In the Herald today:
The leader of the Scottish Conservatives has called for a rescue plan for high streets hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Jackson Carlaw said the Scottish Government should take “radical” action to ensure the future of shops and high streets, which were already struggling before Covid-19
However, Carlaw’s call for a left-of-centre party, like the SNP, to save businesses was met with shocked responses from his followers. One was heard to call out:
No, Jackson you were a big entrepreneur yourself, lead us!
It’s true, he was. See this in the Herald on 10th October 2003:
A COLLAPSED company headed by a Scottish Conservative party executive member [Jackson Carlaw] is at the centre of a mystery surrounding 22 missing works of art. The firm’s private records reveal ownership of 50 pieces as investments, including paintings – but only 28 have been recovered, according to Ernst and Young, the administrator.
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
Maybe worth a keek into Carlaw’s house … just to check, mind, not implying any dodginess.
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I couldn’t possibly comment but there will have been a few keeks in there.
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Jackass? Dodgy? How absurd, why would anyone cast aspersions on someone who can orchestrate and combine so many jowels and chins in such imperfect harmony, he is truly malificent even if requiring a verbatim script and appropriate optical correction (lack sobriety is not optically correctable).
He’s no oil painting, unless one prefers the Castrol school of art, but even were he caught blue-handed, the Herald etc would proclaim from the rafters it was a frame-up, with an addendum by the Fiscal for a further 21 fences to be taken into account…
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Jackson! Have you no faith?
Didn’t your beloved Maggie tell you about the magic “hidden hand” of the market?
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Maybe he is not the man to be advising or commenting on anything relating to ‘business’. That’s quite a while for a load of paintings to stay missing.
£1.5 BILLION, Carlaw could ask his boss nicely, if they could maybe please with a cherry on top give that BACK to Scotland, it would help right now.
I am sure Labour branch at Holyrood would sign the begging letter as well.
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In its first term in office, 2007 -2011, the Scottish Government negotiated the return of that £1.5 billion from the Treasury and since then any ‘under spend’ has been rolled over into the next year’s Scottish budget.
https://thecommongreen.scot/2015/10/02/we-need-to-talk-about-budget-underspends/
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Hi …is it you that several people are miscalling on Craig Murray’s website in the replies of his most recent report
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No it’s not you …sorry
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Oh, attention is good. Who is it?
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moi?
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Professor Walter Ricciardi?
Who he?
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Surely the Tories will first return donations to them, from businesses, before the public have to put their hands in their pockets?
You know: the Wee bungs that get you a knighthood–or get licence to build 1200 new houses. Or allow you to stash millions in tax havens, while getting subsidies and grants.
Keeping your name off the front page from the Tory press—what other kind is there?
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