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‘Teflon Don’ Anderson calls for police state

By The Basa ⋅ June 27, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

It seems that our ‘sad‘ leader, Teflon Don Anderson is going beyond being a councillor and calling for a police state. When the Evening News contacted him with reference to their information that there may well be rogue campsites set up throughout the city, Anderson quickly starts putting the whole saga on to someone […]

MSPs’ bar set for £15,000 revamp

By The Basa ⋅ June 27, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Our MSPs’ don’t use the eight month old bar in their fiefdom at Holyrood - so how do you get them drinking there? Spend another £15,000 of OUR MONEY on new fittings to give it a more relaxed atmosphere - HOW STUPID IS THIS?
The bar is part of the exclusive members’ restaurant, which […]

Is ‘TaxiGate’ about Tods Murray?

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

All over the Scottish press this weekend is the news about David McLetchie and the ‘TaxiGate’ affair and this morning is no different.
All of the party chiefs in Scottish Parliament, including the dodgy First Minister Jack McConnell, have come out saying that they will start throwing taxi receipts around like confetti so that everyone, their […]

Human Guinea-Pig Tests

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

An Edinburgh laboratory has been criticised by an influential US senator for intentionally exposing volunteers to harmful pesticides.
Inveresk laboratories was named along with other testing facilities in a new American report, which found a pattern of ethical breaches in the way such experiments were carried out.
One of the casualties of the experiments Bruce Turnbull who […]

New Lib Dem leader is lazy

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

According to a labour insider in today’s Scotland on Sunday, the experienced and wily Jim Wallace has departed and left his party under the charge of a lazy and inexperienced upstart.
One Labour MSP said: “We are winning out on this because Jim Wallace was far more formidable. Nicol is lazy. This is an opportunity for […]

Council forced into U-Turn

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

The council were today reported to have been forced into a u-turn after they turned the city into a huge rubbish dump as opposition councillors slammed the administration of lying to them earlier in the day.
Tory leader Iain Whyte today described the U-turn as “astonishing” and accused refuse staff of holding the council to ransom. […]

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