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Another £10,000 survey and this time we’ll ignore it

By The Basa ⋅ April 30, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Just following the story where they had a survey which told them what they wanted wasn’t required comes a story where they were told that we wanted something but they are telling us to getifu.
This time it is the Newhaven Heritage Museum – which charts the area’s centuries-old traditions of boat-building and fishing. The [...]

On yer bike, and they really are serious

By The Basa ⋅ April 30, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

They actually surveyed the public about it. The public told them no. Guess what, screw the public, we’re in charge, we’ll just do it.
TRANSPORT bosses are to push on with plans to introduce a bike sharing scheme in the Capital, despite a survey failing to find public support for the project.
First mistake they [...]

Craigmillar mafia raise their heads again

By The Basa ⋅ April 30, 2009 ⋅ One comment

David Walker and Patsy King have raised their heads again recently in Labour’s Edinburgh East selection.
But 15 members of the party, including one of the two scrutineers, have written to Labour’s ruling National Executive Committee, condemning the result as “tainted”.
Twelve breaches of the Labour Party’s own rulebook and of Electoral Commission guidelines were [...]

Nigel “does my willy look big in this camera” Griffiths explains

By The Basa ⋅ April 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

In today’s Evening Chip Paper Nigel Griffiths, famous for humping a hooker at our expense last year has finally it seems, released the real reason for multi-location sexual forays in an innocuous comment on the pisspoor Edinburgh Leisure story of screwing yet another major section of our community (the elderly) out of facilities so that [...]

Tories fighting like ferrets in a sack

By The Basa ⋅ April 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

It seems the Conservatives in Edinburgh have had a couple of weeks of infighting culminating in close run contest at their AGM with leader Iain Whyte just managing to hold on to power by voting for himself.
Cllr Whyte said: “Jeremy and I are on friendly terms and I believe I have his full support, this [...]

Fat idiot Foulking-up again

By The Basa ⋅ April 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Labour Lothians MSP Lord for foulkes sake just can’t stop wanting his name in the papers.
When the highly maligned QC Paul McBride said he was leaving Liebour for the Cameron camp it got right up his nose:
“Strangely, I cannot recall ever seeing a Paul McBride at any Labour Party event over the past two decades, [...]

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