City Labour Group leader tries for new job

It seems that Councillor Andrew Burns, the leader of the Labour group on the City Council is getting fed up with his job and is going to have a go at freelancing as a sit down comedian – is Tommy Shepherd standing by at The Stand?
In today’s Evening Chip Paper, Councillor Burns gives us what [...]

Edinburgh’s Labour leader defends the indefensible

Readers of today’s Hootsmon will will be shocked to hear that Councillor Andrew Burns, Edinburgh’s Labour leader is right behind the thieving, robbing, lying, bent, scandal-ridden fcuk that we call Chancellor of the Exchequer, who has for years been finding every loophole to steal more of our money as his Fifer predecessor has also done.

Andrew [...]

The lies, the lies, and the waste – set to continue

“I think my honesty and my integrity have been vindicated.” says Wendy Alexander on BBC Radio last night: (listen here.) The definition of vindicated is “absolved: freed from any question of guilt; “is absolved from all blame”. How does this square with the Electoral Commission’s statement. “Wendy Alexander did not take all reasonable steps in [...]

Rosendale: Marilyne MacLaren is “clueless”

It seems our premature release of the CLD review paper has caused all sorts of problems for the rulers of Children & Families. Our own Fraudster Rosendale is furious and blaming the politicians for Edinburgh Sucks publishing it and then the Evening News doing a follow-up saying the Unison, Edinburgh’s own toothless union, are getting slightly warm around the collar.

Politicians coming in for extra kicks in the chukkies include

More Children & Families disarray

Big Hoose for council employee

Yet more examples come out showing how the largest department in the Council and the one with the biggest budget and biggest overspend is still totally out of control despite a new Director and new Executive Member. This goes to prove that the posts ad infinitum we have ran about [...]

Frank Boyle and Andrew Burns get it right

Someone reminded us that Councillor Andrew Burns got it right way back in 2006! Click Here.