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“The one player that really made the difference was Tom Rogic, particularly in the first 45 minutes. He was playing in pockets in front of the Rangers back four, he was picking the ball up, I thought he was different class.” Ally McCoist How Badly Was Rogic’s Ankle Injury? Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou, an Australian, … Continue reading
In 2016, this blog highlighted that Dermot Desmond, current controller of Celtic PLC, was also the 33.1% owner of the Latvian bank, Rietumu Banka, that was found to have committed money laundering offences moving money for Russian Oligarchs. https://footballtaxhavens.wordpress.com/2016/07/07/fit-proper-dermot-desmond-owns-33-of-latvian-bank-reported-fined-for-money-laundering-and-tax-avoidance/ An additional post in 2018 highlighted that Rietumu Banka was providing services for those Russian Oligarchs … Continue reading
Murdoch MacLennan reading oath at Leveson Inquiry 10 January 2012 link. INM Plc Has Gone Private But Conflict of Interest Remains Last year Denis O’Brien, Celtic shareholder who had 29.9%, and Dermot Desmond, controlling shareholder of Celtic Plc, had 15%, respectively of INM Plc. A Belgium based media group, Mediahuis, firstly acquired a percentage of … Continue reading
Data Protection Problems with Emails at INM Plc In 2018, the first major problem Murdoch MacLennan, as a director and then as chairman of INM plc, had to deal with was serious Data Protection problems concerning Denis O’Brien. Such was the gravity of the concerns, that the irish corporate regulator, ODCE (Office of the Director … Continue reading
Media Groups Set the Narrative: Define What Can and Cannot Be Discussed The quote above is from a great book called ‘Manufacturing Consent’ by Herman & Chomsky. The main points are that media elites determine what is acceptable for the public discussion and what is off limits (They want you to subtly self-censor yourself so it does … Continue reading
Recently with sanctions being placed on Russian businesses due to Russian occupation of Eastern Ukraine, the annexation of Crimea, the Skripal ‘Novichok’ poisoning affair just this week the EU Commissioner has been warning about the use of Golden Passports/Visas to gain access to the EU. These are being used by Russian, Chinese, Ukrainian and Central … Continue reading
The SPFL refusal not to suspend and declare an investigation of their chairman, Murdoch MacLennan, ignores the current situation that Mr MacLennan stepped into at INM plc, the firm at the heart of the MacLennan’s conflict of interest. Murdoch MacLennan instead of being a hands off non-executive chairman at INM plc has had to deal … Continue reading
London Stock Exchange notices for 9th January and 7th March show MacLennan not declared Chairman until 7th March 2018 Claims were made in the press by the Scottish Premier Football League (“SPFL’), in challenge to Rangers chairman Dave King, that the SPFL in January 2018 informed the SPFL board of directors of the appointment of Murdoch MacLennan as chairman of … Continue reading
Independent News & Media PLC Murdoch MacLennan should have declared a Conflict of Interest to the SPFL Board where he’s the Chairman, when he was appointed Chairman of Independent News & Media PLC (“INM plc”) on 1st March 2018 and been forced by the SPFL board to resign. The SPFL chairman cannot be employed by … Continue reading
Sergei Magnitsky Want to know what happens in Russia if you challenge the authorities then read Bill Browder’s book Red Notice. Bill Browder started a Hedge fund, Hermitage Capital Management to take advantage of the wild east of Russia’s public asset carve up after Yelstin then Putin took over from Gorbachev. Unfortunately his fund’s wealth … Continue reading
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