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Glasgow City Council Valuation of Westthorn Since Celtic bought Westthorn for £675,000 in 2009, from Glasgow City Council, they have done nothing with it except use it as security on the Co-Op Bank low interest overdrafts and loans. Note that Westthorn was bought after Celtic decided to move their training centre to Lennoxtown. It would … Continue reading
In a previous post titled “Labour Party Triangle: Celtic PLC, The Co-operative ‘Ethical’ Bank, Glasgow City Council” we postulated that the Labour Party/Co-operative Party relationship appeared to be link that pulled everything together. We may have found the source(s). Co-operative Party/Labour Party unity ticket The previous post highlighted the Co-operative Party’s historic links politically with … Continue reading
On 2nd April 2019, we saw James Wolffe QC, Scotland’s Lord Advocate, answer issued to the Liam Kerr’s MSP question as to why Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) , Scotland’s Prosecution Service, lost/(disappeared) evidence of Celtic Fans at Celtic Park during the Celtic v Rangers game in September 2016, hanging 2 effigies, one … Continue reading
SNP Scottish Government Response to EU State Aid Case Emails Minutes Revisited The relevant paragraph is number 2. above where the SNP Scottish Government declare that they retained no communications or minutes of any meetings between the Govt and Glasgow City Council & Celtic when compiling a submission response to the EU State Aid request … Continue reading
In August 2008 Glasgow City Council (GCC) approved two transactions in the Springfield Rd area opposite Celtic Park: 1. An acquisition for a Springfield Rd site of 3 Hectares for £20 million. (on the lower LHS above) 2. a proposed disposal of a second commercial London Rd/Springfield Rd site that became in 2012 a Retail/Hotel development … Continue reading
Mr Quinn’s Celtic career began when he became a non-executive director in 1996 when he left the Bank of England then in 2000 he became chairman. Just a reminder that while at the Bank of England he was Head of Banking Supervision. We covered his supervisory highlights in the previous post. Was it then just … Continue reading
There has always been corruption in Glasgow City Council politics but Steven Purcell’s reign as Labour party leader of Glasgow City Council from 2005 to 2010 made cronyism Glasgow City Council policy. The council showed no shame in favouring certain Labour supporting mates especially for land disposals. Remember this was the time of ALEOs (the AL, … Continue reading
On 1 June 2017, a major development occurred which unfortunately has been overshadowed by the noise from the General Election campaign. Twenty-three journalists representing major news outlets in Scotland wrote an open letter to MSPs tasked with selecting the new Scottish Information Commissioner. It was also copied to Derek Mackay – as FOI Minister, Leslie Evans – Permanent … Continue reading
Ever wondered why Glasgow City Council did not put a copy of the Lease Agreement 2000 between themselves and Celtic on their website dedicated to the Land Transactions between the council & Celtic? Well it’s because the lease shows that the council lied and so did the Scottish government in it’s submission to the EU … Continue reading
Here is the sequence of Health & Safety Executive (HSE) Consultation Zones involving Westthorn from February 2005 to December 2016. HSE only excludes the MZ – Middle Zone and IZ – Inner Zone of the Consultation Zones from residential development. That land however still had value as car parking or landscaping but was given away free … Continue reading
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