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Council abuses the elderly - It’s Official

By The Basa ⋅ May 23, 2005 ⋅ One comment

Bedrooms smelling of urine, dietary demands being ignored and no fire drills. This is how the city council is treating the most vulnerable in Council run care homes - this is happening now whilst you are reading this.
Today comes the shocking news from the Care Commission after 31 inspections showed that two-thirds of council-owned […]

Edinburgh Tory lied in election

By The Basa ⋅ May 21, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Nigel Griffiths was probably the worst Edinburgh liar in the recent general election. However, the Conservative party are not immune to telling porkies.
Edinburgh West’s conservative candidate was also featured in Private Eye’s Electionballs special:
In nearby Edinburgh West it was Tory David Brogan who was accused of misleading voters with his statement that he had […]

Shadow Scottish secretary resigns

By The Basa ⋅ May 19, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

I don’t think it was anything to do with our post here, but thank god, James Gray, the shadow Scottish secretary had the balls to resign today.
SNP constitution spokesman Pete Wishart said: “These outrageous comments by the shadow Scottish secretary could normally be dismissed, but this is the man chosen by Michael Howard to represent […]

Shadow Secretary wants MSPs abolished

By The Basa ⋅ May 15, 2005 ⋅ One comment

The Conservative party seemed to have lost their marbles by appointing a shadow Scottish Secretary, James Gray, who has publicly backed the scrapping of MSPs and calls the Scottish MPs in Westminster the ‘Tartan Mafia’.
Glasgow born Gray, who is the MP for North Wiltshire, was even shocked at getting the job:
“It was a very […]

Asda shows political favour to Labour

By The Basa ⋅ April 29, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Asda the supermarket chain now owned by America’s Wal-Mart this week showed political favour to the labour party. Bosses at the company’s Chesser store told conservative candidate he wasn’t allowed to campaign there. However, labour candidate and part-time Secretary of State for Scotland Alister Darling was even allowed a walkabout […]

Lib Dems screw up figures

By The Basa ⋅ April 27, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Liberal Democrats in cheating MP Nigel Griffiths‘ constituency have had to apologise to the Conservatives. A figures blunder in the Lib-Dems election bumph thrown through doors in the Edinburgh South constituency.
Of course, the Conservatives went way overboard:
Tory candidate Gavin Brown threatened to take action over claims by Lib Dem MSP Mike Pringle […]

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