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Dick Dastardly has another hissy fit

By The Basa ⋅ July 31, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Trevor “(little) Dick Dastardly” Davies yet again uses the letters page of the Evening News to have another huge hissy fit without reading the article correctly or even addressing it’s contents.
The article which is covering a survey that was done informs the public that:
A survey of 70 shop owners and more than 300 customers in […]

MSPs, Please speak out publicly

By The Basa ⋅ July 30, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

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The MSPs who are members of the Executive must speak out publicly about the use of Prestwick for transporting munitions from the US to Israel. Please, please, please.
If Ireland won’t allow it, we shouldn’t. We know that it is not a devolved policy but let’s do our utmost to […]

Shami Dodger Khan in further outrage

By The Basa ⋅ July 28, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Word is coming in to EdSucks Towers about a further, rather sinister development in the Shami ‘Dodger’ Khan Saga.
Hard on the heels of his public Evening News ‘Slamming’ by no less a Pillar of Public Probity and Moral Rectitude than the Convenor of the Police Board, Eric ‘Blue Light Taxi’ Milligan, ex-Lord Provost and Hearts […]

Children & Families Officials complain to the press - whoops!

By The Basa ⋅ July 28, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

News into EdinburghSucks.com is that the council officials are asking for an apology (not from EdSucks) about the figures that the press have been using in the recent story we broke about officials in the Children & Families department getting pay rises up to 64% at the same time as the council were fighting bus […]

Shami Dodger’s position now untenable

By The Basa ⋅ July 28, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Teeth Milligan the former Lord Provost and user of “blue light taxis” for his trips to football matches in Glasgow has hammered what should be the final nail in in Shami Dodger Khan’s coffin. 
In an article written for the Evening News, Councillor Milligan says:
“Elected members need to take a step back when personal emotional […]

Children & Families rises the same as Ministerial ones

By The Basa ⋅ July 27, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

It was interesting to see The Scotsman, The Evening News, Radio Forth and Talk107 (sometimes called CouncilFM) all covering the story we broke about the massive pay rises in the Children and Families department.  What was most interesting about the coverage is that UNISON were wheeled out to back them.
On looking closer at the figures […]

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