DukDukGoose Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, NotThePars said: I don't think I have a problem with the committee members who believe she misled parliament or whatever abstaining on this. Surely if he feels she misled the committee he should be voting no confidence? Edited March 23, 2021 by Merkland Red 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 I don't know a lot about the ministerial code, but isn't there a difference between "misleading" and "knowingly misleading", with only the latter typically being a resignable offence? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paolo2143 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 I actually think Andy Wightman is one of the few committee members to come out of this looking not bad. He kept quiet throughout entire process and was not overtly taking sides. I think today him abstaining made sense from the point of view of his views and that he felt other members of committee had invalidated a lot of its findings by their behaviour. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Just now, paolo2143 said: I actually think Andy Wightman is one of the few committee members to come out of this looking not bad. He kept quiet throughout entire process and was not overtly taking sides. I think today him abstaining made sense from the point of view of his views and that he felt other members of committee had invalidated a lot of its findings by their behaviour. I don't really understand that logic tbh. He must have voted for the report because he was the swing vote on the committee. If he believed Sturgeon misled parliament then the conduct of the committee members in the last few weeks makes no difference to that. I presume he'll give reasons, if he hasn't already. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Merkland Red said: Surely if he feels she misled the committee he should be voting no confidence? Not if it's an openly partisan vote engineered by the Conservatives who you would have to suspect were also leaking constantly about the committee which he openly criticised and pointed out constituted a breach of the ministerial code on its own. It's a sensible position to say "well I believe that she broke the ministerial code but I'm not going to back this obviously and shitely engineered attempt by my corrupt and morally bankrupt colleagues." 1 hour ago, craigkillie said: I don't know a lot about the ministerial code, but isn't there a difference between "misleading" and "knowingly misleading", with only the latter typically being a resignable offence? They were making a big issue out of how the report didn't specify "knowingly misled" in the press. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 15 hours ago, NotThePars said: Not if it's an openly partisan vote engineered by the Conservatives who you would have to suspect were also leaking constantly about the committee which he openly criticised and pointed out constituted a breach of the ministerial code on its own. It's a sensible position to say "well I believe that she broke the ministerial code but I'm not going to back this obviously and shitely engineered attempt by my corrupt and morally bankrupt colleagues." They were making a big issue out of how the report didn't specify "knowingly misled" in the press. How could non-government ministers break the ministerial code. Andy is talking shite on this one tbh. Quote A code of conduct for members of the Scottish Government (the First Minister, Cabinet Secretaries and Law Officers) and junior Scottish Ministers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 11 minutes ago, strichener said: How could non-government ministers break the ministerial code. Andy is talking shite on this one tbh. They could break the MSP’s code of conduct, which I think is what NTP (and Andy Wightman) was talking about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 24 minutes ago, strichener said: How could non-government ministers break the ministerial code. Andy is talking shite on this one tbh. 12 minutes ago, oneteaminglasgow said: They could break the MSP’s code of conduct, which I think is what NTP (and Andy Wightman) was talking about. Aye what he said 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted April 16, 2021 Author Share Posted April 16, 2021 https://fb.watch/4U-1rvrmoQ/ He doesn’t even want to unite the clans? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 I'm starting to think Wightman has an outside chance of getting in. I know sometimes people are more prominent in Twitterland than they are in the real world (see RISE 2016) but he does seem to getting a lot of coverage locally and apparently was very good in a hustings the other night. I wouldn't put money on him just yet, but he does seem to be picking up steam. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 I doubt he will to be honest. The Greens don’t have a great track record in the Highlands and Islands, they’ve only ever had a single MSP elected from the list. You’d have to assume that Wightman would be competing with the Greens for votes mainly, maybe some SNP voters would go with him, but it’s a limited base for him. He also wasn’t an MSP for the Highlands before so might not have that base.If I was still living in the Highlands I’d vote for him. Either him or the gay pornstar that’s running up there, coin toss IMO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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