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Salmond Promoting British Democracy


After Scotland voted to send 56 SNP MSP's (out of 59) to Westminster Scotland has been saying rather than SNP MP's settling up Salmond and his people have been settling in.

Is there evidence for this?

Not only has Salmond settled in but just about immediately got a job as a Director of Westminster Foundation for Democracy Ltd - to promote "British" Democracy around the world as his new day job.

Here is the companies house register of the directorship from 21st July 2015 - weeks after he arrived back at Westminster - he claimed he wanted to split from - while he was still working as an MSP.

Not only did Alex settle in - he became an SNP settler in London promoting British Democracy around the world - for Westminster instead of fighting for Independence for Scotland from Westminster.

So what is this private company Salmond became a director of when he went to Westminster to settle in?

Their corporate website states

"WFD was established in 1992 after the fall of the Berlin Wall as an arms-length non-departmental public body which operates closely with, but is independent of, the UK Government. "

"Many countries around the world are keen to engage with WFD because they want to hear about the British experience."

It's a private foreign affairs company, according to Companies House, and their 2016 accounts reveal the company is funded by Foreign & Commonwealth Office (CFO), DFID and "other donors"

According to the Westminster Foundation For Democracy Ltd accounts for 2016, funding is paid annually from the FCO budget - 3 yearly from DFID, other funds coming from other specific contracts from DFID and FCO - as well as funding from the German government.

And it's not just the German governent funding Alex Salmond's boardroom seat on WFD - but the Dutch Government and the EU too.

And there is an "Arab Partnership Fund" being used to fund Alex Salmond's promote British Democracy abroad

So WFD has been set up to interfere in other countries governance - with Alex Salmond promoting the British way rather than fighting for Scotland's independence.

Is any of this even legal?

Here is what WFD say in their own company accounts :-

The accounts go on to say

And it seems the devolution is a unique selling point for Salmond the WFD board member, rather than something for Salmond and Wishart the SNP MP's to fight, as WFD company accounts go on to say

And while Westminster deny Scotland and the rest of the UK our Magna Carta Rights, the FCO set up a Magna Carta Fund in January 2016 "for democracy and human rights" - a fund to be used by WFD to fund their "programmes" abroad - while these MP's rip up our democracy and human rights more and more.

e.g. the Supreme Court recently Salmond's named person scheme he forced into law in Scotland, breached every parent and child's human rights in Scotland - calling elements "totalitarian in nature"

Where did Salmond get the idea from - a new "World Future Council", set up in Germany in 2007 - and their "Bregenz Declaration" reveals how they want to be the guardian of all - for our well being of course.

But it's not just the German Government and "Arab Funds" that WFD is being funded by - as the accounts reveal they are looking for PRIVATE SECTOR funding for their Private Foreign Affairs -

And it's not just FCO and DFID that this shady corporation "governed" by MP's get contracts from

Why are we not told of any of this?

Sadly a "crowd funded" online website, I used to write for as a citizen journalist, - to expose the problems with democracy in the UK - is now in bed with WFD as the 2016 accounts also reveal

Ironically, to thank me for the articles I wrote (free of charge) as a citizen journalist, Open Democracy paid for me to go to a weekend summer school for journalism where the theme was exposing the rich and powerful and what they do wrong!

But now Open Democracy is in bed with WFD - this demonstrates how our democracy is not open and how online independent journalism dies - as now they work for a government/foreign/private funded black ops corporation run by MP's, funded by foreign governments as well as Westminster departments.

So who are the other governors of this highly undemocratic corporation? It's not just Alex Salmond involved as Peter Wishart - the musician and SNP MP for Perth & North Perthshire.

Wishart, the SNP MP who uses foul mouth tweets about unionists while being a closet unionist who works with Labour, Tory, Lib Dem and even DUP MP's in this shady organisation.

The accounts reveal the staff numbers in WFD corporate employment - employed via this MP's corporate company - so they are not accountable via FCO or DFID or the EU or the German or Dutch government.

WFD getting Westmisnter government contracts to orchestrate their own election observers with WFD board members (MP's) ensuring they are training these "independent" (my arse) observers exactly how Westminster wants.

The accounts reveal WFD are operating a global democracy interference programme in the Balkans, Ukraine, Africa, Asia - Salmond the poster boy for establishing this British way globally using FCO and DFID and German funding.

And there is a reference to political parties being funded by WFD under "essential contractual arrangements"

So who do these MP's employ as their "directors" for this black ops private corporation, set up to do things the Westminster Government admits it's too risky for it to do?

The CEO is Anthony Smith CMG, who previously worked in DFID and the Foreign office - here is his the promised Open Democracy publications now they are in partnership with this very not open democracy organisation.

Paul Naismith is the finance director and company secretary. Paul also has responsibility for HR, IT, and facilities management. Prior to joining WFD, Paul was Director of Business Affairs at the Guardian Newspaper and was previously the Guardian Finance Director.

But then Alex Salmond did appointed the former Daily Record Chairman, Angus Grossart, who was also on the board of Trinity Mirror as the Chairman of his unelected PFI Quango - to sink Scotland, like RBS, in debt - as Grossart was also the ex "vice" chair of RBS and was also on the board of Murray International and "saved" the Airdrie Savings bank - all of which have went bust along with Rangers FC - Rupert Murdoch calls his fellow media baron pal (who pedalled porn channels into every home via Rupert Murdoch's sky boxes) "the puppet master of Scotland".

And Nicola is paying Angus Grossart's company Charlotte Street Partners - filled with New Labour people - including Amber Rudd's brother, to review SNP policy. Lot's of Rupert Murdoch's people in here too - and Rupert Murdoch pays the company as well as SNP paying them.

Other "governors" of WFD are :-

Devin O'Shaughnessy is the "Director of Programmes" - he claims he specialises in Democracy - yet he came from working for a very undemocratic organisation in America - headed by Madelaine Albright.

The WFD's American big brother organisation, where Devin O'Shaughnessy worked for six years, prior to joining WFD is based in Washington and called

National Democratic Institute (NDI) for International Affairs

NDI was founded in 1983 with the board strongly linked to the Clintons, with powerful corporate, government and media players - just like WFD and NDI has a former Clinton Foundation employee working for them.

NDI is an umbrella company for a host of other organisations - which, like WFD, are funded by public and private money for this privatisation of democracy and interference in other countries "democracy".

"NDI receives contributions from governments, foundations, multilateral institutions, corporations, organizations, and individuals. Some of these governments and multilateral institutions include the Government of Australia, Government of Denmark and Government of Belgium"

Another WFD employee, Shannon O'Connell, also worked for America's NDI.

The WFD also employ Graham Renshaw who used to work for another American power house Brookings Institute as well as also working at the World Bank.

They are joined by Victoria Hanson who worked in the Parliament of South Africa and held the position of Parliamentary Operations Director for the Democratic Alliance

There are a few other interesting foreign governors of WFD.

But the SNP MP links don't end there as when Alex Salmond left the board in October last year, one of his new SNP MP's replaced him - Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh.

Tasmina was born in Chelsea London and then brought up in Edinburgh and is known as the "political butterfly" who loved the Tories since she was 10 (her father was a Tory councillor) - she joined the Tory party at 16 - then joined New Labour to campaign for Sarwar, then rejoined the Tories to stand against Nicola in Govan in 1999 - then Salmond took in "the bright new face of Scottish Conservatism" and she joined "women for independence" - to get herself known in the Yes movement during the Scottish Referendum.

Despite the Law Commission recently announcing they are placing Tasmina Ahmed-Sheik under investigation, fellow lawyer, Nicola Sturgeon, point blank refuses to suspend her for this - and insists she is standing again to get back to Westminster (to her day job as a "governor" for WFD).

Not the first time Tasmina has courted trouble after Salmond gave her taxpayers money to set up her own "charity" for Asian women - where Salmond used over £9,000 of taxpayers money to launch Nicola's fellow lawyer's "charity" where only 2.8% of the funds were used for charitable purposes in the three years Tasmina was the chairperson - with accusations this was just a vehicle to promote Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh - wo is also a fomer bollywood actress.

Tasmina, Salmond and Peter Wishart - SNP MP's - no interest in settling up as they are well settled in doing things the Westminster Government cannot - promoting this underhanded British Democracy abroad via a private corporation called Westminster Foundation for Democracy - singing Rule Britannia all the way along with America's NDI people.

I'm sure there is far more to this story - but for now serious questions must be asked about SNP and other MP's involvement in a private company doing things government cannot - on behalf of the government - funded by foreign governments and with strong links to the Clintons and powerful NDI - all together interfering in the democracy of other countries using taxpayers money.


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