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Ian Perry Archive
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The lies, the lies, and the waste – set to continue
Posted on February 8, 2008 | No Comments“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... -
The truth behind Ian Perry’s £400,000
Posted on January 29, 2008 | No CommentsWell it was nice to see a follow-up story in the Evening Chip Paper about Ian Perry getting £400,000 of council money over 10 years when he never even knew he was doing the job. It really is a bit of a joke. As sometimes happens, Edinburgh Sucks.com sometimes has a different view on events from the Evening News. We'd like to take you back to October 2007. -
Would you buy a second hand car from this krew
Posted on January 22, 2008 | 1 CommentOur departed Lord Provost, famously called a “Sow’s Ear†by yet another more departed councillor really needs to come back down to earth and get in amongst the people she is supposed to be representing. Oh, I forgot, she did that and didn’t like it at all. News from Lesley Hinds (aspiring Labour leader in the city) on her blog is that when she braved the storm of the minion public on Saturday to get people to sign up for the -
Bunty’s crowning glory – a fcuk-up
Posted on October 2, 2007 | No CommentsElizabeth “Bunty Backhander” Maginnis’ crowning glory, the National Galleries site, which she leaked to the Evening News last week against all ethical practices for board members turns out to have been... -
Sorry Porty, we (Labour council) forgot to ask for the money
Posted on October 1, 2007 | 1 CommentEveryone around the city spent hours and hours on campaigns to get their new school built. Labour were running round the city pretending to “listen to the people”, they even... -
“It wisnae me, honest guv” says experienced politician Bunty
Posted on September 25, 2007 | No CommentsA couple of interesting posts on Elizabeth Maginnis’ blog today. In the first one she tries to clear up our previous information about when she became chair of Waterfront Edinburgh... -
Which Councillor has their nose firmest in the trough?
Posted on September 24, 2007 | No Comments  And the results are: Elizabeth Maginnis (Lab) – 53.5% – Winner Winner Winner Steve Cardownie (SNP – defected from Labour) - 25.4% Eric Milligan (Lab) – 14.1% Ian Perry... -
Local councillors get a job.
Posted on September 23, 2007 | No CommentsIt seems that three of our local councillors have been drafted in to do a bit of a job. Wendy Alexander is gagging to get their combined knowledge on all... -
She’s goin down….. and fast
Posted on September 20, 2007 | No CommentsTime for the Evening News to come off their Labour loveFest and get down to the nitty gritty and do some digging stop waiting for their “highly placed leak” who... -
Councillor in Crisis
Posted on September 11, 2007 | No CommentsIt seems that one of our high profile councillors is indeed in crisis – none other than Elizabeth ‘Bunty Backhander’ Maginnis.  Thought to be currently holidaying in Spain according to... -
We told you so…. and where’s the rest.
Posted on September 3, 2007 | 1 CommentWell, well, well. The Evening News has finally found out about the spending down at the Waterfront. Front page headlines telling part of the story and one wonders why the... -
Meadowbank councillor Ian (snottery nose) Perry forgot his hankie
Posted on April 28, 2007 | No CommentsAn interesting picture appears on the excellent Edinburgh At Risk (EAR) site ( http://www.EdinburghAtRisk.org). The picture is taken inside the full council meeting at the City Chambers when the Save... -
Councillor does a runner!
Posted on December 6, 2006 | No CommentsWell, Well, Well. Among the mass resignations of Labour councillors in Edinburgh who are taking the money and running before they get thrown out the door next May comes the... -
Another £50,000 down the drain into the Forth
Posted on November 16, 2006 | No CommentsJust after Elizabeth “Bunty Backhander” Maginnis leaked her lie-filled letter to the Evening News, more information came flooding into EdSucks documenting the way that the ultra-secretative Edinburgh Waterfront is run.... -
When is a barrister not a barrister – when he’s on the Waterfront
Posted on November 8, 2006 | No CommentsExcruciating news comes in from Edinburgh Waterfront which is sure to shock Edinburghers and is likely to highlight more problems of Edinburgh’s own secret society jointly owned by the City... -
What really happened down East?
Posted on October 18, 2006 | No CommentsSo that readers and citizens are not truly swayed by last night’s Evening News story ( http://www.scotsman.com/?id=1538292006Â ) on the the contest to become candidate for Labour’s safest seat in the... -
Maginnis goes for closure on renowned community resource
Posted on October 17, 2006 | 2 CommentsBunty Backhander, the loser in the labour leadership race in the city who never even got a cabinet position is now sure to come under intense fire over one of... -
Craigmillar totally fucked by publicly funded cabal
Posted on July 12, 2006 | 1 CommentLast night at Craigmillar’s Community Council meeting the same three office bearers who were thrown out at the recent elections were installed back into their positions against the wishes of... -
Ian Perry lies back and takes it
Posted on July 10, 2006 | No CommentsToday we hear that assisted area status is to be dropped in parts of Edinburgh and West Lothian. The scheme which last year gave out more than £200 million to... -
Potential Leader Maginnis – Some Waterfront questions you need to answer
Posted on June 19, 2006 | No CommentsSome interesting information has come our way from friends. You are Chair of Edinburgh’s Waterfront are you not Bunty? As the company is part owned by the Council and the...