STV step in to rescue Craig Whyte
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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