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What a difference 1 year and 1 day makes

By The Basa ⋅ March 17, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Interestingly just one year and one day ago der Führer of the City of Edinburgh Council Donald “Teflon Don” Anderson shouted from the rooftops of Council towers that the sale of Jenners was “a shot in the arm” for Jenners.  He followed that with “this sort of smart deal is the way forward. “  Even […]

The snagging list - how much?

By The Basa ⋅ March 16, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Back on 19th February Murdo MacLeod wrote an article in Scotland on Sunday telling us that the snagging list for the new £431m parliament had reached a milestone and there were under 100 jobs on the list, 74 to be exact.  Oh how the ‘Parliament spokeswoman’ was in her glee when she said:
“We have consistently said that […]

Taxigate II - The Cooncil

By The Basa ⋅ March 15, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Teflon Don who was spouting his mouth off on Edinburgh’s new talk radio at the weekend and telling listeners that how he used the bus and walked round the city it seems may have been yet another porky.  It seems as though FastBlacks are Mr. Anderson’s favourite method of travel between appointments and his hoose […]

EdinburghSucks under physical threat!

By The Basa ⋅ March 15, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

The following email was sent through the EdinburghSucks contact form today from “the F mans team”:
hey you you wee cunt no one fucks with oor fleeto and yous are getting a visit real soon ya fanny
Interestingly the email address used by the sender was doa@XXX.com where XXX was the house number of one of our […]

They’re looking for Teeth

By The Basa ⋅ March 15, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Our readers making up the thin blue line wish us to continue on the theme of Eric “Teeth” Milligan’s expertise in all things sporting.  When he was investigated for his use of a “blue light taxi” to whisk him and his friends to Ibrox to watch his first love, Hearts, it was described by the polis as a […]

The East Lothian Question

By The Basa ⋅ March 14, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

News coming in is that East Lothian Council are becoming increasingly alarmed at the creeping invasion of Edinburgh City Council into their business. 
No sooner had the so-called Drugs Tsar of Edinburgh (the position that wasn’t advertised or interviewed for), former Deputy Chief Constable Tom Wood (affectionately known as ‘Flashheart’ by his ex-colleagues in tribute to the […]

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