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Christine Fitton - contact us please

By The Basa ⋅ August 30, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

If anyone knows a Christine Fitton who was the Former manager of ELLP (Edinburgh’s Life Long Learning Project) which quietly closed down today, or if Christine is reading this, would she please contact us by email either through the contact form on this site or by email to thebasa at edinburghsucks dot com as we […]

The gravy train continues…

By The Basa ⋅ August 30, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Retirement from working with Scottish Parliament does not mean the same as it does for us mere mortals. What makes it even worse is that when mere mortals are put out to grass high profile workers on the drastic parliament building get re-employed at £48,000 for two-day week.
A key player in the £431m Holyrood […]

£341,000,012 Door destroyer

By The Basa ⋅ August 30, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

It looks as though the £341m was not the final bill for the parliament after all. Now there is a problem with the £1,000 doors and they are warping at great speed.
Twelve specially-crafted oak doors at the Scottish Parliament are having to be replaced less than a year after the building was opened.
Officials said […]

The expensive desk move

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

With a take on the theme how many MSPs does it take to change a lightbulb comes how many civil servants does it take to move a desk and replace it with a filing cabinet.
Nationalist MSP Christine Grahame had this very problem and were told it had to be referred to parliament’s “Change Request Board”.
They […]

Modern day Lord Guy Fawkes?

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

Mike Watson MSP also known as Lord Watson of Invergowrie finally appeared in the dock at Edinburgh’s Sheriff Court to deny the two charges of wilful fireraising.
The first of the two charges alleges that on 12 November last year, at the reception area of the Prestonfield Hotel, Priestfield Road, Edinburgh, Watson set a curtain alight […]

Documented lies in planning application

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

It seems that lies have been told to the planning department the therefore to the planning committee of the City of Edinburgh Council. The main difference is that the lies were documented and proof is now posted here in the form of the photograph to the left.
The photograph shows the erection of a vodaphone […]

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