SNP above the law again! He fraudulently claimed that money and then LIED! Get him out. If this was a member of the public, they would have been jailed!
He paid back 11k but received 13 k for losing his ministerial role. So. Keeps his job plus 2 grand in pocket and a tiny suspension. Swinney is another lying charlatan Both should resign 😂😂
Swinney , the leader and shining example of decorum, honesty and integrity, cannot see that Mathiesons actions were devious, untrustworthy and illegal. What planet is he on, that he defends the indefensible. No wonder Scotland is in a run. People getting paid handsomely for doing very little
Not a fan of Douglas Ross but he is 100% correct on this issue. Swinney doesn't seem to grasp that Mathieson only paid this back because he was caught, he would have happily pocketed the 11 grand if he hadn't been found out. Swinney needs to go as well
Isn’t it funny that he’s the msp for Falkirk, and the town centre is a dump, the pot holes in the Falkirk area are horrendous, Bo’ness swimming pool, local community centres , all closed because of a 62 million pound black hole in the local council’s budget, and he scams the public of of £11k….he should be in jail
Oh wow Bo"ness swimming pool is closed ? I was brought up in Bo"ness and that was about the only facility there was for young people - that really is shocking
Sets a precedent in the Law Courts of Scotland, if you get caught and pay back what you stole no criminality. Swinney's comments are astonishing, he is not fit to be Scotland's FM. Furthermore given SNP track record on lies, how do we actually know the 11K was paid? Was it out of the £13K he was given for losing his cabinet position?
Swinney continually states that there has been no cost to the Public Purse, but that's only because Matheson was caught. For many months after submitting his £11000 expenses claim Matheson thought he had got away with it, and it was only when journalists brought the matter to light did anyone know of his actions. He made a claim, knowing full well that it was fraudulent. That is a crime, and paying back the monies does not absolve the culprit of guilt. I am astonished that this matter has not been reported to Police Scotland.
Dr Honest John Swinney of no fixed bald heed. Tries to defend the indefensible. Well Done Douglas Ross MSP. Its time to remove the National Socialist Party of Scotland.
Try defrauding HMRC, the VAT Man, or the DWP out of eleven grand - chances are they won't send you to your Isle of Skye holiday home to chill-out for 27 days.
just like any other parliament you would struggle to find 5 honest competent MSPs in every political party in holyrood. the presiding officer is a waste of space they always come down on the side of government policy or they protect the government from criticism by shutting down critics. there should be a non political overseer given powers to stop MSPs from prevaricating,lying or refusing to answer questions by deflecting.
austerity was not the cause of the very many failures of SNP projects it was stupidity, corruption and incompetence and as usual the public had to pay for it.
The biggest cause was the snp and especially the sturgeon believing that they were above every other person in the WORLD. It seems so funny that the snp seem to know EVERYTHING that Westminster and its MP's do, yet they and especially sturgeon do not take minutes and forget what they want to forget.
@@philipm06why are you so bothered about the 600,000 are you a member of the snp as it was snp money where is the billions Wee dougie and his tory lot gave to their pals where is the 185 million for the green bridge that was never built ?
Absolutely spot on....Swinney and that apology for a presiding officer need run right out of Holyrood. Every week we have to suffer her arrogance, while she let's SNP off with disgraceful comments and behaviour. Well said Douglas Ross, more power to you.
Incredible that Swinney says there is no cost to the public, what about all the parliamentary time that has been spent on this, is there no cost/value to that? Clearly not. Amusing to see Swinney talking about bringing parliament into disrepute, he has an impressive brass neck. Matheson has brought the parliament into disrepute.
If you stole £11,000 from the company you work for they would phone the police and get you arrested for theft, i dont see any differance here so why is he not sitting in a prison cell?
Correct. He reached into the till and stole the money. When he was found out, he handed it back. This was not a mistake. He knew what he had done and lied about it. He should be prosecuted.
An honorable and decent man would have resigned and admitted his poor judgment. This would stop the hurt for his kids and wife . Unfortunately he is not a decent or honorable man , there in lies the truth.
This is just another example of SNP unaccountability.. How damning that Swinney should adopt the moral high ground on this issue...he has just let the country know how dishonest SNP truly are and that WE the public should accept lies, deceit and thievery from public servants. Not for a minute will we accept your shoddy disgraceful governance and corrupt actions. Shame on Swinney, and Matheson... and shame on every SNP member who supports this disgusting party of no morals, no integrity, no honesty, no transparency, and no decency.
Does anyone remember Jim Devine, Labour M.P. for Livingston, prosecuted for falsifying his expenses to the tune of £8,500 in 2008/2009 and jailed for 16 months. Why not the same application of the law for everyone, particularly where they are an elected public servant ?
Hard to believe Mathieson is sitting there with the scathing comments from Douglas Ross. He cannot have any shame. Swinney is standing up for a MSP who lies and tries to steal funds. Insipid FM gets big clap.
Swinney wont do nothing because he knows the next step is £600k from the public purse that his former boss, colleague and friend could not account for but most know where it went? I will say this; if Douglas Ross was the leader of any other party, I would vote for him because he has integrity and he seems to work with Scotlands best interests at heart..
Street justice for Michael Matheson has just been given the green light. Anyone in a position to do so can feel free to deliver that justice any way they like. That's fair, right?
I truly believe that if the Scottish public insists that we know everything that's on that I pad, he must surrender it, after all, he works for us, he must be made accountable
That wee nodding dog is Christine Graeme, who has been lifting the salary for being a snp MSP (70k plus expenses) for the last 17 years.!!!!!!! And the last time she spoke up (a couple of months ago), was to complain about the quality and the price of the food in the subsidised restaurant in Holyrood.!!!!! You couldn't make it up.!!!!! Feking appalling.!!!!
He’s gotta go. Lying Bar Steward blaming his kids, the man has no shame. Baldi has lost my vote he is a joke. Of course he was at it. SNP face a wipeout on the 4th. Hurrah 😂😂
If you are Scottish, then we are making a stand George Square 1pm Saturday 25th may 2024 i will be there and many more we are standing for native rights, and the right to be housed before asylum seekers ! Our Scottish government spends 8 million a day on asylum seekers yet we cant house our own vetrans ??? Charity starts at home !!! If you agree with the cause all welcome 1pm George square in glasgow this Saturday 25th may 2024 🏴🇮🇪🏴🏴 unite the nation 🏴🇮🇪🏴
These SNP first ministers certainly pick their hills to die on. How can Swinney be so ignorant of public opinion? We're paying the highest taxes in the UK, yet Matheson thinks he can get us to pay for his roaming charges, then attempting to cover it up by lying about it.
"Honest" John Swinney, interested in the integrity of the Scottish Parliament.😂😂😂🤡 Who is he trying to kid??? No cost to the public purse? Who was paying the civil servants who were working on Matheson's case when they should have been doing other things.
Snp a disaster a waste of tax payers money.. and there fancy building they promoted another waste of money, people have to go into pubs to find a toilet.. they have did nothing on well run public toilets.. no wonder folk use trees bushes back streets.. when they spend billions on a tram system.. which was not needed in already hectic traffic situations.. so let’s make it worse for cyclists cars buses and trucks vans delivering goods to local hotels shops ………. then you have the yahoo bike delivery food mob running you down… if they wanted clean transport.. could have just used small electric transport.. Jesus I used to be a milk boy on milk floats in Easter house.. 70s surely it’s advanced since then.. be cheaper than the nightmare tram that was built to the airport.. tram rails should be in place before busy packed area,s like Edinburgh.. it’s like the wacky races princes street.. bus bikes trams and folk crossing at peak times.. bus to airport far more efficient.. in europe the tram system is on big wide streets even there it’s dangerous.. the actual tracks… many a cyclist went flying off the bike wheel stuck in the track space … they good but not in small busy streets
Earthworm Jim there’s putting me to sleep 😴. I think that’s his intention. He’s so dry and uncharismatic that his audience just stops listening and starts daydreaming 😶🌫️
Watching him sitting in Parliament, he is without shame, or common decency.
No morals Matheson!!!
Grady the groper is still down in London?
Go figure
Just another example of the Scottish nasty party being dishonest
Grasping at straws and once again totally out of touch with the public. He’s my MP and he should resign
Who?
Swinney. Trying to defend the indefensible. Absolutely disgusting.
Should not be there. Well said Ross
SNP above the law again! He fraudulently claimed that money and then LIED! Get him out. If this was a member of the public, they would have been jailed!
In the real world he would lose his job and very probably face court proceedings
False Claims = Embezzlement - Steal from your employer and it carries an automatic prison sentence whether you repay it or not.
Why isn’t he facing a police investigation?
He paid back 11k but received 13 k for losing his ministerial role.
So. Keeps his job plus 2 grand in pocket and a tiny suspension.
Swinney is another lying charlatan
Both should resign 😂😂
We the people would be jailed
Ross best politician in Scotland, but sadly nobody will vote for him.🥺
He lied three times in holyrood before he threw his kids under the bus
Beyond belief from Swinney. Would he defend a Tory had they done the same as Matheson? Well said Mr Ross.
Typical SNP behaviour! No class or accountability, he only paid the money back when he was caught! Shameful
Swinney , the leader and shining example of decorum, honesty and integrity, cannot see that Mathiesons actions were devious, untrustworthy and illegal. What planet is he on, that he defends the indefensible. No wonder Scotland is in a run. People getting paid handsomely for doing very little
He stole, then cheated, then lied. Sack him.
Get him sacked immediately.
If he hadn't broken the 11th commandment ( Thou shall not be found out) he would not have returned the Money - Swinney is an Idiot.
I don't give a damm what impact this has on his reputation, he did it and admitted it only because he got caught, he is officially untrustsble.
Not a fan of Douglas Ross but he is 100% correct on this issue. Swinney doesn't seem to grasp that Mathieson only paid this back because he was caught, he would have happily pocketed the 11 grand if he hadn't been found out. Swinney needs to go as well
Goodbye John Swinney next.
I was told by an accountant if you ever want to sack someone , go through their expenses.
Matheson only paid ot because he got caught
The Tories don't pay anything at all in the numerous times they get caught out..
Brilliantly put Mr Ross, held his stance, despite interruptions and barrage from snidey Presiding Officer
The presiding officer cannot wait to slap down opposition parties. She is just an SNP puppet. Have Matheson or Swinney got their hand up her skirt??
@@philipallen-729 If they have, I hope they are wearing chain mail gloves, if the coupon is anything to go by.!!!!
She's biased.
So basically its fine to try and steal, defraud etc. until you get caught. Then an apology is ok.
One of them has stolen £11,000 and should be in jail - the rest are stealing a wage and should be on the dole.
Their Westminster gravy train is going off the rails soon. 😂
Swinney states the roaming costs were paid in full - ONLY WHEN IT BECAME PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE DID HE PAY UP !!!!!
Just one of the reasons why the snp must go
Drossy Rossy first! The Toronic labradoodle of his English masters.
@@666Codpiece
In fairness to douglas ross he is doing his job. Do you think you or I would keep our jobs if we tried to claim £11k in expenses?
@@666Codpiece Ross has actually been quite impressive recently, he's doing his job holding these fraudsters to account.
Isn’t it funny that he’s the msp for Falkirk, and the town centre is a dump, the pot holes in the Falkirk area are horrendous, Bo’ness swimming pool, local community centres , all closed because of a 62 million pound black hole in the local council’s budget, and he scams the public of of £11k….he should be in jail
Oh wow Bo"ness swimming pool is closed ? I was brought up in Bo"ness and that was about the only facility there was for young people - that really is shocking
So, it's Westminster's fault. This FM is a joke. Time to get rid.
Well Done Douglas Ross MSP, keep up the pressure. Keep your foot on the accelerator.
Good on Douglas Ross exposing the s.n.p. For years
Yes, I would have been sacked and know of people who made mistakes with expenses and were sacked.
Crooks
Sets a precedent in the Law Courts of Scotland, if you get caught and pay back what you stole no criminality. Swinney's comments are astonishing, he is not fit to be Scotland's FM.
Furthermore given SNP track record on lies, how do we actually know the 11K was paid? Was it out of the £13K he was given for losing his cabinet position?
Swinney continually states that there has been no cost to the Public Purse, but that's only because Matheson was caught. For many months after submitting his £11000 expenses claim Matheson thought he had got away with it, and it was only when journalists brought the matter to light did anyone know of his actions. He made a claim, knowing full well that it was fraudulent. That is a crime, and paying back the monies does not absolve the culprit of guilt. I am astonished that this matter has not been reported to Police Scotland.
Dr Honest John Swinney of no fixed bald heed. Tries to defend the indefensible. Well Done Douglas Ross MSP. Its time to remove the National Socialist Party of Scotland.
Took JS a while before he blamed Westminster. Guy actually thinks he is a leader. Backing a dis-honest guy is not what a leader would do.
Do this in any other job and it would be instant dismissal
No cost to public purse , only because he got caught , 😡
Swinney, continuity swamp still goes on.
Oh John the SNP has no integrity, you are trying to save a sinking ship, trying the smoking mirrors technique and failing. Well said Douglas Ross.
Time to shut down SNP
Try defrauding HMRC, the VAT Man, or the DWP out of eleven grand - chances are they won't send you to your Isle of Skye holiday home to chill-out for 27 days.
John Swinney is a joke. How he can defend , it’s disgusting and makes the Scottish Parliament a joke.
just like any other parliament you would struggle to find 5 honest competent MSPs in every political party in holyrood. the presiding officer is a waste of space they always come down on the side of government policy or they protect the government from criticism by shutting down critics. there should be a non political overseer given powers to stop MSPs from prevaricating,lying or refusing to answer questions by deflecting.
Pathetic 😡😡😡😡😡
The man tried to defraud the taxpayer of £ 11000. It is disgusting he still has a job. Why is he not in prison?
The continuity of the SNP FM continues!!
austerity was not the cause of the very many failures of SNP projects it was stupidity, corruption and incompetence and as usual the public had to pay for it.
Yes, the stupidity, corruption and incompetence of the Westminster Tories.
The biggest cause was the snp and especially the sturgeon believing that they were above every other person in the WORLD. It seems so funny that the snp seem to know EVERYTHING that Westminster and its MP's do, yet they and especially sturgeon do not take minutes and forget what they want to forget.
Crime pays in Scottish politics
Who says crime doesn’t pay 😂
Anyone seen £600,000?
@@philipm06 and the rest .
@@philipm06why are you so bothered about the 600,000 are you a member of the snp as it was snp money where is the billions Wee dougie and his tory lot gave to their pals where is the 185 million for the green bridge that was never built ?
TOTALLY JACK.
Theft is allowed with snp
How can Matheson sit there with no shame. John Swinney is a joke.
Js in that post just looks like a rabbit caught in headlights
they tell Ross off for campaigning and Swinney goes on a campaign rant
Absolutely spot on....Swinney and that apology for a presiding officer need run right out of Holyrood.
Every week we have to suffer her arrogance, while she let's SNP off with disgraceful comments and behaviour.
Well said Douglas Ross, more power to you.
Incredible that Swinney says there is no cost to the public, what about all the parliamentary time that has been spent on this, is there no cost/value to that? Clearly not. Amusing to see Swinney talking about bringing parliament into disrepute, he has an impressive brass neck. Matheson has brought the parliament into disrepute.
Swinney showing his true colours. Proof if needed that despite what he claims, he IS just the continuity FM.
Integrity unbelievable
he only paid the roaming charges because he got found out , if this didnt get brought to light the charges would not have been paid back
The swamp gets endorsed then, end of.
Will justice be done or swept under the carpet?
What a JOKE!
If you stole £11,000 from the company you work for they would phone the police and get you arrested for theft, i dont see any differance here so why is he not sitting in a prison cell?
Correct. He reached into the till and stole the money. When he was found out, he handed it back. This was not a mistake. He knew what he had done and lied about it.
He should be prosecuted.
An honorable and decent man would have resigned and admitted his poor judgment. This would stop the hurt for his kids and wife . Unfortunately he is not a decent or honorable man , there in lies the truth.
This is just another example of SNP unaccountability..
How damning that Swinney should adopt the moral high ground on this issue...he has just let the country know how dishonest SNP truly are and that WE the public should accept lies, deceit and thievery from public servants. Not for a minute will we accept your shoddy disgraceful governance and corrupt actions.
Shame on Swinney, and Matheson...
and shame on every SNP member who supports this disgusting party of no morals, no integrity, no honesty, no transparency, and no decency.
Another First Minister making excuses for the inexcusable = INTEGRITY 😮😮😮 Forget it
Watching Matheson smug face absolutely disgusts me and to be told he's made mistakes is an insult to anyone with just 1 brain cell
Me. Ross is growing into an accomplished and able leader of the Conservative party in Scotland
Get snp out please
Does anyone remember Jim Devine, Labour M.P. for Livingston, prosecuted for falsifying his expenses to the tune of £8,500 in 2008/2009 and jailed for 16 months.
Why not the same application of the law for everyone, particularly where they are an elected public servant ?
Job for the boys
Why is Diane Abbot sitting behind Skeletor wearing white face...?
Hard to believe Mathieson is sitting there with the scathing comments from Douglas Ross. He cannot have any shame. Swinney is standing up for a MSP who lies and tries to steal funds. Insipid FM gets big clap.
He should have be sacked, get the vote it...hope another out the door.
The fact that Swiney has allied himself with Mathewson shows that birds of a feather truly do flock together.
he brought it all on his self he must gone .it looks like sturgine all over again thats my thoughts on this
And still he sits arrogantly shaking his head.
Swinney wont do nothing because he knows the next step is £600k from the public purse that his former boss, colleague and friend could not account for but most know where it went?
I will say this; if Douglas Ross was the leader of any other party, I would vote for him because he has integrity and he seems to work with Scotlands best interests at heart..
What a TOTAL JOKE the snp make the tories look like angels,its totally shameful.
Go Douglas Ross 💙
Swinney can campaign but Ross can't. No bias on the part of the presiding officer then.
Who funded the enquiry???? Oh yes the taxpayer.
Matheson should be in jail
Street justice for Michael Matheson has just been given the green light.
Anyone in a position to do so can feel free to deliver that justice any way they like.
That's fair, right?
Matheson this was taxpayer's money John Sweeney should sack him honest John Sweeney dont make the people of Scotland laugh curupt party
I truly believe that if the Scottish public insists that we know everything that's on that I pad, he must surrender it, after all, he works for us, he must be made accountable
Unfortunately SNP and integrity don’t go together.
Matheson blamed his sons for the £11000, That alone should be enough to sack him. His sons must be so proud of him.
Get his computer and see what the weird little perverts been up to
Please vote sensibly. No more power sharing political corrupt parties.
They shouldn't be spending time defending corruption.
The we nodding woman at the back, anybody know what she does? Iv never heard her say anything,
Christine Graham....she's all about dogs and digging up Mary Queen of Scots to bring her remains to Scotland.
Another waste of space
That wee nodding dog is Christine Graeme, who has been lifting the salary for being a snp MSP (70k plus expenses) for the last 17 years.!!!!!!!
And the last time she spoke up (a couple of months ago), was to complain about the quality and the price of the food in the subsidised restaurant in Holyrood.!!!!!
You couldn't make it up.!!!!!
Feking appalling.!!!!
He’s gotta go. Lying Bar Steward blaming his kids, the man has no shame. Baldi has lost my vote he is a joke. Of course he was at it. SNP face a wipeout on the 4th. Hurrah 😂😂
Look at the smirk on his wee snidey face
two word for this his stole
Need to get all SNP OUT NOW ALL OFF THEM !As same old snp blame Tories blame Brexit blame Westminster for every time
Brexit, thought it might be that.
My god nearly falling asleep every time john swinney starts to speak.😴😴😴
If you are Scottish, then we are making a stand George Square 1pm Saturday 25th may 2024 i will be there and many more we are standing for native rights, and the right to be housed before asylum seekers ! Our Scottish government spends 8 million a day on asylum seekers yet we cant house our own vetrans ??? Charity starts at home !!! If you agree with the cause all welcome 1pm George square in glasgow this Saturday 25th may 2024 🏴🇮🇪🏴🏴 unite the nation 🏴🇮🇪🏴
These SNP first ministers certainly pick their hills to die on. How can Swinney be so ignorant of public opinion? We're paying the highest taxes in the UK, yet Matheson thinks he can get us to pay for his roaming charges, then attempting to cover it up by lying about it.
"Honest" John Swinney, interested in the integrity of the Scottish Parliament.😂😂😂🤡 Who is he trying to kid??? No cost to the public purse? Who was paying the civil servants who were working on Matheson's case when they should have been doing other things.
So much for democracy what she said appears to be true
Swinney is a total disgrace and also playing the old pals act I am sorry to say the SNP must go and have a look at themselves
Snp a disaster a waste of tax payers money.. and there fancy building they promoted another waste of money, people have to go into pubs to find a toilet.. they have did nothing on well run public toilets.. no wonder folk use trees bushes back streets.. when they spend billions on a tram system.. which was not needed in already hectic traffic situations.. so let’s make it worse for cyclists cars buses and trucks vans delivering goods to local hotels shops ………. then you have the yahoo bike delivery food mob running you down… if they wanted clean transport.. could have just used small electric transport.. Jesus I used to be a milk boy on milk floats in Easter house.. 70s surely it’s advanced since then.. be cheaper than the nightmare tram that was built to the airport.. tram rails should be in place before busy packed area,s like Edinburgh.. it’s like the wacky races princes street.. bus bikes trams and folk crossing at peak times.. bus to airport far more efficient.. in europe the tram system is on big wide streets even there it’s dangerous.. the actual tracks… many a cyclist went flying off the bike wheel stuck in the track space … they good but not in small busy streets
Earthworm Jim there’s putting me to sleep 😴. I think that’s his intention. He’s so dry and uncharismatic that his audience just stops listening and starts daydreaming 😶🌫️
I’m not a conservative but well done Douglas Ross
No change then, same old SNP