Standard Life’s Far Right Board needs exposing: Keith Skeoch, Executive Director of Standard Life, is on the Board of Reform Scotland, the neo-conservative lobby group which wants to abolish the minimum wage, privatize the NHS and pensions, and still further restrict trade unions. It is difficult for Tories openly to campaign against Scottish Independence as everyone in Scotland hates them, so they do it with their corporate hats on. This is most of the board of Standard Life: Garry Grimstone, Chairman, “lead non-executive” at the Ministry of Defence, London Keith Skeoch, Executive Director, right wing political lobbyist Crawford Gillies, Non Executive Director, Chairman of Control Risk Group, of London, the “security consultancy” of choice for ex MI5 and MI6 officers Noel Harwerth, non-executive Director, Director of “London First” – [Honestly, I am not making this up] David Nish – Chief Executive, Member of the “UK Strategy Committee” of “TheCity UK”. “TheCity UK” being a body of the City of London. John Paynter, non-executive Director, was vice chairman of JP Morgan Cazenove until the 2008 crash Amazing that lot oppose independence, huh? Standard Life also threatened to leave at the time of the devolution referendum and gave out No campaign materials to staff. “Leave” of course is a relative concept – the above bunch just pop up from London from time to time to check on how the serfs are doing. I published this information on 27 February when they last tried to influence the independence debate. Standard Life is again trying today to influence the referendum campaign by a press release claiming it will move key departments to London in the event of independence, enthusiastically amplified by the BBC, Guardian and all the other reactionary media. craigmurray.org.uk/
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 20:42:23 +0000
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