After he did that, Whyte fought HMRC to ensure that administrators Duff & Phelps were put in charge of the administration process at Rangers, rather than an HMRC-appointed company. One of the key allegations made in the documentary was that David Grier, a senior partner at Duff & Phelps knew that Craig Whyte was using the Ticketus deal to fund his bid for Rangers, which would create a conflict of interest for Duff & Phelps, meaning that they should not be in charge of guiding Rangers through administration. The administrators issued a statement immediately after the program, suggesting they would take legal action against the BBC, with Grier stating that he did not know how Whyte intended to use the Ticketus money.
Other than that, the documentary was largely an hour of filler, rather than a ‘shocking expose’ of the state of Rangers. Daly chose to interview a random Rangers fan, a pornographer who apparently introduced the idea of EBT’s to the Murray Group, and also had a bizarre exchange with Andrew Ellis, a businessman involved in Craig Whyte’s takeover. What made that interview bizarre was Ellis’ laughable claim that Whyte had told him Prince Albert of Monaco was going to invest heavily in Rangers, a claim so risible that if Whyte really did say that, and Ellis believed him, it’s a miracle Ellis can even dress himself in the morning.
Mark Daly and the BBC Scotland documentary team ultimately failed to really deliver what they promised on Wednesday night. Although Daly made allegations regarding the amounts of money various individuals made from the EBT scheme, there was little on screen that could make things worse for Rangers than they already are.
If the HMRC tax case goes against Rangers, the massive fine could cripple the club, and if allegations of Rangers players having two contracts were proven to be true, they could even be stripped of trophies won during that period. Meanwhile, English businessman Charles Green is fronting a consortium attempting to buy Rangers, and is apparently working hard to strike a CVA (Company Voluntary Agreement) to help the club get out of administration and avoid liquidation.
Little was revealed in the documentary that had not already been alleged about Rangers, and until the results of the tax case with HMRC are revealed, Rangers fans will remain in the dark about the club’s future.
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Just how did the documentary fail to deliver??He did point out Murray didn’t use his own money to buy Rangers and the some of the main protagonists in the EBT scandal.Contrary to what you claim there was more information revealed than what has already been “alleged” in other media outlets, so far as far as i’m aware the only other reporting of this is being done by bloggers on such sites as Rangers Tax Case,Random Thoughts by Paul McConville and Phil Mac Giolla Bhain(much hated by RFC fans), the only single scoop by mainstream media was the Ticketus story but mostly they have been suffering from indigestion due to the “succulent lamb” that they were continuously being fed by Sir David Murray
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