Leggat's argument is that Ahmad claimed that the money was deposited by Whyte "to show his good faith in the Ahmad-Green promises that he would be part of the future of Rangers and that they needed to get Whyte’s agreement to get his shares if they got their CVA proposals accepted." Green, however, stated in a letter to the SFA that the money was "from Whyte to reimburse Ahmad for the £200,000 payment Ahmad personally made to Duff and Phelps to secure exclusivity on their bid for Rangers." The plot thickens, eh?
Reading the claims again, however, shows that they were not really that different at all. Despite what Leggat suggests, Ahmad never claimed that Whyte's money was an 'investment.' If Whyte was reimbursing Ahmad for his payment to Duff and Phelps then it was Whyte's money that ultimately paid the administrators. Does that not prove that Whyte was showing 'good faith' in the 'Ahmad-Green promises'? So, in reality, there is nothing to see here! No matter how anyone spins it, there are no 'gaping holes' in the stories told by Green and Ahmad. Love them or hate them, there are no essential inconsistencies in their explanations.
More worrying, however, are the allegations of money laundering. Nobody, it seems, has the first idea where the money came from that Whyte put into Ahmad's mother's bank account. Perhaps this was what Traynor was talking about when he claimed that Whyte was going to provide 'front-loaded' funds! At any rate, the SFA appear to be satisfied with the report from Pinsent-Masons or, at least, what they were allowed to see of it. This suggests one of two things: 1. Everything at Ibrox is above board or 2. The old symbiosis between Ibrox and Hampden is alive and kicking. I know which one my money's on!
Leggat points out that the letter from Green to the SFA, as well as the letter from the SFA questioning what went on are both available for perusal on the internet. He fails to mention, however, that they are posted on the Charlotte Fake twitter account. So is this a final admission that the stuff posted by Charlotte Fake is genuine? Presumably we can now expect to see her/his future revelations reported in our newspapers. Here, what's that pig doing up among the clouds?
Meanwhile it seems that one of the heroes of the Ersatzers, David Longmuir, has been receiving bonuses that nobody knew about. The only person that was aware of these bonuses, prompting allegations of kick-backs, was one Jim Ballantyne, erstwhile president of the SFL. Ballantyne has always been a fan of Airdrie, in the same mould as Jabba Traynor, as he held shares in Rangers. It seems every bit of corruption always has some connection to that manky, old building just off Paisley Road West!
Finally, I see that BBC Scotland has admitted that two of its staff were interviewed under Operation Yewtree. This information was released due to a request to them from a member of the public. Anyone willing to bet on which team this 'member of the public' supports? This unhealthy obsession with this particular topic is bordering on the psychotic.
And the BBC plays the bigot card again with yet another documentary scheduled about the scandal of Spanish children taken from their parents and sold to others. No doubt we'll read about how 'disgusted' the Orange contingent are on the Ersatzers' blogs after the programme is shown. Of course, the whole sorry story is a disgrace and deserves to be highlighted; but no less disgraceful is that practically the same thing occurred in Britain right up until the 1970s! Reports on the latter, however, are rare and the whole thing has been more or less swept under the carpet. It is utterly despicable that Britain continues to take this hypocritical moral high ground and equally despicable that folk like the Ersatzers enjoy and practically revel in these kinds of stories.
'Yes, that's right, Mr Opadopalopalopalus, your friend Mr Whyte's money will be ready by four o'clock. Just bung us a packet of Regal and we'll say no more! Cor blimey, ennitmarvlis, yeravvinalaffentcha, thisentchoormanorinnit etc etc...'
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