Kate Marshall

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Kate Marshall

@katesorlie

Katılım Mart 2013

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@ginadavidsonlbc @boswelltoday @LBC But it is very pertinent to the fact that closing concerns down meant Murrell was able to continue with his criminal career. If this were any other issue there would be an outcry that legitimate concerns were not investigated. Fact the concerns were raised at all is relevant.

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@GinaDavidson@ginadavidsonlbc·2h

John Swinney has been answering more questions on the Peter Murrell case today - @LBC asked why warnings raised by NEC members were shut down, prompting resignations - “these issues are in the past”. Also says he won’t be listening to what Keir Starmer has to say on this.

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Kate Marshall@katesorlie·2h

@boswelltoday Should it not be Minister promoting victimisation. That’s certainly what she does re gender critical people. Standing under a decapitate TERFs sign hardly demonstrates support for victims.

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Bruce Bowman@boswelltoday·6h

Minister for Victims. Kirsten Oswald. After all that has now come out about the SNP’s finances, that appointment is beyond parody. The party members, donors and voters treated like mugs deserve answers. Instead, the SNP hands one of its senior machine politicians a ministerial car. Fire her.

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Kate Marshall@katesorlie·2h

@boswelltoday Too much focus has been on the spousal relationship which she is trying to distance herself from. Surely the pertinent issue is the fact she was also an office bearer. As was Beattie. They signed off the accounts. Smacks of a cover particularly as she shut down questions.

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Bruce Bowman@boswelltoday·6h

Now that Murrell has admitted embezzling SNP funds, the idea that the Sturgeon and Beattie strands can simply stay neatly boxed away feels absurd. A party machine does not misplace hundreds of thousands of pounds in a broom cupboard. Reopen it. Review it. Explain it.

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Kate Marshall@katesorlie·16h

@Scott_Wortley Surely much better to use a lawyer who specialises in self aggrandisement by alighting on whatever cause is likely to get their name in the public domain.

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Scott Wortley@Scott_Wortley·17h

It ised to be traditional for those engaged in reputation management via lawyers to use lawyers that specialise in reputation management.

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Kate Marshall@katesorlie·16h

@LucyHunterB And Kirsten Oswald is the Minister for inter alia victims. Given this and her attitude to women’s rights it seems she is creating victims rather than supporting them.

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Lucy Hunter Blackburn@LucyHunterB·17h

A member of the Sturgeon squad is saying that only SNP members have an interest here. But when a number of brave, decent ex-SNP NEC members were pushed out of politics, in part over this, and Kirsten Oswald, on the pushing side, is a government minister, it's everyone's business.

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Kate Marshall@katesorlie·18h

@Documark @TheParty1sOver @DougChapmanSCO I take it that she is the Minister for creating victims then, given this and also her attitude to women’s rights to single sex spaces

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Mark Hirst@Documark·19h

Along with the First Minister of Amnesia (Sturgeon) this character actively blocked the release of accounts and invoices to the then elected SNP Treasurer @DougChapmanSCO Murrell may now be "twiddling his thumbs" in prison, but the toxic leadership remains in place.

Scottish Government@scotgov

Kirsten Oswald, Minister for Victims and Community Safety. [5/12]

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Kate Marshall@katesorlie·19h

@DalgetySusan Maybe she was using it as an instruction manual.

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Susan Dalgety@DalgetySusan·20h

This is my favourite Murrell purchase - £150 for a Folio Society edition of Hannah Arendt’s - The Origins of Totalitarianism. (Normal person’s edition about £15). I wonder if someone found it under their Xmas tree along with a Montblanc pen and some Mac lipstick 💄 sorry, it was £160 for the fancy edition

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Kate Marshall@katesorlie·19h

@treesey @Jebadoo2 Were they having daily dinner parties to show them off?

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teresa smith@treesey·21h

Each piece features a clear crystal top expertly handcrafted in Lalique’s atelier in Alsace, set upon a high-polish stainless steel body with a precision grinding mechanism for salt or pepper The result is an object that elevates every table setting with luxury & sensory pleasure

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Kate Marshall@katesorlie·19h

@alistairkgrant @DalgetySusan And so they should.

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Alistair Grant@alistairkgrant·21h

Questions mount for senior SNP figures after Peter Murrell guilty plea scotsman.com/news/politics/…

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Kate Marshall@katesorlie·20h

@DalgetySusan And as such aggressively shut down any questioning.

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Susan Dalgety@DalgetySusan·21h

To save replying to all those complaining that linking Sturgeon to Murrell’s embezzlement is “misogyny” a reminder that she was not only his wife. She was his boss and as long time leader of the SNP she had ultimate responsibility for its governance and oversight.

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Kate Marshall@katesorlie·20h

@DalgetySusan Also she and Beattie were office bearers and had duty to scrutinise the accounts. There seems to be some dereliction of duty at play here.

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Susan Dalgety@DalgetySusan·22h

Replies off, so a QT will have to do. His wife was literally his boss and as long-time leader she had responsibility for the governance and culture of the SNP.

Kelly Given@kellylgiven

A man has literally admitted to the crime, but let’s hold his wife responsible instead. Nothing misogynistic to see here. 👍🏼

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Kate Marshall@katesorlie·20h

@SVPhillimore Maybe Gavarelli should put herself in the place of the women in changing rooms and hospitals who have been intimidated by men with intact genitalia in their spaces. Or athletes who have lost out to male cheats masquerading as women.

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Sarah Phillimore@SVPhillimore·23h

Well. Quite.

For Women Scotland@ForWomenScot

Great piece from @WingsScotland. As Stu says, it wasn't us who had the bigger “purse". It does rankle when supposedly respectable journalists lie about our financial heft. We've been hand to mouth for years while SG lined the pockets of cronies! wingsoverscotland.com/the-peacemaker/

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Kate Marshall@katesorlie·21h

@levstar1999 @murdo_fraser Fact she was his wife not the point. She and Beattie were office bearers. As such had duties to scrutinise the accounts. They appear to have failed to do so therefore in dereliction of duty.

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Nlove.@levstar1999·1d

@murdo_fraser Why is it imbecilic, is your wife responsible for your behaviour?

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Murdo Fraser MSP@murdo_fraser·1d

What an imbecilic comment. This is a day of shame for the SNP, we need to hear apologies, not excuses and deflection.

Kelly Given@kellylgiven

A man has literally admitted to the crime, but let’s hold his wife responsible instead. Nothing misogynistic to see here. 👍🏼

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Kate Marshall@katesorlie·21h

@ScotsSunLorna @euanmccolm And some who are no longer in high office.

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Lorna Hughes@ScotsSunLorna·1d

Those in the SNP who raised legitimate concerns were right and they were vilified for doing so. As were the journalists who refused to look the other way, despite intimidation to do so. I suspect this is still far from over. There are people in high office who have serious questions to answer.

The Scottish Sun@ScottishSun

Nicola Sturgeon's ex Peter Murrell JAILED for embezzling over £400k from SNP thescottishsun.co.uk/news/16301682/…

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Kate Marshall@katesorlie·21h

@euanmccolm The spousal relationship is pretty irrelevant. It is the fact she and Beattie were office bearers. As such they had a duty to scrutinise the accounts. Failure to do so is dereliction of duty. This aspect is never raised.

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euan mccolm@euanmccolm·1d

it’s not misogyny to ask these legitimate questions. it’s necessary.

Kelly Given@kellylgiven

A man has literally admitted to the crime, but let’s hold his wife responsible instead. Nothing misogynistic to see here. 👍🏼

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Kate Marshall@katesorlie·21h

@GarethHarper1 @Neilsocialist But should not have been easy to hide from competent office bearers. She and Beattie had duty to scrutinise the accounts as office bearers therefore in dereliction of duty if they did not do so. Or did they do so and were party to the cover up.

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Gareth Harper@GarethHarper1·1d

@Neilsocialist Currently FM is paid £182,000. CE of the SNP job was last advertised at £95,000 With almost 300K before tax coming in, it wouldn’t unusual for a Jag etc to appear in the driveway. He was pilfering at a rate of 33K a year. Rather sad I’d say, but yes easy to hide from your spouse.

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Neil Findlay@Neilsocialist·1d

How is it possible to embezzle such a huge amount of money from a political party led and controlled by your wife, whilst spending the money on cars, a campervan and all sorts of luxurious items with no questions asked by the same party leader and wife?

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Kate Marshall@katesorlie·21h

@HendryMackenzie @Neilsocialist She was not just his wife but also an office bearer and therefore had duties to scrutinise the accounts in that capacity.

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JeanMackenzie@HendryMackenzie·1d

@Neilsocialist You would need to ask the accountants and auditors, both internal and external. The SNP doesn’t attract large donations or dark money so it should have been easy to spot. I don’t think you can blame the wife for her husband’s crimes. How often does you partner check your spending

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Kate Marshall@katesorlie·21h

@BronwynChat @Neilsocialist Because she was also an office bearer of the organisation and as such is a trustee and had duties to scrutinise the accounts. It is in that capacity she should have been asking questions as should Beattie. Dereliction of duty that they did not do so.

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Bronwyn@BronwynChat·1d

@Neilsocialist I don’t question my husband on what he earns / spends / invests etc because we’re married, I love him & I trust him. They both earned a good wage, she was busy running a country , why would she feel the need to question him?

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Kate Marshall@katesorlie·21h

@levstar1999 @murdo_fraser She was not just his wife but also along with Beattie, an office bearer. As such she had the duties that go along with that post and should have been asking questions in that capacity as should Beattie. Previous office bearers stood down because the accounts were not disclosed.

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Nlove.@levstar1999·1d

@murdo_fraser I trust my wife implicitly, do you not trust yours? It's the Treasurer that's accountable for the financial oversight. I recently bought a BMW is my wife responsible if I got it on the fiddle, naive maybe but not responsible.

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Murdo Fraser MSP@murdo_fraser·1d

Peter Murrell has now admitted to stealing the best part of half a million pounds from the SNP. Is it credible that his wife knew nothing of this? As Party leader, was she not curious? And if the SNP can steal from themselves, what are they capable of doing to the country?

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Kate Marshall@katesorlie·21h

@Sadie44689664 @2351onthelist @murdo_fraser @NatJack63982236 She and Beattie were also office bearers with the duties that go with that separate from the spousal relationship. They are in breach of those duties. This is never raised.

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Sadie 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@Sadie44689664·1d

@murdo_fraser @NatJack63982236 Extremely worrying that an ex First Minister and wife of the perpetrator don’t notice anything untoward especially with the amount of gifts, large purchases that were clearly more expensive that her husbands salary How can we be expected to trust Scottish Politicians after this?

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