Apologies if this has already been posted, the bypassing of Holyrood begins, we dont have years to hold an indyref, this Mays elections must be a plebiscite. It looks tiny with no lips. You know, our marvellous First Minister is obsessed with bringing more women into Scottish politics. acceptable answers (for NO) include a kidnapped child trapped in an underground dungeon with 20 minutes worth of air and the kidnapper is trying to stonewall you, take the fifth, asking for a lawyer . Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, came out on top with her one-year-old hound Mabel, but the politician was humble in victory. This episode is far from over. It just goes to show how deep the rot of corruption is here that a former FM has to go this far just to get a fair hearing and to find an honest judge. Thats what makes it most galling bacause it is all so needless. Please dont hesitate to get in touch with me whether you have an issue, a question or even a suggestion you would like to put to me. Find out how to adopt this simple step into your daily oral health regimen. Oh dear, I do not know what to say regarding my previous comment about Christine Grahame. We appear to be living in a Sturgeonian dystopia where her popularity insulates her from scrutiny. I hope this site wont suffer due to you. We are a very small parliament with therefore a small number of backbenchers so we dont have the same kind of freedom of thought across all the parties that they have at Westminster. Please turn on JavaScript for the best possible experience. In 1984, she graduated from the Edinburgh University again, but this time with a Bachelor of Laws degree. Date lodged: Tuesday, February 28, 2023, Result 62 for, 55 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote, Submitted by: Neil Bibby, West Scotland, Scottish Labour. It beggars belief. He was reasonably composed until he hit the point about not seeking to limit the evidence blah blah about 15.57.20. James Caithness says: Its our dear Lawrence and Craig . Professional prosecutors and a big compensation division for paying out millions in damages. Very badly reported as Salmond v Sturgeon of course. I know. There is something quite rotten, corrupt, stinking to high heaven about Craig Murrays trial. The SNP have held Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale. It can be strange, what you find on Tinternet. O/T His hands are as filthy as the last Lord Advocate! Yeah, yeah, yeah, Theyre all above reproach. Unless of course he happens to be only the figurehead of COPFS but not the real head. Join Facebook to connect with Christine Grahame and others you may know. It is perhaps time that untidy bastard Wolffe did some poridge. Crown Office is corrupt and incompetent.. They want to support their sister. I couldnt concentrate on what she was saying because I was so distracted by the eye-lashes. They now seeing recent events want action on the separation of powers, root and branch reform of the COPFS and a strengthening of the parliaments role. For the benefit of any doubt the Office of the Lord Advocate has a single employee the Lord Advocate. Still waiting for a reply from my MSP. [17], However, Grahame's position was eventually vindicated, with the council recommending Galashiels as the preferred site in December 2016 stating "Galashiels offers the greatest potential to provide a world class attraction which will make a significant contribution to the Borders economy.[18], Grahame has been outspoken in her view that the conviction of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing is unsafe and represents a miscarriage of justice. Someone above quoted Alex Salmond on how he was basically saved by the Court of Session and the High Court. Ive had the pleasure of watching many members of the legal profession undertaking court work prior to my retirement. We know this because this is what she said to the court. If anything, the events of the last few months have shown that to be the case. His performance was an outrage. In fact, I will qualify that if I may Who does he report to now & is it waffle himself? The Lord Advocate: The lines are being drawn up: on their side are the Sturgeonista loyalists, the sophomiric woke Wahhabis, the grey suited Charlotte Street SPADs and those dependent on the SNP for funding for their quango or the prospect of sinecures as long as they remain on message. Dr. Christine D. Graham is a pediatrician in Tucson, Arizona. We know they were reluctant to go to the police. J. Hillis Miller Health Center Location 1600 SW Archer Rd. My graduate training has included both in-person and. Her first experience of higher education two decades earlier had been something of a daunting experience. Christine Grahame (Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) (SNP): "No strikes. Jeez, what a farce! They tend, then, to make cowardly politicians. Or a more likely scenario would be something like: Scotia Future (assuming they are now approved for May) standing only constituency candidates, and a bunch of SNP names joining that party. Even at age nine, Christine Grahame didnt stay silent for long when she deemed something was wrong. It would have been closed down and buried (rather like the Board meeting of Anglia Television got buried) and there would have been no defeat for Sturgeon and her gang. Family Medicine . [24] In July 2009, Grahame snubbed Elizabeth II by checking her e-mails rather than attending the royal speech at Holyrood to mark the tenth anniversary of Scottish devolution. I am sure that he will want to take the opportunity in answering my next question to go back and cover the stuff that he did not answer before. This is OUR democracy, not theirs. My concern is we want cases that get to court and have a chance of success., Given the Lord Bonomy review into additional safeguards is not expected to report until early 2015, can anything possibly assuage her concerns between now and the Bill going before the chamber at Stage 3? Wolffe also appeared to be reading all his answers from his folder. Several attempts later, still cant get your clip to play Rev and I see nothing on YouTube as you said. With the real Covid costs in the NHS and Furlough type schemes I wonder if the reason why he was unsettled at points might have been because somebody else had written the answers for him and as he was reading them he came across parts he realised would put him in an even more difficult position so he could not bring himself to read them aloud. This comes across as a deliberate attempt to withhold information and to tamper with the ability of the committee to make an informed decision. David Harvie, the Crown Agent, wikipedia says: The Crown Agent is the principal legal adviser to the Lord Advocate on prosecution matters.. Maybe I read it wrongly, she gave the impression of the old school combative SNP MSPs. Find out about tours and events at the Scottish Parliament. In the 1994 European Parliament election, she contested the South of Scotland constituency, again unsuccessfully. the 2 month long vaccination program is going so well? Chemtrails grow fewer and fainter, as worry lines grow darker and deeper. MSPs must provide details of their financial interests in the Register of Interests. Stand Fast! https://www.scottishlegal.com/article/scotland-has-highest-prison-population-rate-per-head-in-western-europe, Scotland also has the highest proportion of probationers under supervision for offences against persons in all of Europe., The number of people in prison is predicted by the Ministry of Justice to rise further, as sentence lengths and custody rates continue to increase.. The only wummin you are interested in is yersel hen. ensure that the conduct of the Scottish Government does not bring politics in the whole of the United Kingdom into international disrepute.. They represent you in the Scottish Parliament and your local area. Grahame says that she is listening to the debate. The significance is that if Alex Salmond had been charged by the police, the judicial review would be sisted. Im away to watch towie for the first time ever , whole lot more believeable than this shit shower. After the election, she was reshuffled from chair of the Scottish Parliament's Health committee to Shadow Minister for Social Justice, generally seen by media commentators as an upwards shift. On our side are the folk who really want independence. They oppose the proposed HCB, TRA extremism and self ID, they want immediate action on independence. makes his spout bull shit until those present are comatose. Her concerns were unfounded, they said. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale constituency since 2011, having previously represented the South of Scotland region from 1999 to 2011. What is one to do? Others seem to be saying I have hit the nail on the head. NS, the LA, LL and LE should all just resign now and let Scotland get on with Independence process. This is his site & comments as such put him in Jeopardy. The old grow lonelier, as the young forego their youth and grow lonelier still. I guess it is whether you feel she is a visible ally for the ridiculous charade that was the AGs appearance. [15] Grahame favoured siting the tapestry in a disused building in Galashiels arguing that that option had more potential to regenerate the area and encourage tourists to access transport links from Galashiels to the wider region. But a portent of what is to surely follow and I hope that soon, both will be talking to Salmond. So we have to get our message out in those terms. Text relay calls welcome. February 24, 2021 by, excluded the then-Lord Advocate, Elish Angiolini, from Cabinet meetings, https://www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/urgent-question-february-24-2021, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Mulholland,_Lord_Mulholland, https://archive.is/H6mMz#selection-1319.17-1331.69, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4224045.stm, https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/essential-tremor/symptoms-causes/syc-20350534, https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19115502.uk-government-spend-millions-scotland-without-holyrood-say-so-part-levelling-up-agenda/. With that said, if the committee or SPCB go to Lady Dorrian/High Court with all of the evicence (which it may or may not get from the Clown Office) and has the judge give opinion on their lawfulness in respect of the criminal trials anonimity order, then that would clear the way for all of this evidence to be published to the inquiry, evidence which is being witheld & buried by the corrupt Clown Office, Clown Agent and the biggest clown of them all the Lord Advocate. Amazon is blossoming as hairdressers and pubs go bust. So *was* Geoff a complainant? I have always contacted Stue to make him aware, so he could take my post down. If it wasnt waffle himself (huge if) was it his missus? Wolffes performance was amateur farce. NS probably does not understand the concept. I have been privileged to represent the people of Midlothian and the Borders for 22 years in the Scottish Parliament. Even winning is losing as the costs are huge, and the time you never get back. So hasnt he just said something that will aid jigsaw identification for a lot more people who dont follow Wings or Craig Murray? Christine Graham - People Directory - 192.com 200 Results for Christine Graham Please use the search above if you cannot find the record you require. Nicola and Liz get to hear about this. Was that a waste of time? I wonder at those so cocksure of the SG and its withholding of evidence under the pretence of protecting the alphabet women. full marks to Jackie Baillie for making him look shifty and evasive, Well done Jackie you are wasted in the Labour party, Ian Spruce says: [7] Grahame was also re-elected as Convener of the Cross Party Group on Animal Welfare. View the profiles of people named Christine Grahame. Sits behind Sturgeon to her RHS. Date lodged: Monday, February 27, 2023, Supported by: Richard Lochhead, Ivan McKee, Lorna Slater, John Swinney Away ya clown yi. We are the inheritors. You can see he is at points desperately skimming through sections of his document and actually attempting to paraphrase and make up as he went along instead of reading directly, which is what he did initially when he was calmer. This is very serious. Billions on the Brexit divorce settlement As for covert operatives, the case of Mark Kennedy comes to mind. Dearly beloved , the lesson today comes from the book of Watergate chapter 1 verse 1 and the Lord spoke to those stiff necked sinners and said its the cover up stupid. An array of evidence is compiled. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeenshire_East_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)#Election_results. You showed us who you were 1st post. One development, though, in her view, is less positive. Log In. https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2021/01/a-time-of-trial/. Wolffe failed to answer the most basic point: the Clown Office causing redaction of awkward questions to Nicola Sturgeon and hiding behind his bosses fake virtual signal excuse but were protecting the wummin. I think the problem for the Justice Committee, which started and has grown over the years, is theres no space for inquiries. Find a doctor Back Find a Doctor. How did the mass Scottish political and legal car crash get to this level of dysfunction? The press are already waiting anxiously. Most of us would agree, from where we look it surely would never stick? I didnt like the manner of it and I made that plain, she says. It is like a sausage machine, whichever government it is. Its not been proven there is sufficiency of evidence to take us where the Cabinet Secretary wants to take us, which is, in his words, access to justice. [19] In May 2009, Grahame visited Megrahi, in Greenock jail. Hi zebedee. In 2011, she was elected MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale. 24 February, 2021 at 5:27 pm. If anything, the events of the last few months have shown that to be the case. This site requires JavaScript for certain functions and interactions to work. Christine Grahame MSP Draft Proposal A proposal for a Bill to improve the health and wellbeing of dogs throughout their lives by strengthening the regulation of the activity of breeding, and of selling or transferring puppies, and by establishing a more responsible and informed approach to acquiring and owning a puppy or dog. James Graham Other occupants: James Graham View 2 Christine A Graham ER 2002-03 Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2. Im sure he can throw money about and just mark it down as Covid Costs. And I am not mad about lots of legislation. Which is why he had to make an abject, grovelling apology for them being the exact opposite of that recently. If the SNP get a majority you can have independence if they dont then thats it once and for all, https://twitter.com/RhiannonV/status/1364604468285894661. The move drew some criticism from commentators and fellow MSPs, however on the BBC Radio Good Morning Scotland programme, Grahame stated: "I'm earning and working for my constituents far more than if I sit hypocritically in the chamber watching a monarch for an institution I do not support. Should not Lord Wolffe be charged with contempt. Lots of looking down and to the left. Hope is rationed. You are outside of history. I saw several of her put downs against several unionist MSPs. 24 February, 2021 at 9:36 pm @ Strathy The same goes more or less for the High Courthow many of us could have withstood that kind of pressure? Christine, concerned the animal would soon bite a young child, went to her mother. But Wolffe, who took over the job in 2016 under Nicola Sturgeon, is a government minister andattends the large majority of them.). So I waited until I heard the evidence and I still wasnt convinced. She has a condition that causes a head tremor. She has been an MSP since the Scottish Parliament was established in 1999, and has represented this constituency since 2011. Scot Finlayson says: I am always happy to hear your views. I am always happy to hear your views. It is not a universal feature, though, she suggests. Is it just me or is LA Wolffe diminishing in width like a burst balloon? After gaining Diploma in Legal Practice she worked as a solicitor. Bernaith smiles and catches his sneeze to protect the house of cards. Re Christine Grahame dont know much about her but I do about parkinsons. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19115502.uk-government-spend-millions-scotland-without-holyrood-say-so-part-levelling-up-agenda/. Trackback: trackback from your own site. 24 February, 2021 at 9:24 pm What about Carig Murray? "There aren't winners here. Date lodged: Wednesday, March 1, 2023, Supported by: Jackie Baillie, Claire Baker, Katy Clark, Rhoda Grant, Richard Leonard, Michael Marra, Pauline McNeill, Carol Mochan, Paul O'Kane, Paul Sweeney Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, Result 84 for, 4 against, 30 abstained, 11 did not vote, See all of Christine Grahame votes in Parliament. View the map. Grahame, a veteran having been through four parliamentary elections, says she has never held ministerial ambitions and has never felt her freedom to speak up curtailed. She was nominated for the post by Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon on 31 May 2016 as part of the formation of the Second Sturgeon government, following the 2016 Scottish Parliament election. The current SNP, after the New Labour Blairite model, has become a mostly middleclass enterprise. I see Johnson is about to bribe local councillors with cash to play with at local level (ignoring Holyrood intervention) I have often wondered if she suffers from a form of Parkinsons? Yes, there are animals involved here. Did the Crown Office receive any submissions from any third party before it wrote to the SPCB yesterday? Scotland ought to go alone if ye wish, of course, but enthusiasm carries us away sometimes. Bring it on. I think the LA might have realised of that again as he was reading, or rather skipping some of the paragraphs in his document. ", Asked by: Grahame, Christine, Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 7 December 2022, Asked by: Grahame, Christine, Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 16 November 2022, "To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Lothian and NHS Borders. Although it was undoubtedly a skirmish, we can tell that neither Sturgeon or Wolffe are confident. It does look like old-Alex has them (Sturgeon, Wolffe etc) stitched-up like a kipper. When ultra-unionist (and clueless) Guardian columnists like Martin Kettle are out batting for Nicola then if you cant smell the coffee then you probably have Covid-19. "[25], Grahame has two sons and is a grandmother. That arse wipe Spear on Twitter has just accused Alex Salmond of a abuse of Power where is yer evidence Mr Spear it is a mister isnt it ? Although understandably it can be a bit disconcerting if you arent aware if whats going on. In 2005 Christine Grahame MSP (an for the SNP) was allegedly shaggging a married Tory MSP and nodding her head saying yes to a different sort of question. Mist001 says: MSPs take part in examining and passing proposed laws (Bills). @Captain Yossarian says: This website is using cookies. AwakeNotWoke says: Has Scotland or anywhere else ever jailed a Lord Advocate ? The work of Tommy H- They make an initial statement on becoming or being returned as an MSP. Dr. Christine Graham, MD is a Pediatrics Specialist in Tucson, AZ and has over 17 years of experience in the medical field. But honestly still have no idea how this is all going to end (yet). Brian Doonthetoon you appear to be obsessed with identifying complainers. The Scottish Parliament examines what the Scottish Government is doing, makes new laws on devolved matters and debates the issues of the day. The murk and muck is really getting to me now and I am having difficulty maintaining politeness for those who still defend the entire mess. Political Holdings Limited document.write(new Date().getFullYear()); Time for Michael Matheson to live up to his motto of smart on crime. Ive tried to remain calm. I wonder if Jaclyn McGowan will get a reprimand from Dont rock to and fro You and Craig Murray could become the Bernstein and Woodward (Watergate) of Scottish UK media. Cath The alleged knee touching allegation aimed at Salmond proved to be false much like many of the criminal accusations. What is going on. At that point the charges amounted to Ms 2 and Ms 3, together with the AlphaBetties. Just need to be patient for now. I know people who feel differently in different political parties about issues which their party has taken a line [on] but they dont speak out and thats a problem.. She has just tweeted about Boris by passing Holyrood with funding ,which everybody in this site has been stating was going to be an issue for the last 18 months. But, personally, I had sat with people on that committee and I know, while there might be some party politics in it, there were also genuine concerns, and I wasnt prepared to have the committee members, whoever they were, [treated] as if it was some kind of cheap political posing and it wasnt for some of them at all., Grahame brushes off a suggestion she is outspoken, rather it is that she speaks out when the situation calls for it.

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