Scotland

Oh dear Angus MacNeil the MP who exposed the cash for questions scandal has been caught fixing his own questions!!!!!
I am about to write once again about Sir E Scott School on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland but this time I will also mention the Stornoway Gazette which is the main newspaper in the Outer Hebrides/Western Isles. However this will be 100% biased and I make no apology for the free expression of my opinions which are based on personal experiences with ALL those involved and the investigations I have made to verify the facts below.

The Stornoway Gazette is a wholly biased local rag that rarely rocks the boat and spends most of it’s time singing the praises of the establishment and avoiding all the serious questions that is usually what a newspaper is dedicated to. This rag often prints supposed news stories that contain many lies (both white and black) and certainly many mistakes. Their reporting staff are extremely amateur and rarely, if ever, verify facts before going to print. Obviously the editor does not take his responsibilities seriously.

The latest article presenting lies and mistakes while totally avoiding the truth is in reference to the corrupt MP Angus MacNeil visiting Sir E Scott School on the Isle of Harris. Now I say ‘corrupt’ as this MP has based his career upon the ‘cash for questions’ scandal but there some serious problems with his own behaviour which includes him being caught with 2 young girls in his hotel room, passing over emails sent to him as MP to official bodies to provide them with information about complaints about them (evidence in hand).

This time Angus MacNeil has managed to totally manipulate his OWN QUESTIONS. How hilarious is that? The fact that it is at a secondary school on the Isle of Harris makes it even more funny but I suppose I should not be laughing at corruption at any level but how ridiculous is getting a bunch of fixed questions asked by pupils? The event was meant to be a selection of questions from the pupils but most of them were replaced by other questions just prior to the event.

When it was reported in the Stornoway Gazette the rag did it’s usual praising and made Mr MacNeil and Sir E Scott School look amazing. However the paper also included the name of a female student, which is shameful, and then proceeded to LIE about the question asked. Rather boldly the pupil had decided NOT to ask the question listed but adapt it to a more IMPORTANT question about a very serious matter to which Angus MacNeil should be directing some of his energy. The question asked was about MILLIONS of tax payers hard earned pounds going to waste.

Rather than include the question about corruption the rag replaced it with a rather stupid question asking why the pupils father’s site was better than the official Visit Scotland? In only a few minutes I was able to determine that the site mentioned (Virtual Scotland) does not even belong to the father. Furthermore it would appear that there is some enmity between the father, the local rag and Mr Angus MacNeil. Clearly there is something going on here that the public should be aware.

I attempted to find out more and what I discovered seriously involves some of the most disgusting corruption in the United Kingdom at the expense of the population of the Western Isles/Outer Hebrides. One of the questions that was censored asked why a local government body can set the price of a broadband connection and why the price is set at around £450 a month for a 4mb connection. Surely this is the most expensive in the UK and surely Angus MacNeil should be devoting some of his time on local corruption rather than posing questions about Westminster? Isn’t that what he is paid for?

I would like to ask the question how can an MP involve a school in corruption? How can a newspaper be allowed to print lies and not even bother asking the people named to verify facts? Should a newspaper be allowed to print the name of a pupil? Should a school be allowed to pass such information to a newspaper without checking with the pupil and/or parents first?

This is DISGUSTING

 UPDATE:
It looks like a small apology will appear in 2 of the publications that featured this article. Unfortunately I have been unable to determine any more facts about why the questions were changed or where these papers got the news that Visit Scotland was closing. You might find some of the comments I have added to Iain Maciver’s blog interesting – Who is behind Angus Macneil ’scandal’? – oh dear the page was pulled

Anyway the appologies appeared in the publications and the whole thing blew over. However the Cash for Honours scandal still pops up every now and again and is closely associated with the cash for questions problem. (I thought I would add this little bit as I originally wrote this blog with the intentional error of scandals as a play on words!).