail on Sunday 25th July 2021.

CULT NEWS: SHAMING OF ABUSE PROBE FATCATS WHO WILL RECEIVE MORE CASH THAN THE VICTIMS

Fury as officials who’ll rule on historic sex abuse compensation payouts will receive MORE cash than the victims

OFFICIALS who will rule on compensation payouts to thousands of Scotland’s child abuse survivors will be paid more than the victims.

A 12-strong panel chaired by a former police officer will assess what level of payout – between £20,000 and £100,000 – each victim of ‘horrific’ historic abuse should receive. But, in a move that has sparked a furious row, panel members will be paid hundreds of pounds per day.

They will quickly rack up fees far higher than the payments they will hand out to 8,000 Scots whose lives have been ruined by childhood abuse. The panel, set up by Deputy First Minister John Swinney, is to be chaired by retired senior police officer Johnny Gwynne, who will be paid £560 a day. The panel is likely to sit for months or even years.

Last night, victims of abuse said it was ‘insulting’ that ‘fatcat’ members of the new Redress Panel would end up receiving more cash than the survivors.

The Redress Panel has been set up in the wake of the ongoing Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, chaired by High Court judge Lady Smith.

Figures in May showed that the inquiry, which began in 2015, has so far cost £43.8 million.

Costs totalled £2,909,832 in the first three months of this year – which equates to £32,331.46 a day.

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> including broken clavicals as he convulsed under electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) sessions.

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>Few have any real idea of the experiments and torture of many thousands of children under the care of the NHS, nor the thousands of deaths during these processes.

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A story from the Times, today September 2nd

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/religious-brother-gave-pupil-painful-electric-shocks-at-school-jz389v3wq

Religious brother ‘gave pupil painful electric shocks’ at school

Dave Finlay

Thursday September 02 2021, 12.01am, The Times

A man told a court how he was subjected to painful electric shocks as a child by a brother from a religious order at a residential school.

The 69-year-old said he had no choice at times about being in the boot room with Brother Benedict at St Ninian’s List D school in the Gartmore Estate in Stirlingshire.

A device “like a dynamo or something” had two wires attached to metal handles. “He took you over to it and told you to hold the two handles and then he would turn a handle.”

The man said he received painful shocks and told the High Court in Edinburgh: “You couldn’t let go of it. It didn’t burn you, it was just shock.”

Michael Murphy, who was known

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Now this is torture, it is the torture method of preference for an individual in this case and while it is not part of the much larger and organised electrification of children that I was referring to, it does show that it (the torture method), attracts those who take pleasure in torture, some of them even take notes in white coats and call themselves doctors or scientists or psychiatrists. These are the ones in collusion with crown, top military officials, judges, politicians etc, and done thousands of such experiments with much higher voltages on an industrial scale. They carried these experiments out on the old, the infirm of body and mind, children, orphaned children, the children of convicts, disabled children and adults too. The most vulnerable in society, those we should be comforting.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/14688014 (292113ZSEP21) Notable: Minister sorry for 'woeful' delay in setting up Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-58733292

The Scottish government has apologised "unreservedly" for what was described as a "woeful and wholly avoidable" 13-year delay in setting up a public inquiry into child abuse.

Lady Smith, who chairs the inquiry, had said the government "failed to grasp" the survivors' need for justice.

They were treated as if their views were not worth listening to - just like when they were in care, she added.

The inquiry was finally set up by the Scottish government in 2015.

Deputy First Minister John Swinney told a hearing last year that Alex Salmond had opposed the inquiry being set up while he was first minister.

He said there had been a clear division in cabinet over the issue and the inquiry was only set up after Nicola Sturgeon succeeded Mr Salmond.

Alex Salmond 'was opposed to child abuse inquiry'

Ministers tried to do 'right things' on care abuse

Mr Swinney said in a statement in response to Lady Smith's findings: "The Scottish government apologises unreservedly that it did not respond more appropriately and sooner to the concerns of survivors of abuse in care who called for a public inquiry.

"Responding to survivors of abuse in care spanned different administrations between 2002 and 2014.

"Steps were taken by government to respond in that period, but this happened too slowly and did not go far enough - however, an inquiry was announced within weeks of the current first minister taking office as head of the government."

He added that the Scottish government had since sought to deliver "positive outcomes for survivors of abuse".

He added that the inquiry had been established "when it became clear that previous initiatives were not enough to provide this acknowledgement and accountability that survivors needed".

The inquiry is investigating abuse of children in care in Scotland or where care was arranged in Scotland.

Its latest findings relate to evidence heard about the Scottish government's response between August 2002 and December 2014 to a petition calling for an inquiry, and other key issues.

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> but INCAS up until at least 1or2 had never sought any government funding for their members

Should have read along the lines of ...with the possible exception of the last 1 or 2, which were not attended personally with anyone known to this anon: many of the previous ones were.

>>129506

Alex Salmond 'was opposed to child abuse inquiry'28 November 2020

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-55106804

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has heard that then-first minister Alex Salmond and other senior Scottish government figures were against it being set up.

Deputy First Minister John Swinney told the inquiry there had been clear division over the issue.

He said an inquiry was only authorised "after the change of first minister had taken place".

Mr Salmond has been approached for comment by BBC Scotland.

The inquiry was set up in October 2015 and is investigating the abuse of children in care in Scotland or where their care was arranged in Scotland.

The latest phase of the inquiry, heard before judge Lady Smith, is exploring reasons why calls between August 2002 and December 2014 for a public inquiry to be held were resisted by ministers.

Ministers tried to do 'right things' on care abuse

Church of Scotland says sorry over child migrants

Over £4m paid out to child abuse survivors

Children in charity homes 'did suffer abuse'

James Peoples QC, senior counsel to the inquiry, said the current Constitution Secretary Mike Russell told him on Thursday that "influential figures, including Alex Salmond, Kenny MacAskill and the then Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland were not persuaded" of the need for an inquiry.

Mr Swinney agreed, saying: "There was a difference of views in Cabinet in the summer of 2014 if there should be an inquiry."

He told the inquiry that the BBC Scotland programme Sins of Our Fathers, which revealed allegations of child abuse at Fort Augustus Abbey when it was broadcast in 2013, had been a "seminal moment".

Mr Swinney said the Scottish government had taken a number of steps to help abuse survivors but the programme showed they were not doing enough.

Mr Peoples said Mr Russell had said the difference of views was "quite robust" and that there were concerns about the amount of time it would take and the cost involved.

Mr Swinney replied: "There was a perfectly respectable debate among Cabinet but there were two opinions.

"One argument was that the inquiry would not address the issues and would not deliver the outcomes survivors hoped for.

"Mike Russell had engaged heavily with survivors and his view was we had to confront this issue as a country, to do justice for survivors to enable them to have their experiences documented, understood and reflected on, and for the state to accept responsibility for what happened to them.

"I supported him in that view in Cabinet."

Mr Swinney said the inquiry was authorised in December after the change of first minister had taken place.

"Without a doubt, there was a division of views in Cabinet," he said.

Mr Swinney also said the cost of an inquiry would not have been a deterrent, saying: "I've seen a lot of traffic about money in the papers and I was finance minister for nine years, so I controlled that money.

"Ironically, in the period after 2007, the financial issues were a lot less than in early 2014."

He added: "When I came to office in 2007, I was pleasantly surprised there was £1.6bn in an account in the Treasury that hadn't been spent.

"When I was going through the accounts in 2006 and saw that, I thought that would be quite handy to have that. We still had the block grant and there was £1.6bn that had not been spent, which I found quite surprising."

'Hidden money tree'

Mr Peoples asked: "Although you weren't approached about finding money for an inquiry, there was money there?"

Mr Swinney said: "There was a hidden money tree at that point. So the idea that money was an issue - I had the ability to fund the financial priorities my colleagues found to be important."

In 2002 a former resident of a care home submitted a petition to the Scottish Parliament calling for an inquiry into the abuse of children who were in care and an apology.

In 2004, the then First Minister Jack McConnell said sorry on behalf of the people of Scotland but his Labour-led administration stopped short of ordering an inquiry.

Lord McConnell gave evidence about this last week, saying he had been worried that an inquiry would cut across legal action that was being taken by some of the survivors at the time.

The SNP took power in 2007, and Mr Swinney has been a government minister ever since.

Calls for an inquiry intensified after a BBC documentary was broadcast in 2013 which contained allegations that children were abused at the Fort Augustus Abbey School in the Highlands.

The inquiry continues.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/14728056 (052118ZOCT21) Notable: Golden goodbyes for police officers hit nearly £20m

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Scottish Daily Mail article October 5 2021.

Golden goodbyes for police officers hit nearly £20m

Tax-payer funded to the tune of £20 million over the last 6 years. Police Scotland from 2019-2020 overspend totalling £26.6 million, which means all of the "golden goodbyes" are taxpayer funded. YOU PAY AGAIN.

"A police Scotland spokesman said: "the creation of a single national service has helped maintain responsive and visible local policing..."" Are you kidding? I'm Scottish, the only time I see a visible police presence these days is at a peaceful protest against all the corruption and abuse of power. They cheekily claim that they are saving the public money raising a wry smile on the face of this anon.

Phil Gormley, ex-Chief Inspector who took up that role at the rate of £214,000/annum in January 2016 and then quit in Feb 2018: I wonder what kind of "golden goodbye" he got? I don't know. Anyway, that's all well and good, but what screams out at me is the fact he left "amid allegations" of "bullying" which was of course referred to the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner in July 2017. Two additional complaints were made in Sept of the same year when he stepped aside and went on "special leave". That probably means he left but was still paid full salary, but maybe not?

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/14732792 (061554ZOCT21) Notable: Religious brother ‘gave pupil painful electric shocks’ at school

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/14772428 (121657ZOCT21) Notable: Mystery rise in heart attacks from blocked arteries

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Mystery rise in heart attacks from blocked arteries

"Health experts have been left baffled by a big rise in a common and potentially fatal type of heart attack in the west of Scotland.

During the summer there was a 25 per cent rise in the number of people rushed to the Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Clydebank with partially blocked arteries cutting blood supply to the heart."

Wonder what is causing this?

Wouldn't be all vaccinated would they? Scotland, what the fuck is wrong with you people? So many drones following orders. Wake the fuck up!

I'm in total disbelief that almost 2 years on from the start of the plandemic most fuckers here are still blissfully unaware of what is going on in the world. If the intent of those behind all of this crap was to herd us into cattle trucks for the burner, most of Scotland's people would already be ash.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/14793897 (160111ZOCT21) Notable: WALKING OUT COP26: Glasgow school staff set to go on strike amid further chaos ahead of climate change summit

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WALKING OUT COP26: Glasgow school staff set to go on strike amid further chaos ahead of climate change summit

"GLASGOW school staff are now set to go on strike amid further chaos ahead of COP26.

Janitors, cleaners and canteen workers could also walk out en masse amid a bitter pay row with COSLA council bosses."

This is the same Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) who have committed to handing out over £100 million of council tax payers money in contributions to victims of historic child abuse in reparations. After they jump through many hoops of course searching for evidence which doesn't exist. It doesn't exist because they fought against an inquiry for 14 years and all the while the went around destroying all the evidence.

Cosla claims to be "the voice of Local Government in Scotland" when surely THE PEOPLE of Scotland SHOULD BE the voice of local government?

100 million Scottish council tax payers money to be given as part of a gagging order, preventing victims taking legal action against the organisations and individuals who abused them. Get your fucking heads round that. The parasites are going to bleed you for another 100 milllion £ notes. I forget the figure, posted approximate breakdown of some of the individual contributions on previous board but the content is unavailable now.

I wonder how many protesters there will be in Glasgow for COP26?

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/14815736 (192046ZOCT21) Notable: No dismissals despite almost 250 sexual misconduct allegations among Police Scotland officers

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No dismissals despite almost 250 sexual misconduct allegations among Police Scotland officers

Police Scotland faces questions about widespread accusations of sexual misconduct after it emerged that not one police officer or special constable was fired over a four year period despite almost 250 sexual misconduct accusations within the force.

In total, 166 police officers and special constables within Police Scotland have been accused of 245 counts of sexual misconduct, a Channel 4 Dispatches investigation found.

The documentary – Cops on Trial: Dispatches – is set to be aired tonight and will claim there are potentially serving police officers with proven sexual misconduct cases.

It comes alongside other data, obtained under freedom of information legislation, found that 64 sexual assault claims were made against Police Scotland officers between 2016 and 2020. Just two allegations were upheld, with 39 not upheld, nine withdrawn or abandoned, and investigations into 14 ongoing.

The data from Police Scotland was in response to a request for the number of complaints of sexual assaults against serving police officers and complaints could relate to historic allegations.

It also comes after the chief constable said he would order an independent review into a tribunal which found evidence of a “sexist culture” with Police Scotland’s firearms unit. Former firearms officer Rhona Malone raised the tribunal against Police Scotland, alleging sex discrimination and victimisation, with the latter claim succeeding.

Responding to the Dispatches figures, Deputy Chief Constable, Fiona Taylor, said: "Police Scotland demands the highest levels of integrity from our officers and staff and when someone fails to meet this standard we take the appropriate action. We have no ability under current conduct regulations to prevent an officer from resigning.

“Our officers will carry out a thorough investigation into any complaint, irrespective of who the offender is. Sexism, misogyny and discrimination of any kind are deplorable and unacceptable. They have no place in policing.

“Progress has been made but there remains much work to do.

“We’re bringing additional focus to ensure our culture is welcoming and inclusive, including independent scrutiny and oversight by an Independent Review Group.”

Scottish Conservative Shadow Minister for Community Safety Russell Findlay said the figures were “shocking”.“Female officers of all ranks have long warned of the problems of misogyny and sexual misconduct within Police Scotland.

“The majority of decent officers are appalled by those who tarnish their good reputation with this type of behaviour, but they should also be frustrated at how these cases are often dealt with.

Full article here:

https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/no-dismissals-despite-almost-250-sexual-misconduct-allegations-among-police-scotland-officers-3413902

part 1

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/14844215 (240014ZOCT21) Notable: "Majority" of those dying have had both jabs

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https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-scottish-mail-on-sunday/20210829/282183654147043

"Majority" of those dying have had both jabs.

Scottish Mail on Sunday 29th August 2021 by Gareth Rose. Scottish Political Editor.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/14851432 (250127ZOCT21) Notable: Hundreds of face-to-face GP appointments are cancelled or rescheduled in Glasgow in bid to slash traffic levels during Cop26 climate summit

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10125075/Hundreds-face-face-GP-appointments-cancelled-rescheduled-Glasgow-slash-Cop26-traffic.html

Hundreds of face-to-face GP appointments are cancelled or rescheduled in Glasgow in bid to slash traffic levels during Cop26 climate summit

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said virtual appointments will be offered

A wider city plan aims to 'substantially' reduce road traffic while Cop26 runs

Around 25,000 delegates and 125 world leaders will attend climate conference

Glasgow will face multiple road closures and possible rail strikes during summit

But the move has disappointed patients who have waited months to see their GP

By Shari Miller For Mailonline

Published: 10:27, 24 October 2021 | Updated: 20:17, 24 October 2021

Hundreds of face-to-face appointments with GPs have been cancelled or rescheduled by NHS bosses in a bid to slash traffic levels around Glasgow during Cop26, with the city facing multiple road closures and possible rail strikes.

The city is playing host to the climate conference, which runs for a fortnight from 31 October and is expected to attract 25,000 delegates and 125 world leaders.

Ahead of the conference, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said virtual and online consultations will be favoured over in-person appointments as a way of helping to 'substantially' reduce road traffic during this time.

The RMT union also plans to stage a rail strike over pay from 1 November to 12 November, causing potentially more disruption to those wanting to travel to Glasgow by public transport for Cop26.

In-person appointments will continue for cancer referrals and urgent care.

But Jackie Baillie, Scottish Labour's health and Covid recovery spokeswoman, said hundreds of patients - who have waited months to see their GP in-person because of the pandemic - would be disappointed by the move and called it a 'recipe for disaster'.

Speaking to The Telegraph, she said: 'This will come as a fresh blow to patients who have already been languishing on waiting lists for months.'

Elsewhere, health chiefs have expressed concern that Covid-19 infections in Glasgow will surge in the wake of hosting delegates arriving from all over the world and from countries with lower vaccination rates.

Up to 100,000 protesters, including from groups such as Extinction Rebellion, are also expected to descend on the Scottish city for the Global Day for Climate Justice, on 6 November.

Jillian Evans, head of health intelligence at NHS Grampian commented that there are 'risks associated' with the mass gatherings.

A spokesman for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said: 'Ahead of Cop26, we are working closely with partners to ensure robust plans are in place to enable us to respond to demands for healthcare during the conference, which includes responding to the temporary increase in population.

'All of our hospital facilities will remain open and operational throughout the conference.'

COP26, held at the the Scottish Event Campus, will be the highest-profile event ever staged in Scotland.

A huge security operation, codenamed Operation Urram, will involve 10,000 officers and 200 police dogs deployed each day, including officers on secondment from England.

Specialist ‘protest removal’ squads will be ready to crack down on any illegal disruptions, with the Armed Forces and coastguard on alert for serious threats.

In addition to protests from the likes of Insulate Britain, Extinction Rebellion and Greenpeace, Glasgow faces more disruption from the sheer number of extra visitors, exacerbated by RMT union rail strikes and key road closures.

COP26 has been described as the ‘last best hope for the world to get its act together’ on climate change – but China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will not attend, delivering a blow to hopes of substantial progress.

The Queen is also expected to join Prince Charles and Prince William at a banquet for delegates on 1 November.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/14866491 (271424ZOCT21) Notable: Who Will Speak for The Children? Fauci Also Experimented on the Homeless Children of New York

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Who Will Speak for The Children? Fauci Also Experimented on the Homeless Children of New York

In 2004 a journalist named Liam Scheff wrote an article called “The House That AIDS Built.” In it it stated in Washington Heights the Incarnation Children’s Center (ICC), which was formally a convent house, had a revolving stable of children who had been removed from their own homes by the Agency for Child Services. These children were black, Hispanic and poor. Many of their mothers had a history of drug abuse and have died. Once

taken into ICC, the children become subjects of drug trials sponsored by NIAID (National

Institute of Allergies and Infectious Disease, a division of the NIH), NICHD (the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) in conjunction with some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies –GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Genentech, Chiron/Biocine and others. In other words Dr. Fauci!

The drugs being given to the children were toxic –known to cause genetic mutation, organ failure, bone marrow death, bodily deformations, brain damage and fatal skin disorders. If the children refuse the drugs, they’ were held down and force fed. If the children continue to resist, they we’re taken to Columbia Presbyterian hospital where a surgeon put a plastic tube through their abdominal wall into their stomachs. From then on, the drugs were injected directly into their intestines.

In 2003, two children, ages 6 and 12, had debilitating strokes due to drug toxicities. The 6-year-old went blind. They both died shortly after. Another 14-year old died. An 8-year-old boy had two plastic surgeries to remove large, fatty, drug-induced lumps from his neck. This was AIDS research. The children at ICC were born to mothers who tested HIV positive, or who themselves tested positive. However, neither parents nor children were told a crucial fact — HIV tests are extremely inaccurate.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/14877569 (290939ZOCT21) Notable: Cop26: Don’t cause chaos, Sturgeon warns protesters

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Cop26: Don’t cause chaos, Sturgeon warns protesters

NICOLA Sturgeon has urged climate protesters not to add to the “disruption and inconvenience” Glaswegians are already facing during COP26.

The First Minister said Police Scotland has made clear there will be a “sensitive policing operation” during the crucial climate summit.

But she asked demonstrators to protest peacefully and “with recognition that the people of Glasgow are agreeing to host the conference and suffering some disruption because of that”.

It came as she refused to meet cleansing workers in Glasgow to discuss the city’s rat problem, and accused Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar of talking the city down for raising it at Holyrood.

COP26, which takes place between Sunday and November 12, will see more than 25,000 delegates descend on Glasgow as well as thousands of protesters and activists.

More than 120 world leaders are due to attend, including US President Joe Biden.

During First Minister’s Questions in Holyrood, Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross pressed Ms Sturgeon on whether she is “fully confident that Glasgow is ready to grasp this opportunity”.

He said there is “real potential for disruption from protest groups at COP26 that risks public safety”.

Mr Ross insisted there must be a “zero-tolerance” approach to unlawful protests.

Ms Sturgeon said it is for Police Scotland to decide the appropriate approach to policing demonstrations.

She said Chief Constable Iain Livingstone has been clear there will be a “sensitive policing operation that will do everything possible to facilitate appropriate and peaceful protest”.

She added: “However, Police Scotland will respond to any protests that seek to break the law and disrupt people beyond what would be considered reasonable.

“People want to come and make their voices heard. That is understandable, given the importance of the issues that are under discussion.

“However, I say to people who are looking to come to protest in Glasgow that they should do it peacefully and with recognition that the people of Glasgow are agreeing to host the conference and suffering some disruption because of that, so they should not add to that disruption for them.

“Let us all get behind the people who will negotiate a good outcome – I hope – for the future of the planet.”

>But she asked demonstrators to protest peacefully and “with recognition that the people of Glasgow are agreeing to host the conference and suffering some disruption because of that”.

The people of Glasgow didn't agree to do anything, the people of Glasgow will be stuck in nightmare traffic jams for weeks to accommodate all of these corrupt, lying cunts; any suggestion that anyone in Glasgow agreed to this is an outright fucking lie. If Iain Livingstone was to do his job properly he would be putting all of the attendees in jail. He won't, he will obey all direction from this monstrous wee thing that calls itself 1st Minister of Scotland. I call her a CUNT!

CLIMATE CHANGE IS A LIE, a lie almost as big as corona(crown)virus.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/14877603 (290954ZOCT21) Notable: Nicola Sturgeon accuses MSP of 'talking down Glasgow' for raising rat problem

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Nicola Sturgeon accuses MSP of 'talking down Glasgow' for raising rat problem

NICOLA Sturgeon has refused to meet cleansing workers in Glasgow to discuss the city’s rat problem, and accused Anas Sarwar of talking the city down for raising it at Holyrood.

It came as one Glasgow Labour MSP told FMQs that she had rats in her flat.

She's a cracker this thing, the only rats in Glasgow are going to COP26. The attendees and the Scottish Government are the infestation of rats Glasgow is having to deal with in these trying times.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/14946262 (072203ZNOV21) Notable: Police probe £250k award of taxpayers' money to Sturgeon book publisher

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Police probe £250k award of taxpayers' money to Sturgeon book publisher

ByDouglas DickieContent editor

09:59, 7 NOV 2021

Sandstone was given £120,000 in the 12 months leading up to the publication of 'Women Hold Up Half the Sky: Selected Speeches of Nicola Sturgeon'

A fraud investigation has been launched against the publisher of a book of speeches by Nicola Sturgeon.

Police have opened a probe into £250,000 of taxpayers' money being handed to Sandstone Press of Inverness, which us run by ardent nationalist Robert Davidson.

The cash was awarded to the publisher by Highland and Islands Enterprise (HIE). Sandstone was given £120,000 in the 12 months leading up to the publication of 'Women Hold Up Half the Sky: Selected Speeches of Nicola Sturgeon'.

The book - with a foreword by crime writer and independence supporter Val McDermid -was released just days after the Scottish election.

According to the Sunday Mail, Keith Charters, managing director of book firm Strident Publishing, wrote to Sturgeon warning of concerns over Sandstone.

His subsequent police complaint, now the subject of an investigation, involves allegations of wrongdoing directed at both the publisher and HIE.

As well as the £120,000 of grants given last year, police are probing £175,000 of loans agreed with the company in 2019 which are all understood to have been drawn down.

Over the last 15 years Sandstone has benefited from over £500,000 of public money when grants from Creative Scotland are also taken into account.

The publisher has been accused of making false statements about the number of people employed, while HIE is alleged to have wrongly recorded the location of the firm which increased its eligibility for financial support.

It’s alleged that HIE gave the firm a funding score which suggests they were based outside Inverness, increasing it’s eligibility for support.

Charters said: “To date over £500,000 of public money has been used to prop up Sandstone Press.

"That includes the £120,000 it received in the 10 months prior to announcing it would be publishing a book of Nicola Sturgeon’s speeches in the week of the Scottish Parliament election.

"It is deeply concerning that, when we blew the whistle on how HIE had provided Sandstone with that £120,000 – when we provided the First Minister with detailed evidence of suspected wrongdoing – the response of her officials was to vilify us for daring to challenge on the basis of the evidence.

“That evidence not only indicated that Sandstone had claimed employees it did not have and a non-executive director it did not have but that HIE had scored an application from the Inverness-based company as if it were not located in Inverness.

"In fact, its offices were less than half a mile from HIE’s Inverness headquarters.”

Charters has also launched an appeal for a judicial review of some of the grant cash handed over by HIE.

Scottish Tory culture spokesman Donald Cameron said: “There are serious questions for the SNP government to answer.

“The SNP government was made aware of concerns surrounding this significant amount of public money just before the election period kicked off.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15049551 (211741ZNOV21) Notable: A culture of cover up: “I believed the doctors when they said my baby’s was an isolated case. Now I feel like a fool.”

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Now here's a story some may find interesting...

https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/queen-elizabeth-university-hospital-cover-up/

A culture of cover up: “I believed the doctors when they said my baby’s was an isolated case. Now I feel like a fool.”

Excoriating evidence given by a bereaved mother to a public inquiry into a flagship NHS hospital is to be kept secret after official lawyers objected to her testimony.

Theresa Smith, whose baby Sophia died 12 days after being born at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, in Glasgow, is “devastated” her evidence will not now be made public.

She was allowed to give evidence in full to the inquiry led by Lord Brodie but, after legal applications by the Scottish Government and the Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board, much of it will remain private and is redacted on the inquiry’s website.

The judge agreed with the official lawyers that parts of her evidence could “cause public alarm” and damage the reputations of clinicians and officials, who had no chance to contest her claims.

The official moves to keep her evidence secret can be revealed days after Nicola Sturgeon promised she would not “tolerate cover-ups or secrecy on the part of any health board,” adding “where there are concerns, we will address those concerns.”

Yesterday, Mrs Smith and her husband Matthew, said they were dismayed by the ruling: “Obviously we are devastated the restriction order means people will not be able to see or hear our full evidence but because of those legal restrictions we can’t say more.”

Sources close to the couple said they are angry at being asked to give evidence only for it to be kept secret.

One said: “They have been asked to wait four years for the chance to explain how their daughter died and ask why in an official forum. Why were they asked to give evidence at all? It seems an odd sort of public inquiry that asks for evidence but refuses to make it public.”

The inquiry is into the troubled construction of two flagship hospitals, the QEUH and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, in Edinburgh.

In Glasgow, the building of the hospital was linked to ventilation and water supply problems blamed for the spread of viral infections and the death of patients, including children. The hospital has been repeatedly accused of concealment and cover-up of the problems.

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, has led political calls for answers. Yesterday, he questioned why Mrs Smith’s evidence was ruled too contentious to be made public and said such orders must only be used as the very last resort or it risks public confidence in the inquiry.

He said: “Nicola Sturgeon last week told MSPs she will not tolerate cover-ups or secrecy from health boards but in this case her own officials acted to ensure evidence was heard in secret. The culture of cover-up and secrecy which has dominated the Scottish Governments response to this crisis cannot be allowed to shape the inquiry as well.”

The Smiths have waited more than four years for answers over why Sophia died at the £840 million hospital from a strain of the MRSA bug 12 days after being born in March 2017.

Legal teams acting for Scottish Government ministers and NHS Greater Glasgow argued that Mrs Smith’s statement contained allegations suggesting potential misconduct in public office, and criminal behaviour, which they strongly rejected.

They said if the allegations from the Smiths proved to be unfounded, the inquiry would have provided what they described as a “platform for the public dissemination of allegations with wide-reaching harmful effect on both public and private interests”.,,,,

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15056349 (221624ZNOV21) Notable: Case study no' 6 of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) Bun / The response of the Scottish Government between August 2002 and December 2014 to Petition PE535; Evidential Hearings: 17 November 2020 to 4 December 2020

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Nice that that should fortuitously preceed my introduction of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) releasing...

Case Study no. 6

The response of the Scottish Government between August

2002 and December 2014 to Petition PE535, and other key issues

raised by adult survivors of childhood abuse experienced in care

in Scotland arising after the petition was presented to the Scottish

Parliament.

Evidential Hearings: 17 November 2020 to 4 December 2020

I haven't read through it yet so I'll drop comments on the pages I find of interest as I read through.

attached (vii)

Ministers, civil servants and other key individuals

https://www.childabuseinquiry.scot/media/3024/scottish-government-findings.pdf

The main thing from where I am standing is that there may now be, from Lady (is she?) Anne Smith, the notion that this part of her inquiry is now over (case study no. 6), when in actual fact it should now only have just begun.

She also has to get her pretentious little head around the fact that this is supposed to be a "public" inquiry, that being said she should realise that ALL information in a public inquiry should and has to be, released in its entirety to the public, including the 17, 500 (approx) submission by Advocate John Halley. We won't put up with you whitewashing your fellows in the judiciary out of any meaningful investigation.

You have still to questtion Salmond, Sturgeon, MacAskill and Angela (crocodile tears) Constance, there will be others that have evaded any questioning with regard to this case study no 6.

She has questioned none of the Judges who have already been publicly named for "advising" Government not to hold an inquiry in to Child Abuse. These include, Lord Advocate Colin Boyd who "wasn't convinced" that a public inquiry was in the public interest; Lord Advocate Frank Mullholland, who also was "not convinced or persuaded" by the calls for a public inquiry; Lord Advocate Wolfe who was also against an inquiry...then of course there is Lord Brian Gill who as Lord President "was one of the people who felt that if we went down that route we woulfd be sucked into a swamp", see attached page 20 of the statement submitted to the inquiry by Michael Russell.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15089893 (272001ZNOV21) Notable: The SCAI originally was chaired by Susan O'Brien QC and all three members were selected by John Swinney and Angela Constance

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>This was her ministerial statement to the scottish parliament on 17th December 2014 in relation to Historic Child Abuse in Scotland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzBJwuVi-rQ

A wee bit more background...The SCAI originally was chaired by Susan O'Brien QC and all three members were selected by John Swinney and Angela Constance. The other 2 members were Prof Michael Lamb and another guy Glen Houston. Prof Lamb resigned from the inquiry citing "interference" by Scottish Government (Swinney) see attached article from STV at...

https://archive.news.stv.tv/politics/1358966-academic-resigns-from-child-abuse-inquiry-citing-interference.html

The Chair Susan O'Brien left soon after citing the same claims of Government interference and micromanaging of the inquiry...

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/abuse-inquiry-chairwoman-quits-over-government-interference-0x2zj8pcm

>>129528

First to ask a question of Angela Constance is Iain Gray (Good Guy) I've attached some notes, which are important for people to see the collusion. I'm doubtful case no'6 will highlight this collusion by Gov't, Judiciary and others, I'm expecting it to be hidden along with John Halley's 17, 500 word submission to the inquiry prior to his removal for making a public statement drawing attention to his submission and refusal to cover up for those in high positions and their crimes against children.

Where are the other politicians "past and present" and other significant contributors to the delay in a public inquiry going to be questioned. People like for example, Lord Gill, Lord Boyd, Salmond, MacAskill, Constance, aids and advisors to ministers, we know they each have several advisors and personal secretaries, why are their advisors not being questioned along with these lordy type fucks?

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15101419 (291947ZNOV21) Notable: Case study no' 6 of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) Bun / Pages (xii-xv) of the study

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>Case Study no. 6

Pages (xii-xv) of the study

Summary and some comments.The Judiciary fighting all the way against a public inquiry, none questioned or named so far, though there is plenty in the summary to point the finger at them being largely responsible with the help of a collusive government for delaying the whole process in their determination not to hold such a thing.

attachment 5, rough content (subtitles not exact) of the question to Angela constance by Alison McInnes and the reply by Old Crocodile Tears....Lots of talk about avoiding the re-traumatising of victims/survivors....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzBJwuVi-rQ

19 mins 35 secs approx for Alison McInnes question on statement of Constance, reply at 20 mins 20 secs.

....square that away with Swinney's compensation package, on a sliding scale from £10-80k depending on evidence he knows has been destroyed being given by the survivor/victim and forcing them to give up any right to civil claims against the perpetrators individually or collectively.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/18872123.john-swinney-urged-axe-rule-abuse-survivors-sign-waiver-get-payout/

This guy Swinney has a hand in the cover up at many stages during the whole of SNP government (3 full terms +).

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15170610 (101630ZDEC21) Notable: Case study no' 6 of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) Bun / Pages 1-5, Introduction (pg 19-23 of the pdf)

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https://www.childabuseinquiry.scot/media/3024/scottish-government-findings.pdf

Page 19-23 of the pdf.

Pages 1-5, Introduction.

Attached with added comment.

A wee reminder, Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland it was I believe that advised John Swinney NOT to hold a public inquiry in to Historic Child Abuse in Scotland, having previously given the same advice to Michael Russell previously stating that he was "not persuaded" with the calls for a public inquiry.

Why was Frank Mulholland not questioned Lady (?) Anne? Why were the several others who are paid to "advise" also not questioned with regard to the 13+ years before an inquiry was announced?

Salmond was "advised" by Lord President Brian Gill not to have an inquiry for fear of being dragged in to a "swanp", of the Judiciary's making.

Jackie boy (now LORD) McConnell was advised by Colin Boyd then Lord Advocate not to proceed with any inquiry and "advised" for him to change his apology to victims from "on behalf of Government" to "on behalf of the Scottish people".

Why the fuck are none of these absolute CUNTS not being brought up for questioning, this case study should not have been completed without their oral testimony in front of the inquiry.

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>>>124103 SHAMING OF ABUSE PROBE FATCATS WHO WILL RECEIVE MORE CASH THAN THE VICTIMS

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>National Records Office in Edinburgh looking for them to initiate a search for the records of the FAI in to her death, knowing full well that they had been destroyed soon after he first starting trying to dig in to his past many years previous. Of course he was informed by the head of legal services that there were no records, even although the law states that such records must be kept for a minimum of 100 years: the records could not be found.

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>This is the legal equivalent of taking a crap, a big hot steaming hot pile of shite and then covering it in butter-cream icing; then having the neck to call it a cake!!!

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>These fuckers, all of them pictured and a whole lot more besides, covered it ALL up for years. ALL of it.

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>John Swinney and McAskill were the two head coverer-upperers!! But they have all worked tirelessly to cover it all up. Since the start of the inquiry John Swinney has had his tentacles in to every charity, every newly started business who were given all the funding, ALL of them.

>>129507

>This is the legal equivalent of taking a crap, a big hot steaming hot pile of shite and then covering it in butter-cream icing; then having the neck to call it a cake!!!

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>These fuckers, all of them pictured and a whole lot more besides, covered it ALL up for years. ALL of it.

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>John Swinney and McAskill were the two head coverer-upperers!! But they have all worked tirelessly to cover it all up. Since the start of the inquiry John Swinney has had his tentacles in to every charity, every newly started business who were given all the funding, ALL of them.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15221578 (200004ZDEC21) Notable: ANTI-VAX DEMO ‘Hundreds’ of anti-vaxxers gather in Glasgow Green for protest and march to the city centre

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ANTI-VAX DEMO ‘Hundreds’ of anti-vaxxers gather in Glasgow Green for protest and march to the city centre

Harry WilliamsonJordan Tennant

19:30, 18 Dec 2021Updated: 22:35, 18 Dec 2021

HUNDREDS of anti-vaxxers gathered in Glasgow today for a protest against Covid restrictions.

The crowd gathered in Glasgow Green around 1pm and began to march through the city.

It was reported up to 200 anti-vaxxers gathered in the foggy park to take part in the protest.

Members of the crowd held placards with slogans opposing vaccines, mask wearing, vaccine passports and lockdowns.

The group marched from Glasgow Green to the city centre.

Cops escorted the demo through the city until it dispersed on Buchanan Street.

Police Scotland confirmed no one was arrested at the protest and they have launched a probe into the demo.

A spokesperson for the force said: “Officers were made aware of a protest in Glasgow Green on Saturday, 18 December.

"The crowd that was gathered began an unauthorised procession and a decision was taken to manage this to ensure public safety and minimise disruption to the community.

"The group eventually gathered on Buchanan Street before dispersing. No arrests were made and enquiries are ongoing in relation to the incident.”

A similar protest in London saw anti-vaxxers violently clash with police as scuffles broke out at the demo down south.

London cops have reportedly been hurt as thousands of protesters waving placards gathered in Whitehall tonight.

A number of officers are believed to have suffered minor injuries as anti-lockdown campaigners marched through the streets of Westminster.

London mayor Sadiq Khan recently declared a major incident over the capital's surging Covid rates.

The Glasgow protest came as Scots were urged to stay at home amid rising Omicron cases.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon warned anyone who leaves home risks catching the Omicron variant and spending Christmas alone.

Omicron became the most dominant Covid strain in Scotland this week - making up 51.3 per cent of confirmed cases.

Nicola Sturgeon said: “I’m asking people in the run-up to Christmas to stay at home as much as they can. Every time we go anywhere now we’re at a not insignificant risk of getting Covid.

“Anyone who gets Covid now will be isolating over Christmas Day.

“Think about whether it’s worth it to you to run the risk of not being with your family on Christmas Day.”

New curbs have been introduced as infections are doubling every two to three days.

Scots have been asked to limit gatherings to three households in the run up to Christmas and new measures to prevent crowding in hospitality and retail have been reintroduced.

The new restrictions have seen the First Minister has called for the return of the furlough scheme - to protect workers in high risk industries.

All Scots adults have been encouraged to get their booster jabs before Hogmanay in an effort to tackle the surge.

People queued for hours outside vaccine centres to get the vital third jab - as two vaccines is said to not be enough protection against the new super strain.

All adults in Scotland were told earlier this week they could book their boosters.

One of the First Minister's advisers called for a circuit-breaker lockdown BEFORE Christmas to combat the Omicron "tsunami".

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15268761 (282153ZDEC21) Notable: Five new Scotland Covid rules everyone will have to follow from this week

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The poison dwarf strikes again! I wonder how many will listen now nearly 2 years down the line?

https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/five-new-scotland-covid-rules-22574204

Five new Scotland Covid rules everyone will have to follow from this week

Nicola Sturgeon has introduced a raft of new measures in Scotland to help combat the sweeping tide of Omicron cases the country is facing.

Following a surge in Omicron cases in Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish Government have implemented a raft of new coronavirus rules.

From hospitality, big events to new rules around contact sports, people in Edinburgh will have to ensure they are following the new restrictions in order to protect themselves against the new mutant Covid strain.

Some rules come into effect from Boxing Day, December 26, whereas others will begin from December 27.

So here are five new Covid rules everyone in Scotland will need to follow from this week.

Non-professional contact sports that take place indoors will also be banned from Boxing Day.

Sturgeon said that physical distancing is not possible during these activities and also creates a 'heightened risk of transmission'.

The First Minister has also asked people in Scotland to limit mixing to three different households following festivities.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15268972 (282226ZDEC21) Notable: Case study no' 6 of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) Bun / Pages 6-10 of Case study no' 6 of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) (Pg 24-28 of the .pdf file)

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The cover up is so fucking transparent I can't believe for a minute this Lady (?) Ann Smith, chair of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) is unable with all her qualifications in law to see it when an uneducated dafty like myself can see it all. She sees it all right, just is employed not to.

Here is the Youtube link to Lord Brian Gill's performance again, for anyone that needs reminding of the contempt which he and others like him in the establishment hold us all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMlBc9XNxrc&t=2585s

Attached pages 6-10 of Case study no' 6 of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI).

Pages 24-28 of the pdf file

https://www.childabuseinquiry.scot/media/3024/scottish-government-findings.pdf

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15302353 (031944ZJAN22) Notable: Expert resigns from '˜doomed' Scots historical child abuse inquiry

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>TheScottish government has apologised "unreservedly" for what was described as a "woeful and wholly avoidable" 13-year delayin setting up a public inquiry into child abuse.

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>She was allowed to give evidence in full to the inquiry led by Lord Brodie but, afterlegal applications by the Scottish Governmentand the Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board,much of it will remain private and is redacted on the inquiry’s website.

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>A wee bit more background…The SCAI originally was chaired by Susan O'Brien QC and all three members were selected by John Swinney and Angela Constance. The other 2 members were Prof Michael Lamb and another guy Glen Houston. Prof Lamb resigned from the inquiry citing "interference" by Scottish Government (Swinney) see attached article from STV at…

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>https://archive.news.stv.tv/politics/1358966-academic-resigns-from-child-abuse-inquiry-citing-interference.html

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>The Chair Susan O'Brien left soon after citing the same claims of Government interference and micromanaging of the inquiry…

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>https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/abuse-inquiry-chairwoman-quits-over-government-interference-0x2zj8pcm

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>A wee bit more background…The SCAI originally was chaired by Susan O'Brien QC and all three members were selected by John Swinney and Angela Constance. The other 2 members were Prof Michael Lamb and another guy Glen Houston. Prof Lamb resigned from the inquiry citing "interference" by Scottish Government (Swinney) see attached article from STV at…

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>https://archive.news.stv.tv/politics/1358966-academic-resigns-from-child-abuse-inquiry-citing-interference.html

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>The Chair Susan O'Brien left soon after citing the same claims of Government interference and micromanaging of the inquiry…

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>https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/abuse-inquiry-chairwoman-quits-over-government-interference-0x2zj8pcm

mb6dx8n5

https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/expert-resigns-doomed-scots-historical-child-abuse-inquiry-1473313

Expert resigns from '˜doomed' Scots historical child abuse inquiry

An independent expert has resigned from his position on Scotland's child abuse inquiry claiming it is 'doomed' due to Scottish Government interference.

By The Newsroom

Tuesday, 28th June 2016, 6:20 pm

https://www.scottishlegal.com/articles/susan-obrien-qc-resigns-as-chair-of-scottish-child-abuse-inquiry

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15376666 (150019ZJAN22) Notable: Covid Scotland: Case rates lowest in unvaccinated as double-jabbed elderly drive rise in hospital admissions

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Covid Scotland: Case rates lowest in unvaccinated as double-jabbed elderly drive rise in hospital admissions

By Helen McArdle @HMcardleHT Health Correspondent

DOUBLE-JABBED Scots are now more likely to be admitted to hospital with Covid than the unvaccinated amid an increase in elderly people falling ill due to waning immunity.

It comes amid "weird" data showing that case rates have been lower in unvaccinated individuals than the single, double, or even triple-jabbed since Omicron became the dominant variant in Scotland.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15399259 (172027ZJAN22) Notable: Sheriff in Lockerbie bomber trial arrested

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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/79cf63da-7588-11ec-89e9-22d3d9c31ba2?shareToken=bf68c238584ba089f8aae2e13a991e3d

Sheriff in Lockerbie bomber trial arrested

A former sheriff who represented the Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has been arrested and charged as part of a mystery police investigation.

Alistair Duff, 67, was arrested last month but officers and prosecutors have refused to give details about the accusations against thesenior judiciary figure.

Duff was appointed as a resident sheriff at Dundee sheriff court in 2004 and nameddirector of the Judicial Institute for Scotland in 2014. He retired from his prolific 45-year legal career shortly before his arrest, having stood down from the institute in early December.

Neighbours of his home in Leven, Fife, told The Sun they had not seen the former sheriff for weeks.

A source said staff at the courts where Duff used to work were left “shocked” by the news, adding: “Word about his arrest started doing the rounds here this week. He is very highly regarded and was an excellent sheriff. No one is really sure what has gone on. The lawyers are all talking about it now. It will all come out in due course.”

Another source told the Daily Record that the sheriff had “resigned suddenly because he’s been charged by the police for something”.

Duff’s profile wasremovedfrom the Judiciary of Scotland website yesterday.

Duff became a solicitor in 1977, at first working as a prosecutor before switching in 1981 to a criminal defence brief. He represented Megrahi, a Libyan national, who was found guilty of the Lockerbie Pan-Am aircraft bombing that killed 270 people.

More recently he was part of a commission led by Lord Bracadale to investigate alleged “inappropriate sexual behaviour” by Jack Brown, 61, a sheriff in Aberdeen.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: “Following a complaint and subsequent investigation, a 67-year-old man was charged and has been reported to the procurator fiscal.”

Another Scottish judge arrested!

Things are looking up. Perhaps they are no longer untouchable?

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15412530 (190925ZJAN22) Notable: Royal horror as Queen's Scottish residence daubed with 'paedo home' slur – police on case

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Royal horror as Queen's Scottish residence daubed with 'paedo home' slur – police on case

POLICE are trying to find the vandal responsible for spraying two remarks, including the words "paedo home", on the wall of the Queen's residence in Scotland.

By Chloe Davies

16:55, Mon, Jan 17, 2022 | UPDATED: 20:24, Mon, Jan 17, 2022

On the morning of Sunday, January 16, two defamatory remarks were pictured on the outer walls of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. An investigation has been launched to find those responsible for the remarks which were sprayed onto the brickwork outside the Queen’s Scottish residence, the property where she usually resides in the summer months.

One photograph shows the words “paedo home” in large white letters sprayed along one wall, while the palace is visible in the background.

While a second image shows the words “burn Tory scum” written along the same wall in a similar style.

A snap of the latter vandalism aimed at the Conservatives was shared on Twitter by Rory Richmond, a law student from Glasgow.

He accompanied the image with a short caption reading: “This was photographed at Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh earlier today.

“We must condemn and confront the mindless acts of vandalism and hatred.”

The tweet has received almost 300 likes and has had dozens of comments and retweets of people sharing their outrage.

One user, Kenny, wrote: “Appalling vandalism ... there are no excuses for it at all, it's criminality whether or not it suits your political party of choice.

“I really do hope the one(s) who did this are caught and dealt with.”

Another user Dom M described the vandalism as “disgusting”, while a third @Zicklerone called the spray “harsh”.

Police have launched an investigation and are calling for anyone with knowledge of the vandalism to get in touch.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Police received a report of vandalism on an external wall at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh which happened between 4pm on Saturday, January 15 and 8 am on Sunday, January 16.

“Enquiries are ongoing and anyone with information should contact police via 101, quoting incident number 1071 of 16 January.”

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15547254 (042318ZFEB22) Notable: £50m of public cash ploughed into firm linked to tax haven by bank set up by Nicola Sturgeon

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£50m of public cash ploughed into firm linked to tax haven by bank set up by Nicola Sturgeon

The Scottish National Investment Bank was launched in 2020 by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

A bank set up by Nicola Sturgeon has ploughed £50million of public money into a firm linked to a tax haven.

The money has been handed to asset managers Gresham House to invest in a forestry fund aimed at "high-net-worth" clients seeking "tax efficient structures".

The company has admitted owning a management company in Guernsey – widely regarded as a tax haven – and chairman Anthony Townsend was named in the Paradise Papers as having previously been a director of an offshore firm in the Isle of Man.

Gresham House claims its forests will help capture 1.2 million tons of carbon emissions.

But opposition politicians have questioned the Scottish National Investment Bank's (SNIB) deal and environmental campaigners have raised concerns over its green credentials.

Labour MSP Monica Lennon said: "People who work hard and willingly pay their tax in the hope that it will be used to provide decent public services will be appalled to think their money could be handed to a firm that specialises in helping extremely rich people avoid paying tax.

"There needs to be proper scrutiny of the SNIB and the investments it makes.

"The £50million Gresham House deal is concerning.

"When companies operate in the UK but also have subsidiaries offshore which can help them legally avoid tax, it impacts on all of us.

"It means that governments may not have enough money to fund the NHS, teach our children and give pensioners a decent pension.

"The SNP have a dire record when it comes to pumping our money into the private sector – from the Ferguson shipyard and Prestwick Airport to disastrous private finance schemes to build hospitals, the amounts of public money squandered are mind-boggling."

Investment in commercial forestry opens access to a number of tax breaks in the UK.

There is no income tax, corporation tax or capital gains tax in relation to growing timber.

Gresham House boasts that it should provide income "free of tax" and qualify for 100 per cent relief from inheritance tax once held for two years.

The £4billion firm's website states: "We understand that many clients want to pass on as much of their wealth to family as possible.

"Forestry funds are accessible to high-net-worth, professional and sophisticated clients via inheritance tax efficient structures".

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15555808 (052322ZFEB22) Notable: Ottawa Freedom Convoy: Scottish anti-lockdown supporters hold Edinburgh solidarity march

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Ottawa Freedom Convoy: Scottish anti-lockdown supporters hold Edinburgh solidarity march

Anti-lockdown protestors have held a rally in Edinburgh in solidarity with Canadian truckers dubbed the ‘Ottawa Freedom Convoy’.

A group of sympathisers drove from Glasgow to Edinburgh where they met with other demonstrators at Holyrood Park.

Despite pouring rain and strong winds, the group held a march and rally, carrying signs opposing furure lockdowns and other anti-Covid measures.

The protest was in support of a group of lorry Drivers in Canada who are opposing plans to introduce mandatory vaccine passports for hauliers crossing the border with the US.

Similar protests are have been organised in other countries. Former President Donald Trump is said to be among the drivers’ supporters.

In today’s Scottish protest, around 30 vehicles took to the M8 this morning. A video posted on Twitter showed the convoy was being led by a Police Scotland motorcycle.

The footage - shot from a bridge over the motorway - includes cars and vans tooting their horns as the onlookers cheer. The tweet claims traffic had been slowed to 40mph.

David Clews, Lead Correspondent for ‘Unity News Network’, told the Daily Express: "We are opposed to the global tyranny that is currently taking place, we're out supporting what is going on in Canada and Australia.

"We still have major issues in the UK, especially in Scotland, but primarily, today is to show solidarity with the people in Canada who have been demonised and attacked, who are just standing up for freedom."

I tried to embed the video from the article but with no success. Worth a watch, love the wee lady Catherine, fiesty wee wummin.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15580432 (082327ZFEB22) Notable: Marie McNair MSP: Police called to office over protesters

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Marie McNair MSP: Police called to office over protesters

By Tristan Stewart-Robertson

Chief Reporter

Police were called to the offices of Clydebank's MSP when a group of protesters entered the premises on Monday.

Officers attended the Titan Enterprise Business Centre in the town just before 11am on February 7.

The group is understood to have gathered in protest at any move to turn restrictions imposed during the pandemic into permanent measures.

There were no arrests.

A spokesperson for Marie McNair MSP said: “It was alarming that intruders turned up unannounced and forced past reception staff.

“This meant that agreed protocols were followed, including the police being called.

“Given the tragic incident that resulted in David Amess MP losing his life last year, parliamentarians have been advised by the police and the parliamentary security team to take extra care to protect themselves and their staff. That is what Marie will always do.”

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "We received a report of a group of protesters entering an office building in Clydebank on Monday, February 7, 2022. They left peacefully.

"No criminality was established however advice has been given."

This anon has just heard from a highly reliable source that there was no "protesters" in attendance at Marie McNair's office.

There were in fact no more than 1 dozen concerned constituents who wanted to hand over their signed and written objections to...

"...any move to turn restrictions imposed during the pandemic into permanent measures."

It is my understanding that several attempts had been made to send copies of these objections (numbering more than 100, but handed over by the smaller group to secure witness that she (McNair) had been made aware of the objections of her constituents.

Attempts had been made apparently to send them by e-mail, which went unanswered over a, the same by post and latterly by "registered post"; all attempts were met with no response or recognition of their receipt.

This led to some of the more than 100 who wanted their MSP to be aware of their objections attending her office and requesting from the reception desk staff that she be made aware of their presence and asked to come to the desk and take possession of their written correspondence. She chose not to and refused to allow reception to take them to her office and deliver them.

They then made their way to the waiting room outside her office, where they waited patiently. It is told to I that there were two ladies visible in the office and assuming the 2nd to be a constituent they did not try to enter the office or even knock on the door.

When police turned up after consultation with the officers in attendance the papers were accepted without the MSP signing to acknowledge receipt of them. They the constituents after some peaceful dialogue with the police left the building.

So there were no protesters is my understanding and there was no protest, merely a handful or 2 of concerned residents of Clydebank wishing to have dialogue with their (MSP) Member of the Scottish Parliament.

I am now even more likely to err on the side of FF for the “tragic incident that resulted in David Amess MP losing his life last year"

We all knew that would be used for them to cower behind and they are. They are now so afraid of their constituents (masters) that they cower in their offices and call police when their constituents request to have justifiable and prescient dialogue with them.

CUNTS!

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15585284 (091440ZFEB22) Notable: John Swinney rebuked by statistics watchdog for trying to 'spin reality' on Covid figures

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John Swinney rebuked by statistics watchdog for trying to 'spin reality' on Covid figures

Scotland's Deputy First Minister John Swinney has come under fire from the UK Statistics Authority over the use of Covid-19 data.

John Swinney has been rebuked by the statistics watchdog for his statements on the impact of Covid curbs.

The Deputy First Minister was slated by the UK Statistics Authority after a complaint was submitted by Scottish Labour health spokesman Jackie Baillie.

Speaking last month on BBC Radio Scotland, Mr Swinney claimed figures showing one in 40 Scots were infected compared to one in 25 in England were “the strongest evidence that the measures taken in Scotland are protecting the population from Covid.”

However, the Office for National Statistics said that figures he quoted related to a period before extra restrictions were introduced in Scotland to tackle Omicron.

In a letter to Ms Baillie, chairman of the UK Statistics Authority Sir David Norgrove said listeners may have thought “he was referring to the period after Christmas when new restrictions came into force”.

Ms Baillie accused the Deputy First Minister of trying to "spin reality" following the letter, adding: "This is clear evidence that John Swinney has failed in his duty to be clear with the people of Scotland.

"But this is not the first time that ministers from this SNP government have sought to spin reality rather than being truthful with the people of Scotland.

"Public trust in the government is of paramount importance during a pandemic - but Mr Swinney's actions are putting that in danger.

"We need the SNP government to stop the spin and be straight with the people that they serve."

Scottish Lib Dem MSP Willie Rennie, added: "John Swinney has been spinning like a top.

"This government needs to be straight with people about the pandemic otherwise there is a real risk that public trust breaks down."

Mr Swinney previously apologised after he was reported to the UK Statistics Authority for sharing an inaccurate graphic on social media in July last year.

The graphic claimed it was impossible for two people wearing masks and being six feet apart from contracting Covid.

The Scottish Government said it was unable to validate the source of the information with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon saying she would “reflect” on the use of the information, which had been disputed by international fact-checking services.

In response, a Scottish Government spokesperson said: "As noted by the ONS, the Deputy First Minister used the latest available data at the time to make the entirely valid point that the different approach being taken here was helping to protect people from the virus, given the substantial differences in COVID protections between Scotland and England prior to Boxing Day.

“Responding to a similar complaint from Willie Rennie, Sir David Norgrave said the First Minister was correct to state the figure for England was more than 20 per cent higher than the figure for Scotland, and that the data does suggest the rate of infection is lower in Scotland than in England.”

Yeah, John is a CUNT, a dirty wee lying paedophile protecting CUNT. John will tell any lie, cover up any crime as long as the price is right, be it in coin or in position, he will even work as hard as he can to deny, water down, or hide information related to Royal, Political and Judicial child abuse. Don't be like John, don't be a CUNT.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15588170 (092056ZFEB22) Notable: Inquiry: Bosses protected senior social worker accused of serial sexual abuse

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Inquiry: Bosses protected senior social worker accused of serial sexual abuse

A network of supportive senior managers protected a social worker accused of sexual and physical abuse, an inquiry has found.

Sean Bell’s bosses at City of Edinburgh Council’s ­children and families service even arranged a collection when he was signed off from his work with ill health while police investigated allegations.

The 59-year-old was found dead at the foot of Salisbury Crags in Edinburgh in August 2020 while awaiting trial for sexual offences. His victims said the council was to blame for allowing Bell’s abuse to continue unchecked.

The investigation, led by QC Susanne Tanner, found Bell’s abuse was verbal, physical and sexual. At least three witnesses were repeatedly sexually assaulted by Bell and the inquiry warned they were unlikely to be the only survivors. His behaviour was an open secret at the council, according to the report, and Bell exploited his senior position to ­discredit one victim.

In a joint statement, ­provided to The Sunday Post, the three victims said: “We welcome the findings of this comprehensive investigation. It is a huge relief to finally be listened to and believed. Sean Bell was a predatory, controlling, serial abuser – sexually, physically, emotionally and psychologically. His actions devastated the lives of so many – particularly women – over decades. It has been an ongoing nightmare.

“To City of Edinburgh Council, we say this – it is your fault Sean Bell’s repeated abuse was allowed to continue for so long. We urge you to implement every single recommendation in this report. Learn the lessons and never let this happen again.”

Former education ­director Alastair Gaw, who resigned last year, and Andy Jeffries, a senior manager in the children and families department who quit in August, are both criticised in the report. Bell’s inappropriate behaviour was reported to his bosses on multiple occasions over many years and police should have been informed, the report said, but Jeffries and Gaw decided to take no further action.

The report said that when Bell was accused of seriously assaulting a colleague in the 2010s, Jeffries and Gaw did nothing.

When a police ­investigation into historic offences did begin and Bell went off on leave, Jeffries organised a collection and circulated an email among staff that said: “I have passed on to Sean the huge number of warm wishes relayed to me by colleagues and we are all wishing him a good recovery.”

Bell, Jeffries and Gaw were members of a network offering misplaced support, according to the report, which said: “If any of them were in trouble, or subject to investigation, their cases would often be reviewed by other individuals in the network. Thus, objectivity and impartiality were absent.”

It added: “The inquiry team is of the view that Sean Bell’s position within the network may have afforded him a certain level of protection.”

Conservatives local government spokesman Jeremy Balfour said there were many questions still to be answered. He said: “The SNP-Labour council must ensure full transparency is given to survivors who have been left with many unanswered questions.”

The report recommends reform of the council’s system of investigating complaints of sexual and physical abuse.

A parallel investigation led by Tanner into the wider organisational culture of the council is ongoing.

Edinburgh council chief executive Andrew Kerr said: “This report lays bare the extent of his abuse and the terrible and long-lasting impact it had, and continues to have, on their lives.

“Regrettably, it is clear from evidence gathered that senior officers of the council did not act on extremely serious disclosures by survivors, and others.”

Law firm Pinsent Masons, which carried out the inquiry, said: “From the outset, the inquiry team’s approach to the inquiry has been survivor-led. It has engaged with the survivors throughout the process and they had sight of the closed and open reports prior to publication.”

Edinburgh councillors will discuss the report at a meeting on Thursday.

I grabbed the screenshot of the headline just to show that NI are expected to make a public apology in March...

Ireland had one, Scotland is still in the process of one, England whitewashed one and all of them conveniently left out the great and the good in politics, the judiciary and every other arm of government from their remit.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15618668 (131919ZFEB22) Notable: NHS hospital doctor arrested for ‘sexual assault’ on a child patient as police ‘identify eight more potential victims’

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ABUSE CLAIMS NHS hospital doctor arrested for ‘sexual assault’ on a child patient as police ‘identify eight more potential victims’

Sarah Grealish, 23:38, 12 Feb 2022

AN NHS doctor has been arrested on suspicion of child sexual assault - and cops have identified at least nine potential victims.

The 34-year-old had been working as an A&E clinician at the Royal Stoke University Hospital and dealt with thousands of patients in the few years.

Concerns were raised over the 34-year-old’s conduct nearly four years ago but he was allowed to return to work due to a lack of evidence.

He was arrested in December after parents of two girls aged seven and 15 made complaints about the doctor's conduct, reports The Sunday Times.

Now a major incident investigation has identified concerns in at least 109 patients who were seen by the doctor.

In 2018 he was suspended after the parents of a vulnerable young girl complained about his examination of their daughter.

A formal investigation was launched by Staffordshire police and the General Medical Council.

He was suspended for a year - but returned to work in 2019 when police said there was a lack of evidence.

He then completed his two-year training at Stoke hospital and took a new job in August 2020 in Dudley.

Last year concerns were again raised after complaints from parents of the two girls aged seven and 15.

He was excluded from his role in March 2021 and was suspended from practicing in October.

He has now been released on bail - and denies all allegations.

During his time at the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, he saw more than 800 patients - including 350 kids.

Staffordshire Police and the NHS have now launched Operation Anzu to review the clinical records of children seen by the doctor.

The Staffordshire force has also reported itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.

A spokesperson said: “A 34-year-old man, from the West Midlands, was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault in December 2021. He was released on bail with conditions pending further inquiries.”

They added that they are “reviewing an investigation into the same suspect it undertook in 2018”.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15636578 (152343ZFEB22) Notable: Man handed record £1,400,000 in damages over allegation he was raped by monks

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Man handed record £1,400,000 in damages over allegation he was raped by monks

Sam CorbishleyTuesday 15 Feb 2022

For 30 years a middle-aged former Catholic boarding school pupil tried to bury the memories of what happened when monks would creep into ‘the favourite boys room’.

Now 54, the man named only as AB, claimed both he and his brother were among the dozens of children targeted at St Ninian’s School in Falkland, Fife, in the late 1960s, 70s, and early 80s.

After keeping his past a secret – even from his wife and daughter – he has now been awarded almost £1.4 million in damages after launching a civil case against the Christian Brothers religious order which ran the school.

He accused Brothers Ryan, Farrell, and Kelly of repeatedly raping, sexually assaulting, and beating him while studying there between February 1980 and April 1981, beginning when he was just 12.

AB described how the trio would target children from a dorm they sinisterly referred to as the ‘favourite boys room’, from which classmates would be able to hear their screams.

He said the monks would also sit up at night drinking and listening to Ashes to Ashes by David Bowie.

The song still triggers flashbacks of lying under the duvet trembling in fear at the thought of them coming back to abuse him again.

Recalling the moment he finally opened up on his ordeal, to police in 2013, AB said: ‘I just broke down in tears. Until then I’d been living in my head for 30 years.

The Christian Brothers congregation tried to have the civil case thrown out, but a sheriff dismissed the attempt in a written judgement released on February 4.

Speaking after the ruling, AB said he hopes the landmark decision will inspire other abuse victims to fight for justice.

The court heard AB has suffered mentally and physically because of the alleged abuse.

Dr Wild, Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychology at Stobhill Hospital, said the victim described ‘symptoms consistent with social anxiety, and acute periods of panic’.

The written judgement ruled that AB went on to take drugs ‘to feel normal inside’ and ‘clear his memory from the abuse’ after what had happened.

Evidence provided noted the claimant has suffered depression, anxiety, panic attacks, self-harm and sleeping problems since he left the school, and he went on to abuse various drugs, including cannabis and heroin, and attempted to take his own life.

AB also consumed ‘excessive alcohol’ and developed stage four liver cirrhosis, the case heard.

In July 2016, at the High Court in Glasgow, Brother Farrell was convicted of four abuse charges and Brother Kelly was convicted of six charges.

Both charges involved children aged between 11 and 15 years old. They were both jailed in August 2016 – Farrell for five years and Kelly for 10 years.

Brother Ryan died in July 2013 before he could be investigated.

AB’s evidence did not play a part in the convictions, but this month sheriff Christopher Dickson ruled there was enough proof to find the Christian Brothers order liable to pay damages.

This included compensation (£95,000), interest on compensation offered during and after abuse (£73,990), past wage loss and interest on past wage loss due to AB’s difficulty in maintaining a job (£1,008,937), future wage loss (£190,043), pension loss (£23,100) and future cost of treatment, including cognitive behavioural therapy (£2,200) – a total of £1,393,270.

The Christian Brothers sect, which accepted that Brother Ryan was a predatory paedophile, tried to have the civil action thrown out as the death of the monk meant they could not investigate AB’s allegations.

They also said there were ‘large gaps’ in AB’s evidence and argued that memory was ‘especially unreliable’ when it comes to recalling the past.

Olivia Bell, an independent registered forensic psychologist whom the Christian Brothers’ lawyers brought in to give evidence, said a person’s memory could be influenced by ‘post event information’.

Investigative interviewing could also influence the accuracy and amount of detail provided by a witness, she said, and some studies stated that cannabis use could induce false memories.

But Sheriff Christopher Dickson dismissed her comments as ‘inadmissible’.

Kim Leslie, Partner at Digby Brown, said she is not aware of any higher sums every being awarded to a victim and described the settlement as a ‘landmark’ case.

According to evidence in the written judgment from Detective Constable Andrew Gilmore, police investigations identified 35 victims of abuse linked to St Ninian’s.

After the criminal trial in 2016, he said police identified a further 20 to 30 victims of abuse at the school.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15681307 (211144ZFEB22) Notable: SNP sex guidance 'effectively lowers age of consent to 13' say campaigners

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SNP sex guidance 'effectively lowers age of consent to 13' say campaigners

The Scottish Government now recommends police officers, teachers and social workers should not automatically inform parents if their child is having sex before the age of 16

The SNP-run Scottish Government has been accused of effectively lowering the legal age of consent in Scotland to just 13 by campaigners.

New guidance for police, teachers and social workers states that parents should not be automatically told if their children are having sex before the age of 16.

Instead, the policy says that if a young person is in a "safe and mutually respectful" relationship, their "confidentiality" should be respected.

The change has been blasted by family campaigners and the Catholic church.

The row follows on from the controversy surrounding the SNP's hated 'sex survey' for school children.

Although the guidance still recognises the legal age of consent as 16 - and those aged 13 to 16 would still be committing an offence - it also states teenagers will not be automatically considered at "risk of significant harm," reports the Mail on Sunday.

Instead, factors such as age or whether alcohol or drugs were involved will be considered. Whether there is a "power imbalance" or whether grooming, bribing or coersion is involved will also be taken into account.

The guidance says: "If sexual activity is taking place/has taken place within a safe and mutually respectful relationship, then confidentiality should generally be maintained as there is a high threshold for when the duty of confidentiality should be outweighed.

"The facts and circumstances of each case must be carefully considered before deciding if the public interest favours the disclosure of confidential information."

It adds: "Information may lawfully be shared where there is an overriding interest which outweighs the duty of confidentiality. Overriding confidentiality must be justified and proportionate, taking into account the nature and probability of risk to the young person and/or others.

"The child's wishes and feelings must be heard and taken into account. The reasons for decisions made (for instance, in relation to information sharing) must be recorded."

However, the Family Education Trust says the rules now make the legal age of consent "effectively" 13.

Piers Shepherd of the Trust told the MoS: "This guidance, while acknowledging that the age of consent is 16, effectively ignores it in practice as long as it is taking place in a safe and mutually respectful relationship.

"It is effectively a charter for underage sex. The whole emphasis on confidentiality shows scant respect for parents who are principal legal guardians.

"If a young person under 16 is involved in sexual activity, it raises serious health and safety concerns. Parents are best placed to shield children from the harmful effects of underage sexual activity."

A spokesman for the Catholic Church described the guidance as "morally bankrupt" and said it "entirely ignores the statutory protection given to children and should be revised immediately".

He added: "Believing children are equipped to make moral judgments about how they behave sexually fundamentally undermines child protection. The sheer hypocrisy is highlighted by the fact that the Scottish Government requires applications for the new free bus travel card for young people to be made by a parent, if the young person is under 16."

The Scottish Government has defended the guidance, which is included in its 276- page National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland 2021.

A spokesman said: "This non-statutory guidance does not conflict in any way with the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, which maintains the age of consent at 16.

"The law continues to make clear that society does not encourage sexual intercourse in young people under 16. It does not, however, follow that there are child protection concerns in all cases.

"Overriding confidentiality must be justified and proportionate, taking into account the nature and probability of risk to the young person and/or others. The child's wishes and feelings must be heard and taken into account."

But Meghan Gallacher, Scottish Conservative spokeswoman for Children and Young People, said: "Maintaining clear and robust age of consent regulations is crucial to protecting children from potential abuse.

"It is vital for children's safety that guidance on this is as straightforward as possible. Any grey or contradictory areas could result in child safety being impacted."

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15685304 (212237ZFEB22) Notable: GET WELL SOON, MA'AM The Queen tested positive for Covid after outbreak swept through staff and aides at Windsor Castle

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GET WELL SOON, MA'AM The Queen tested positive for Covid after outbreak swept through staff and aides at Windsor Castle

THE Queen is “determined to carry on” after testing positive for Covid — by working from home at Windsor.

The 95-year-old is in ­isolation and being monitored around the clock.

Hours after her test she signed off a statement hailing Team GB’s Olympic medal-winning curlers.

As the nation wished her a speedy recovery yesterday Her Majesty was said to be ­suffering mild symptoms.

She returned her positive result during a routine morning test.

The monarch has been placed in isolation and will be monitored by doctors round the clock.

Palace sources said the Queen — who is triple-jabbed — is on “light duties” and will “work from home”.

She is said to be “determined to carry on” and expects to fulfil engagements later this week.

A Covid-19 outbreak was found in staff at Windsor Castle on Friday.

The Palace would not yesterday confirm how many were off sick, but it is believed to be enough to be significant.

Aides are not currently “overly-concerned” for the Queen but aware of the dangers Covid poses to a woman of her age, sources added.

Prince Charles, 73, and his wife ­Camilla, 74, both tested positive in the past two weeks.

Palace sources say it is unlikely the Queen caught Covid from them.

It is understood that Prince Andrew, 62 — who was in the castle every night last week — does not have the virus.

A royal source said: “There are procedures in place but there’s been a wave at Windsor with a number of cases among household staff.

“The Queen has mild cold-like symptoms and plans to carry out light duties. She is determined to carry on.”

Video calls and planned engagements remain in the diary, sources stressed.

But it is unlikely that face-to-face engagements will go ahead for the time being.

The positive PCR test result sparked fresh health concerns for Her Majesty after Prince Charles initially sparked Covid fears for her nearly a fortnight ago.

He tested positive two days after they had afternoon tea at Windsor Castle. Camilla was also diagnosed with the virus several days later.

'WORRYING TIME'

A spokesman for Buckingham Palace broke the news of the Queen’s diagnosis at 11.45am

He added: “She will continue to receive medical attention and will follow all appropriate guidelines.”

In a bid to stress the Queen was suffering only mild symptoms, the Palace then issued a statement “signed off” by her to celebrate Team GB’s gold and silver medals in the curling at the Winter Olympics in Beijing.

She wrote: “I know that your local communities and people throughout the United Kingdom will join me in sending our good wishes to you, your coaches and the friends and family who have supported you in your great success.”

Royal expert Angela Levin said: “It is a very worrying time because you don’t know what can happen and when.

"You don’t want to totally isolate her. She needs contact with people — she has done that ever since she came to the throne.

“It would make her sad and think about negative things because that is what you do when you are on your own for a long time.”

Commentator Alastair Bruce said the news was “a worry” but that the Queen is well looked after and is “a fighter”.

Royal biographer Robert Jobson said: “The Queen is 96 in April and Covid of course, whether you’ve been vaccinated three times as Her Majesty has, it still has an impact particularly on older people.

“There is no doubt the Prince of Wales and his family will be concerned by this development and won’t be complacent.”

FULFIL MAJOR JOBS

Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty Magazine, said: “The Queen is incredibly stoic and of a different generation. Anyone who grew up in the war, they hate this kind of fuss.

“She would hate the idea it was publicly being acknowledged she has Covid. But she understands that it must be.

“She is probably far more concerned that Russia might be invading Ukraine.

“She will be determined nothing is going to stop her getting through this Platinum Jubilee and if she has to stay in Windsor Castle through a new bubble for the next ten days, so be it.

"She is probably almost relieved she has it now and can get over it and go on with things.”

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15767624 (030112ZMAR22) Notable: These MPs praised ‘brave’ Russian protesters – then voted to restrict protest in the UK

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These MPs praised ‘brave’ Russian protesters – then voted to restrict protest in the UK

One MP commended Russians who had taken to the streets to protest, only to vote to ban protests in the UK if they’re too noisy.

Tory MPs may have been busy expressing their admiration for Russians risking arrest to take part in anti-war marches – but that didn’t stop them voting to restrict the right to protest here in the UK.

Three MPs, who publicly praised the protesters as “brave”, and called for Russians to “stand up against the Kremlin regime” voted on Monday night to support new restrictions on protests in the government’s Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts bill.

They were among a majority of MPs who voted to allow police to restrict protests which cause serious disruption, and to restrict single-person protests – throwing out votes passed by the House of Lords to stop these measures.

Leading human rights charity Liberty said it was “disappointing and hypocritical to see MPs voting to criminalise forms of dissent in the UK”.

Sally-Ann Hart, MP for Hastings and Rye, stood up in parliament on Thursday to call for greater support for Russian protesters.

“President Zelensky gave a powerful and stirring speech yesterday that called on the Russian people to stand up to President Putin over his illegal invasion, and we have already seen extensive protests across Russia.

She asked armed forces minister James Heappey: “Can [he] join President Zelensky in calling on Russian citizens, who have never experienced a real democracy, to stand up against the Kremlin regime and its unprovoked aggression?”

On Monday night, Hart voted against the amendments put forward by the Lords.

Tom Tugendhat, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, retweeted a video of demonstrators risking arrest by marching through Moscow, and said: “Russia deserves better”.

Tugendhat also voted to scrap the Lords amendments.

Julian Sturdy, the Conservative MP for York Outer, praised the bravery of those protesting on the streets of Russia.

“We must also commend the brave Russian men and women who took to the streets of Moscow and St Petersburg to protest the war and show solidarity with their Slavic neighbours in Ukraine,” he wrote.

Sturdy also voted to keep anti-protest measures in the Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts (PCSC) bill.

Jun Pang, policy and campaigns officer at Liberty, told The Big Issue the protests in Russia highlighted the importance of civil resistance.

“We should all be able to stand up to power and have our voices heard. All around the world, people in their communities see protest as a critical way we speak up for what we believe in. We’ve all been moved by the bravery of Russian protesters risking arrest to stand up against the invasion of Ukraine, as well as the hundreds of thousands of demonstrators globally who’ve shown support for Ukraine and called on their governments to welcome those fleeing violence,” Pang said

“Recent events have reminded us just how important protest is for people all around the world – which is why it’s so disappointing and hypocritical to see MPs voting to criminalise forms of dissent here in the UK. Last night, MPs voted to give police sweeping new protest-related powers, including the power to restrict protests that are too noisy or risk causing unease.”

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15792004 (052133ZMAR22) Notable: Celtic Boys Club: Nicola Sturgeon REFUSED to include football scandals in child abuse public inquiry

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Celtic Boys Club: Nicola Sturgeon REFUSED to include football scandals in child abuse public inquiry

Survivors groups called for football clubs to be included in Lady Smith's public inquiry more than SIX YEARS ago

Nicola Sturgeon knocked back the chance to include child abuse in football in the SNP's public inquiry into historic care scandals.

The First Minister is under growing pressure to set up an independent probe into claims of a cover-up at Celtic Boys Club in Glasgow.

However, she was given the opportunity to include football in Lady Smith's public inquiry more than SIX YEARS ago.

The inquiry was launched in October 2015 to investigate historic abuse of children in care by bodies including religious orders, charities, boarding schools and councils.

Then Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale called on Ms Sturgeon to expand the remit to include football clubs during FMQs on December 8, 2016.

She said: "Former footballers have found the courage to come forward and disclose how they suffered abuse at the hands of paedophile coaches.

"Yet they will not be able to bring their cases to the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry because they were not in care when they were abused. This is true for all those who suffered abuse in youth groups, parishes or other sports clubs.

"Survivors groups have asked for the inquiry’s remit to be extended to all situations where a duty of care existed. Labour has backed that call, and the growing tide of revelations from footballers adds to that demand. Will the First Minister reconsider the inquiry’s remit?"

She added: "Survivors of child abuse deserve justice and the wait for the inquiry has already been too long. It holds out the promise of justice, but in restricting just who - and what - will be investigated, it will deny that justice."

Responding to the calls, Ms Sturgeon said: "To widen the remit of that inquiry would mean that it would take perhaps many years longer to conclude its investigations and would risk it becoming completely unwieldy.

"We would be at risk I think of breaking our word to the survivors of in-care abuse.

"My view is we should allow that inquiry to get on with its job and we should allow the police to get on with their job of investigating allegations of abuse in football."

The inquiry is still ongoing, with the total cost now a staggering £51.7million in the six years to December 2021. It was originally supposed to take around four years to conclude.

Swinney joined FM in blocking inquiry expansion

Deputy First Minister John Swinney also ruled out extending the inquiry's remit to include football clubs in December 2016, when he was education secretary.

He said: "I won't do that. Survivors group want that [the inquiry] to proceed. They don't want the timescale extended, which would be an inevitable consequence of extending into other sectors, whether that was football or any other sector."

Instead, the SNP administration backed an SFA-led review - without any statutory powers and lacking the weight of a judge-led public inquiry - into abuse in football.

Its findings were published in February 2021, with senior clubs including Rangers, Hibernian, Motherwell and Partick Thistle all named in the testimonies from survivors, along with Celtic Boys Club.

peaking in 2016, ex-Scottish Labour MSP Iain Gray said: “Last week Kezia Dugdale called for the remit of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry to be extended, which is what survivors’ groups want to see.

“It is difficult to see how an SFA-commissioned inquiry, effectively into itself, could hold public confidence. This is a matter the Scottish Government should be leading on.”

It comes after a judge this week gave the green light for a lawsuit to be launched by 22 victims of abuse against Celtic FC.

Lord Arthurson confirmed on Tuesday that the legal criteria for allowing the action to proceed had been met paving the way for the survivors to pursue a multi-million pound sum in the Court of Session.

On Thursday, the Scottish Daily Express revealed the Scottish Government holds no information about talks with police or prosecutors looking into the scandal.

A list of 14 potential paedophiles linked to Celtic Boys Club was handed to Strathclyde Police in 1995, although only two individuals were subsequently convicted.

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SCOTLAND REMEMBERS Nicola Sturgeon leads tributes to Dunblane massacre victims 26 years after school shooting horror

NICOLA Sturgeon has lead tributes to the Dunblane massacre today 26 years after the tragedy unfolded.

The 1996 tragedy saw sixteen children and teacher Gwen Mayor murdered by gunman Thomas Hamilton at a primary school.

Now, the First Minister has paid tribute on social media to mark the anniversary.

She shared a Tweet from someone that used to attend the school that said: "Another year passes.

"It’s 26 now and the sadness at what happened in my wee school never goes away".

She shared it with the caption: "Dunblane - forever in our hearts".

Falkirk council also paid tribute online as they wrote: "Remembering those taken from us in Dunblane 26 years ago. Never forgotten."

Last year, residents of Dunblane marked the 25th anniversary "quietly and privately".

Reverend Colin Renwick held an online service today to remember victims in prayer as churches are shut due to coronavirus restrictions.

Sixteen children and teacher Gwen Mayor were killed by gunman Thomas Hamilton at Dunblane Primary in Perthshire on March 13, 1996

We previously told how a five-year-old girl killed in the shooting was set to be kept home that day because of a rash - but begged her mum to go in.

Victoria Clydesdale was one of 16 pupils gunned down alongside her teacher Gwen Mayor 25 years ago, in what remains Britain's deadliest mass shooting.

Speaking for the first time since the tragedy, her heartbroken mum Lynne McMaster said she relives that day "over and over" and is wracked with guilt for letting her go.

The neck on this CUNT. They even have the nerve to put that rodent Lord Cullen's daughter on the Child Abuse Inquiry to keep him informed. Never forget the 100 year restriction order he put on the report! CUNTS.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/15925542 (231438ZMAR22) Notable: Case study no' 6 of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) Bun / Pages 11-15 of Case study no' 6 (pages 29-33 of the .pdf file)

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