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An apology to the Dr.

By The Basa ⋅ January 20, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Until we sort something else out, hopefully by tomorrow – we have to inform visitors that there are at least two David Hillsons.
David Hillson wrote:
I am another David Hillson, not the one you criticise in this website. Some of my contacts, clients and colleagues have found your site and confuse your DH with me. Is [...]

£431 Million and ‘watertight’ was too much to ask for

By The Basa ⋅ January 12, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

After the roof of the debating chamber starting to fall in, the building becoming the most expensive pigeon loft in history, we now find out that nobody even made sure that the building was watertight.  And now the street-party weather has left our poor MSPs listening to the scottish version of the chinese water torture.
Some [...]

Electoral Cleansing backed by leading Labour Councillors

By The Basa ⋅ January 10, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Last year Edinburgh for the first time saw electoral cleansing taking part in the Craigmillar Community Council elections which not only had the highest turnout in any community council election in the UK but also had EU monitors fly in from Brussells because of the underhand tricks being used by the (disgraced ex-councillor, Paul) Nolan [...]

Now we know why Councillors kept silent at New Year

By The Basa ⋅ January 8, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

In our last post, we mentioned that we were greeted with walls of silence from our elected representatives upon the hugely late cancellation of Edinburgh’s street party.
Now an impeccible source has given us some background on what at least one of our councillors was doing and why he wasn’t too bothered.
It seems that former Lord [...]

Happy New Year – and not a politician in sight

By The Basa ⋅ January 1, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

With the second cancelling of the Hogmanay street party in 4 years and not a politician in sight. 
Once again, whilst throughout the last day of 2006 all Edinburghers could see the worsening and fierce weather, Edinburgh’s politicians cowered in their drinking holes afraid to take the decision.
The whole scenario was expertly predicted in the Evening [...]

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