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EdSucks big problems

By The Basa ⋅ October 25, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Unfortunately, EdSucks went down for a few days because someone was stupid. With this we managed to loose all mail that was sent from October 21st to earlier today.
If you have sent us any good information that we have missed, please be kind enough to re-send it and it will warm our cockles.
…. and [...]

On St Andrews Day – how much will Waterfront cost us.

By The Basa ⋅ October 18, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

News into EdinburghSucks.com is to keep an eye out for the Waterfront celebrations of St. Andrews day as it could well cost the good citizens of Edinburgh a fortune, as it did last year.
Not happy like the rest of us with a nice plate of haggis, tatties and neeps – not the Waterfront. They [...]

What really happened down East?

By The Basa ⋅ October 18, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

So that readers and citizens are not truly swayed by last night’s Evening News story ( http://www.scotsman.com/?id=1538292006 ) on the the contest to become candidate for Labour’s safest seat in the Capital where they mention that it is really down to two candidates, here is the skinny.
The seat is being fought tooth and nail and favours [...]

An excellent comment in the Evening News

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

From ( http://www.scotsman.com/?id=1537992006 ) the story of Blunket screaming at Martin Narey, who was director general of the Prison Service at the time:
“He shrieked at me that he didn’t care about lives, told me to call in the Army and ‘machine gun’ the prisoners and – still shrieking – ordered me to take the prison back immediately. [...]

Maginnis goes for closure on renowned community resource

By The Basa ⋅ October 17, 2006 ⋅ 2 comments

Bunty Backhander, the loser in the labour leadership race in the city who never even got a cabinet position is now sure to come under intense fire over one of her other jobs.
As well as being a full-time councillor, she also draws the salary of the full-time Manger of the Pilton Elderly project. A [...]

Waverley Market lease 1p a year for 206 Years

By The Basa ⋅ October 16, 2006 ⋅ One comment

What a bargain. Edinburgh Council leased the common good-owned (i.e. ours – the citizens) site of the Waverley Market for 206 years at the rate of ONE PENCE per year! So in the year 2188 when the lease expires the citizens of Edinburgh will have profited to the tune of £2.06 pence for a [...]

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