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Council abuses the elderly - It’s Official

By The Basa ⋅ May 23, 2005 ⋅ One comment

Bedrooms smelling of urine, dietary demands being ignored and no fire drills. This is how the city council is treating the most vulnerable in Council run care homes - this is happening now whilst you are reading this.
Today comes the shocking news from the Care Commission after 31 inspections showed that two-thirds of council-owned […]

Why is the post late?

By The Basa ⋅ May 23, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Just what we have all known for years finally comes to light:
The EH postcode area has the fourth worst service in Scotland, with just 91.4 per cent of first-class letters arriving the next working day. The delivery rate in the region falls below the national minimum standard of 92.5 per cent.
If you are unhappy with […]

Council stabs Leith in the back

By The Basa ⋅ May 23, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Ricky Henderson, Edinburgh City Council’s culture chief has stabbed Leith in the back by digging up an extra £60,000 for the Film Festival but only last week turning down the Leith Festival for an increase of £5,000 over their previous £5,000 grant and indeed cutting their grant down to £2,500.
It seems that the City Center […]

Executive screws Scotland’s working poor

By The Basa ⋅ May 23, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Thousands of potential Scottish homebuyers will have been hoping that there was some hope of buying a house when the chancellor announced his plans yesterday to extend shared-equity schemes and allow savings of hundreds of pounds a month.
It is not often that the Government comes up with something that actually helps the citizens and not […]

Edinburgh Tory lied in election

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

Nigel Griffiths was probably the worst Edinburgh liar in the recent general election. However, the Conservative party are not immune to telling porkies.
Edinburgh West’s conservative candidate was also featured in Private Eye’s Electionballs special:
In nearby Edinburgh West it was Tory David Brogan who was accused of misleading voters with his statement that he had […]

Nigel Griffiths features in Private Eye

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

Lying Edinburgh South MP, ‘Nasty’ Nigel Griffiths has been featured in Private Eye 1132 under the banner Electionballs. The story is roughly based on our earlier stories about his name-dropping.
“I’ve been lucky enough to work with Damon Albarn of Gorillas [sic] and Blur and also my friend June Sarpong, from TV” wrote Labour MP […]

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