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City chief speaks with forked tongue

By The Basa ⋅ September 14, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Phil Attridge, the council’s licensing leader who is quite happy to give jailbird theives licences to run ‘trendy’ restaurants in Leith seems to choke over the fact that a private developer doesn’t put “heavy prostitute traffic included” in their brochures to sell their houses.
And although most would not realistically expect the developer to make a […]

“Teeth” flys the flag - criminals fly in

By The Basa ⋅ September 12, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

A bit of a shock comes in today from SNP MSP Alex Neil who I had previously held in quite high regard.
The Capital’s longest-serving First Citizen is the kind of “character” needed to raise Scotland’s profile and win back visitors, said the SNP’s Alex Neil, convener of the Scottish Parliament’s enterprise and culture […]

Labour’s overwhelming support for a Criminal

By The Basa ⋅ September 7, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

At a recent meeting of the licensing board Lothian & Borders Chief Constable submitted a lengthy and “very strong” report to the board setting out in great detail why the licensee should be declared “not a fit and proper person” to hold a licence. The licensee, a certain tried and convicted resetter, […]

Is former Lord Provost getting bungs?

By The Basa ⋅ July 26, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

One expects so little from politicians these days. Intellectual ability, capacity to achieve stated aims, personal probity - all of these have gone flying out the window but why is former Lord Provost Eric ‘Teeth’ Milligan using his position on the licensing board to stand up for a convicted, serial theiving criminal?
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