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A lot of money for crap

By The Basa ⋅ March 24, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Ian Swanson, the Scottish Political Editor of the Evening News sums up the BBC’s much-heralded documentary on the Holyrood parliament building.
IT cost nearly £1 million of public money and promised to give the inside story of Scotland’s most controversial building project - but in the end revealed nothing.
Again, this is the taxpayer’s money going to […]

Edinburgh’s third tram line is dead

By The Basa ⋅ March 24, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Cooncil leader, Donald Anderson says this shocking news is a “crushing blow”. This is the guy who has been in charge of the city for years and he couldn’t forsee this? Anderson, who signs his emails to former soldiers “The Leader”, has once again, together with his cronies, screwed the people of the city royally.
His […]

Miami and Porty… but which is which?

By The Basa ⋅ March 23, 2005 ⋅ One comment

The new block at the foot of Bath Street went ahead despite numerous objections by locals. A source reported to this site that the first apartment to be sold some months ago was to former local, former Labour head of transport in Edinburgh and now New Labour Transport supremeo Prof. David Begg. Oh, that’s handy […]

Craic Of Doom

By The Basa ⋅ March 22, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Coming to a city near you. With the government enforced smoking ban coming up, and the Frist Ministeer touting Ireland as the way to go……..
“Irish pub bosses say falling trade has put an estimated 800 of the country’s 10,000 pubs out of business since smoking was banned a year ago. They claim 7500 people - […]

OAPs ‘facing council tax poverty’

By The Basa ⋅ March 22, 2005 ⋅ 2 comments

Again, what we all expected but now have the figures to prove it:
“Hundreds of thousands of Scottish pensioners could be living in council tax poverty, campaigners have claimed. Help the Aged said 70% of those who took part in a survey fell into that category.”
More info here at the BBC: OAPs ‘facing council tax poverty’and […]

Hippy Rev goes off on 1

By The Basa ⋅ March 21, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Edinburgh’s own Hippy Rev goes off on one in a letter to the Evening News. He complains about a well written and researched article in the same publication on 16th April. This article clearly shows Ewan Aitken, the former leftie, was given ample space as City education leader and education spokesman for the Convention of […]

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