Unionist leaders are never pressed to apologise for ex-councillors who are convicted of sex offences but rare SNP offenders linger in the media until they force one

25/3/26, 5 days ago.
30/3/26, 5 days later, still there.

By Liz S

Talking of “BBC Scotland” , in particular their website, on the former SNP Councillor Jordan Linden, the BBC are doing their best to keep this above story ‘alive’ via what is now four different articles on their website on the above former SNP Councillor.

  1. Former council leader denies sending sexual images to men and boys 24 March
  2. Former council leader guilty of sexually assaulting young men 26 March
  3. SNP to review party complaints after sex attacks by ex-council leader 27 March
  4. First Minister apologises to victims of ex-council leader – 29 March (it is currently still the 2nd article on their Scottish politics page).

MSM Monitor had posted this online:

“Why is Swinney being pursued by reporters over an ex-SNP councillor but Sarwar isn’t being pursued over *multiple* ex-Scottish Labour councillors incl. Frank McAveety, David Graham & Andrew Duffy-Lawson, one from the same local authority as Jordan Linden” ?

Also MSM Monitor had posted this as well:

“BBC Scotland isn’t *becoming* a propaganda station, it already is one. Unionist leaders are never pressed to apologise for ex-councillors who are convicted of sex offences. The PM wasn’t pressed to apologise for the ex-Labour councillor convicted of child sex offences last month. Sarwar wasn’t pressed to apologise after ex-Labour councillor David Graham was convicted of child sex offences. Indeed, Sarwar himself had campaigned on behalf of Graham. Sarwar was also not asked to apologise to victims of Andrew Duffy Lawson who resigned as finance convener at North Lanarkshire Council last year after allegations of sexual messaging. BBC Scotland has headlined the Jordan Linden story relentlessly since the conviction, pressing John Swinney. The station has never covered another councillor conviction in this manner before, and likely will never do so again”.

Well said MSM Monitor, as once again the BBC actively protecting, as in shielding, Anas Sarwar.

As they, the BBC, constantly seek out , as in relentlessly pursue all and any SNP politicians and also the current and previous Scottish SNP FM’s, in order to try to keep any story alive with a succession of different articles via different angles on the same topic.

The sole agenda being to try to oust the SNP as the Scottish government in order for our Scottish parliament to then be controlled outright by either just one ‘Unionist’ party , or controlled via a coalition of Unionist parties , aka those who are staunch British Nationalists and whose respective HQ’s are based in another country.

(Branch offices whose HQ’s are those who actually ‘call the shots’ as to what happens in Scotland…..and so whose various respective branch office managers based in Scotland must always comply with all of their HQ demands-instructions-plans for Scotland).

No autonomy is allowed for any pro UK parties based in Scotland.

It’s their respective HQ’s way or the highway…….

Liz S


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