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A FORTH coming nightmare

By The Basa ⋅ February 11, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

A spokesman for Forth Ports said: “The commitment of Forth Ports to safety is such that we hold annual exercises - not every three years as required. By holding regular exercises, we ensure high standards of safety.”
Well that’s not exactly how it turned out when they had their last exercise code-named Black Wednesday on October […]

City chiefs boast about their 36 affordable flats

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

The Evening News tonight carries the story of how our good city chiefs affordable housing policy is so good.  It made really interesting reading.
This council have had over 20 years in power and now they tell us that they have now succeeded.  They have put 36 flats up for rent for NHS workers.  What an […]

Waterfront’s Izatt is off to Jersey

By The Basa ⋅ February 9, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

News in tonight is that Edinburgh’s most secretative organisation, Waterfront Edinburgh, is losing it’s Cheif Executive.
The word is that expensive bike-riding Stephen Izatt is of to St. Helier Waterfront but we don’t know if it was a jump or a push.
In Izatt’s bio on the Waterfront it says his “particular interest is risk assessment and risk management”.  […]

Former Tory leader to be election agent for Bunty Backhander

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

A longstanding Labour source informed us tonight that Christine Richards, former leaderene of the Tories in Edinburgh during the Thatcher era, is now going to become the election agent for Elizabeth “Bunty Backhander” Maginnis and probably Billy Fitzpatrick.
All eyes were on Labour leadership loser Maginnis because she is expected to make full use of all […]

City Council backs Hilton discrimination

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

The City of Edinburgh council have now put in print that they totally support discrimination.
Just after Castro’s 1959 coup in Cuba, the pyjama-wearing Commie slept in a suite on the 23rd floor of the Havana Hilton. About 638 bungled US assassination attempts ended that.   The Chain has a global ban on Cubans staying at any […]

Ewan’s blog highlights teachers frustrations

By The Basa ⋅ February 7, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

Ewan Aitken’s blog at http://ewanaitkens.blogspot.com/ has now being used for anonymous members of Rasputin’s former department to tell him of his failings.
The council’s contract with BT Syntegra which has cost schools and community centres dearly comes in for a hammering today by a teacher who sounds totally frustrated and seems to echo the opinion of […]

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