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Planning convener attacks honest shopkeepers

By The Basa ⋅ April 26, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Councillor Trevor Davis, Planning Convener of the council planning department attacked honest shopkeepers a few days ago for complaining, in the same way that most of the city is in a letter published in the Evening News for complaining, in the same way that most of the city is, that the council planning department are […]

Fat Bastard, 2 Jags - “I’m Middle Class”

By The Basa ⋅ April 26, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

So all the working class people finally know - when you are casting your working class vote on 5th May, remember this before you put your cross the Labour box:
“You can walk down the street and see who’s working class and who’s middle class. It’s in the way we drive, the way we are, the […]

Who got the bung for this one?

By The Basa ⋅ April 25, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

The city planning department is again riding roughshod over hundreds of objections from locals and heritage groups who are trying to keep the last allotments in the city center. Obviously the bung has gone in and a private developer, Eastbay Homes, have manged to get their hands on this prime real estate.
Today critics […]

Fury Over Lord Provost Jewish Ban

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

Is the Lord Provost anti-semitic? It certainly looks like it and that is the question being asked in the City’s Jewish community today following an article in the Sunday Mail.
It seems Lesley Hinds, our female Lord Provost has written to to the Chief Rabbi Dr Jonathan Sacks telling him she won’t go […]

MSPs run up £500,000 bill on Hotels

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

The Sunday Times today uncovers some of the true cost of our MSPs with some MSPs who live within easy commuting distance of Holyrood have racked up hotel bills of more than £20,000.
The Sunday Times forced MSPs to publish details of their expenses, despite claims that the information should be kept secret because it […]

Labour MSP double dips?

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

Controversial labour MSP Gordon Jackson has a lot of explaining to do. Scotland on Sunday has carried out an investigation into the part-time MSP and full-time Queens Council (QC).
The investigation established at least nine cases where as QC he picked up lucrative fees in court while billing the parliament for car or train travel […]

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