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Lothian Buses Chief ghostwriting?

By The Basa ⋅ July 31, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Rumours abound that Lothian Buses chief executive may be increasing his income by ghostwriting for the Evening News. Various papers shown to us over the weekend clearly show that Gareth Edwards’ article in Friday’s Evening News seems to have pretty much have been written by Renilson the power hungry, council installed puppet at Lothian […]

Is former Lord Provost getting bungs?

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

One expects so little from politicians these days. Intellectual ability, capacity to achieve stated aims, personal probity - all of these have gone flying out the window but why is former Lord Provost Eric ‘Teeth’ Milligan using his position on the licensing board to stand up for a convicted, serial theiving criminal?
The […]

Dirty Tricks Campaign

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

According to mail arriving at EdinburghSucks!com over the weekend, there is a dirty tricks campaign going on between the city council and the drivers at their almost wholly owned bus company Lothian Buses.
“what you read in the paper on Satuarday is a lot of crap. I can tell you that this story was brought […]

Council trying to ‘rip off’ elderly

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

Careful reading and just a little bit of research at the ESPC website seems to show that although the council make many, many millions by selling off city-owned land, however when the council require to buy land from their own residents who pay council tax - a ‘rip-off’ situation ensues.
Residents who are being forced from […]

Seemingly it’s not the 5% or 6.15%

By The Basa ⋅ July 19, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

The current industrial action taking place on Edinburgh’s buses is being publicised by the council leader as the drivers not taking a 5% rise but demanding 6.1%. However, today’s Evening News has the TGWU spokesman Peter Williamson said he was sorry that it was the public who had to suffer.
Mr Williamson added that […]

Children at risk because of council illiteracy

By The Basa ⋅ July 15, 2005 ⋅ One comment

A new YouGov survey has shown that 98 per cent of Scots parents expect their children to use the internet this summer and the education chief for the city of Edinburgh and COSLA has openly admitted in the press and here at EdinburghSucks!com that he is internet illiterate. Regular readers will of course know […]

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