54andcounting 0 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Craig Whyte banned players and staff from speaking to the beeb because they came out with some shite about him with NO evidence.....I bought that along with thousands others. I'm keeping an open mind about these latest claims from BBC Scotland, but as far as I feel right now, I'm not too happy, it looks bleak. Hope I'm wrong. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 0 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Craig Whyte banned players and staff from speaking to the beeb because they came out with some shite about him with NO evidence.....I bought that along with thousands others.I'm keeping an open mind about these latest claims from BBC Scotland, but as far as I feel right now, I'm not too happy, it looks bleak. Hope I'm wrong. While a bit tabloid in presentation, the original documentary had a bit of small credibility about it and was uncomfortable to watch. I didn't wholly disbelieve it, and I utterly disagreed with the ban. This one, on the other hand, featured porn stars, claims that Murray wanted a piece of Joanna Lumley, Prince Albert investing in Rangers, plus a parody of the most OTT Rangers fan they could find. Plus some abysmal voice overs impersonating people. Oh, and a fake phone call with bad acting at the end. I'm not saying it was total lies, but there was a horrible lack of evidence to back up its most serious allegations. And even the BBC themselves are only calling it 'accusations' - they have not reported any of this on their news as actual fact. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovanAllan 0 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Smoking gun on what though? The EBT stuff simply showed who benefitted from them, it was interesting but it didn't prove the EBT was illegal. I don't think even HMRC know if it was improperly governed or not. They did seem to have hard evidence regarding Duff and Phelps. Edit - typo They claim Murray took 6mill, he claims he never took a penny. If they had hard evidence they would've shown it or they couldn't show it as it would drop their source right in it with his/her employer HMRC. But that's not the interesting thing for me it's the total lack of any evidence of dual contracts not one piece of fact. Will be interesting to see what the SPL can find that a multi-million funded company like the Beeb can't. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 0 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Beeb's budget is pretty poor these days. They still do good quality TV UK wide but their regional stuff is degrading badly. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovanAllan 0 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Beeb's budget is pretty poor these days. They still do good quality TV UK wide but their regional stuff is degrading badly. That's because the Tims are in charge. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,258 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 points to consider regarding EBT's 1. EBT schemes were not illegal. Some 5,000 were used in UK prior to being stopped Xmas 2010. 2. not a contract as such but a loan which to be paid back(probably in 100 years time or so meaning persons never repay loan i.e. tax avoidance (legal) 3. any tax due on loan responsibility of beneficiary 4. My understanding is HMRC state existence of letters stating loans dont need to be repaid. They've never proved existence of these letters. They dont exist. hope this clears things up a little 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,050 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 That's because the Tims are in charge. Do you think the Director General Mark Thompson is a member of the Wee Frees?. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cail Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I mean the way Murray was mismanaging our club was disgusting mate. Ferguson earning over £2.5m over and above his already ridiculous salary and bonus'. Where we really breaking the law though? Is there any difference to that and image rights? Who was Manager of the Club at the time and was he privy to this? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
foggy dewhurst 0 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 one of the most interesting things apart from sam the bam was the board uncovering the pictures of the persons who got ebt payments , we had murray ,ferguson, etc there was more names not shown ,i suspect there is a lot more to come . 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuznetsov 0 Posted May 24, 2012 Author Share Posted May 24, 2012 Who was Manager of the Club at the time and was he privy to this? The Crab played under several managers, it could have been more than one given the length of time he spent here. Advocaat, McLeish, Le Guen and Smith. I dont know if they were aware of it mate. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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