The inconvenient truths
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr Alasdair Allan"
To:
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 9:51 AM
Subject: Daily Mail
Dear SNP Member
If you are being asked about the reprehensible articles on the front of Saturday's Daily Mail and Scotsman, you might want to be armed with the following facts:
(Along with 14 other MSPs I am accused by these papers of disgracing the memory of our war dead by laying a wreath which had been paid for by the Parliament rather than by me personally).
- I regard it as a great honour to lay a wreath on behalf of the Parliament in remembrance of those from the islands and beyond who have given their lives in war.
I have not, despite the headline, claimed for the poppy I wear, nor would I be eligible to, nor would I try to.
Alasdair Allan
Thanks to ABM for forwarding the email :-)
From: "Dr Alasdair Allan"
To:
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 9:51 AM
Subject: Daily Mail
Dear SNP Member
If you are being asked about the reprehensible articles on the front of Saturday's Daily Mail and Scotsman, you might want to be armed with the following facts:
(Along with 14 other MSPs I am accused by these papers of disgracing the memory of our war dead by laying a wreath which had been paid for by the Parliament rather than by me personally).
- I regard it as a great honour to lay a wreath on behalf of the Parliament in remembrance of those from the islands and beyond who have given their lives in war.
Indeed it is, so why spend only a miserly £17.40 on this 'great honour'?- The wreath which I laid in Benbecula last year was on behalf not of me, but of the Parliament. Just as Councils up and down the country pay for wreaths, the Parliament provided the wreath and made a donation to Poppy Scotland.
If the Parliament provided it, then why was it claimed on your expenses? Have you made other claims for items provided by the Parliament? I note the difference between councils paying and Parliament providing. Yes it provided, becasue you claimed it on your expenses.- I was astounded at the way this was covered in the Mail, and made clear that there was certainly nothing amiss that needed to be paid back to Parliament.
Not according to Alex Salmond who thought it very remiss....- I also made clear that I was a member of the Legion Club in Benbecula, and very happy to support their work.
...but not out of my own pocket- I have also made a personal donation to Poppy Scotland for the cost of the wreath, meaning it has now effectively been paid for twice.
...when I should have paid for it myself in the first place.None of that bit was printed.
I have not, despite the headline, claimed for the poppy I wear, nor would I be eligible to, nor would I try to.
How virtuous and self-sacrificing is that! The point is that you claimed what you thought you could get away with.The sad thing about distorted stories like this, from papers who feel left out after the Telegraph uncovered the actual scandals, is that it obscures those scandals and lets people off the hook.
....Whilst I really enjoyed the stories up to now (except for the Toblerone, obviously), now I have been caught the stories are reprehensible.If anyone raises this issue with you, I am happy to contact them to set the record straight.
Waiting for the call.....Best wishes
Alasdair Allan
Thanks to ABM for forwarding the email :-)
13 comments:
This is incredible pathetic.
I'm worried someones going to have you sectioned.
Commandment 11
Thou shall not get caught
Commandment 12
Thou shall not take the piss out of the SNP duo
Funny how as soon as Angus posts any observations on life with the SNP the thought police pounce.
Thought police? is this from a supporter of the party hell bent on introducing ID cards?
3:28 again - I forgot to mention the CCTV camera for every 14 residents of the UK...gee, thanks New Labour!
Is the 'Legion Club' in Benbecula affiliated to the Royal British Legion? If so, is Alasdair Allan so proud to be a member that he cannot bring himself to type the words 'Royal ' and 'British'? How terribly 'reprehensible'......not to mention pathetic, immature and, as with the rest of his explanation, exuding a whiff of deceitfulness.
I beleive that the Royal British Legion, Balivanich, meet in the British Army barracks in Balivanich.
- Who proposed and seconded Allan for membership?
- Has he ever been seen in the premises?
- Does he attend a club that has banned SNP stalward ex-Cllr Colin Campbell?
I'm worried someones going to have you sectionedNow you have it Angus, this is the SNP's next move. Not content with removing you from the party, they are trying to work out how to gag you permanently. How dare you still try to expose these idiots for what they really are. Watch out for people bearing white coats....
Oh and by the way ABM and Mr Salmond were also both exposed by the Telegraph but that is a minor triviality...
3:28pm
Have you got something to hide or what!! Maybe you are an SNP politician who has a chocolate addiction. WTF has CCTV and ID cards got to do with the scary hairy one paying £17 for a remembrance wreath and then claiming the amount back on expenses?
He's obviously not that bothered that he didn't send the e-mail until almost 10am on Monday morning.
Maybe he had to wait for Kenny to do the typing for him.
Which is worse, an MSP/MP claiming a wreath back on expenses or a blogger with a chip on his shoulder using said incident in a public forum for his own personal ends?
Anonymous 7.44am
Don't let bitterness cloud your judgement. I think it's patently obvious that the MP/MSP claiming money back for a wreath is much worse.
If it wasn't for people with a chip on their shoulder using a public forum for their own ends, we'd never know the true story about WMD , MP expenses, government mishandling of the economy and creative accounting, banking scandals, etc etc.
This blog's suddenly livened up in the last week or two. Is there an election coming up?
Anon 7:44am
Facts are facts. The trouble with you SNP folk is that you really don't like your dirty laundry being aired in public and you try to discredit anyone who dares speak against you.
Have you ever heard of freedom of speech? Just because one has a different opinion, it doesn't mean that they are bitter, twisted, needing sectioned or necessarily wrong. I'm really glad that there is no hope of an independent Scotland under the SNP or else there will be a lot of people running for the border before they are brainwashed.
Has anyone else noticed how none of these fairly intelligent arguments are never answered by the SNP? I rest my case. Go and have another toblerone.
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