STV have stepped in to provide Rangers chairman Craig Whyte with a platform to address concerns over the stability of the Ibrox club.
Ahead of a much anticipated look at Rangers financial position on BBC1 tonight STV have hurriedly been granted an exclusive interview with the secretive Rangers owner which they will broadcast before the BBC programme by Mark Daly goes to air.
Whyte’s decision to give his first public interview to STV is a further escalation in the rift that has developed between Rangers and the BBC.
Former Rangers owner Sir David Murray could be assured of the softest of questioning from the BBC where Chick Young and James Traynor would squabble for an audience with the man known simply as ‘the chairman’.
Since the departure of Jim Whyte to Sky Sports in 1998 STV have had to play second fiddle to the BBC when it comes to Rangers coverage.
Whether STV wish to ask any questions about Whyte’s background or intentions for the club remains to be seen but the legal teams representing former CE Martin Bain and Financial Director Donald McIntyre are sure to be studying every comment from Whyte.
Bain is expected to be back in court tomorrow continuing his action for damages of £1.3m against the club he led until June of this year.
During an earlier action Bain’s legal team got £480,000 frozen from Rangers bank account after highlighting their fears that a claim for £60m from HMRC could put Rangers out of business.
Delivering on that claim Lord Hodge stated that: “I am not persuaded that the outcome of the Revenue claim is too remote in time for the court to form a view as to the existence of a risk.
“Having regard to the structure and terms of the takeover deal I am satisfied that there is a real and substantial risk of insolvency if the tax case were to be decided against the defenders (Rangers) in favour of the Revenue in the sums being spoken about.”
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As a Celtic supporter my only wish is to see my team beat Rangers and any other team which we play against on the field.Scotland needs a strong Celtic and Rangers for Scottsh football to thrive.Going forward i hope Rangers do not go out of business, and the powers that be at that club, should be ashamed at the way they have done business over the years to put them in such a position. Although some may not like it Celtic need Rangers, as much as Rangers need Celtic.
If there was anything liable in the BBC programme, then Whyte would have blocked it, It’s definitely going to end in tears at ‘greyscull’ They deserve all they get!!!!
If the guy has nothing to hide then he should be delighted with the free publicity.
In the spirit of fairness and equality which is supposed to apply to every game thats played in the spl and sfa. If rangers are found to be guilty of unlawful avoidance of due tax payments .then its only proper that any trophies titles gained should be retrospectivley awarded to the other finalists and or 2nd placed team for the extent of time the unfair advantage has been operating
I have been given a transcript of a conversation between STV and Mr.Whyte to set up the interview tonight…it goes like this..
STV: “What questions should we not ask”?
Mr.W: “Anything concerning my finances,my background, and my plans for the future of the Club”.
STV: ” Eh….ok… so what should we ask”??
Mr.W: “I’m prepared to talk about the weather , the price of fish supppers..in fact…anything…except the things I’ve already stated”.
STV: “Sounds riveting stuff…looking forward to it…and many thanks for your honesty and co-operation”
Mr.W: “No problem..you only need to ask”.
I wash Craig whytes windows and owes me 4 weeks money , I can see him through window counting coins and looking really worried , should I cancel his window run or hope he gets into the Europa league with sion cause they beat Liverpool
Where can I get a Craig whyte mask for holloween
Just hoping tonight is another nail in the coffin of Rangers. Let us hope that Rangers are soon destroyed for life.
I disagree that we need them. Really we would only be missing out on gate receipts when they visit paradise twice a season. You need to consider the potential for us without them. They are our true enemy and don’t think for a second they wouldn’t want us to die if a boot was on the other foot.
We are not the old firm – we are Celtic
What is the programme called? What series is it a part of?
chaz ring fence the 4 weeks cash
Don,t care about rankers and their troubles ,, They are going for 4 in a row because we set our standards by theirs .. sorry we lowered our standards to meet theirs…and to all who will post tomorrow and reference the BBC as gospel .. The BBC have done nothing except demonise the Celtic faithful and our Club .so I really don,t give a flying F*&k what they have to say .I worry more about the state of Celtic ..not the BBC(Billy Boys Cheerleaders ) or RFC ( Romanists Faugh Cough )
I am more annoyed that we drew a game that we should have won
AGAIN
Anybody got it on youtube?