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Lesley Hinds Archive
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Lesley Hinds splutters through interview to be aired tonight
Posted on April 3, 2013 | No CommentsLesley ‘Prada’ Hinds, the BurnDownie Coalition spokesperson for pretty much everything that goes on in their ivory towers, is tonight going to be seen on BBC Scotland Investigates spluttering through... -
Bus lane cock-up was a … err… a cock-up
Posted on May 23, 2012 | No CommentsWhereas the normal punter in the city of Edinburgh when seeing the placement of bus lane cameras thought it was a cock-up within seconds, unfortunately it took the city council... -
Who exactly is in charge of Trams
Posted on May 17, 2012 | No CommentsIt seems there is a TramGang - Is Prada Hinds at the back or the front? -
Where is the Edinburgh bus lane farce going
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No CommentsTransport chiefs said that they were targeting a hard core of bus lane abusers and expected to issue around 4,000 tickets annually. With just a few weeks into the junket,... -
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... -
Sow’s Ear pissed off about paying for lunch – Lab/Con just steal it
Posted on January 29, 2008 | No CommentsRather than being totally honest and coming out and telling Alan Roden of the Evening News that she just feels it is up to the citizens of the city to feed her lunch for free on a daily basis this bee in former Lord Provost, Lesley Hinds' bonnet seems to run on and on. It may be that she is running into financial difficulties -
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 -
Ewan Aitken – not seeing correctly.
Posted on January 10, 2008 | 1 CommentEdinburgh‘s Council labour leader Ewan Aitken is in fear of losing the leader’s role because a few Labour councillors are just waiting in the wings to get their hands on... -
Another sow’s ear cock-up
Posted on August 29, 2007 | 1 CommentThe city’s very own sows ear and former Lord Provost Lesley Hinds made a huge cock up in her campaign to get press coverage to try and challenge Ewan Aitken... -
Wabster struck off – new cover-up ordered
Posted on June 3, 2007 | No CommentsOur reliable sources tell us that the company orginally set up by council employees so that they could sell council Intellectual Property Rights and take the cash for themselves was... -
The Lesley Hinds World Tour 2006/7
Posted on May 28, 2007 | No CommentsWith the last year of her provostship, Lesley Hinds decided to head out on the World Tour to squeeze as much as possible out of the city before she was... -
The “Sows Ear” lies again – she really does want to be Provost again
Posted on May 3, 2007 | No CommentsLabour’s Lesley Hinds, who Tom Pontin famously said looked like a “ear” who told everyone and their sister that she was very happy to serve just one term as Lord Provost... -
Al Frater, come clean…..
Posted on February 12, 2007 | No CommentsWe hear that one of the kingpins in the missing £400,000 from ELLP with Ewan Aitken and Lesley Anderson on the board together with company secretary, fraudster, liar and thug... -
Happy New Year – and not a politician in sight
Posted on January 1, 2007 | No CommentsWith the second cancelling of the Hogmanay street party in 4 years and not a politician in sight. Once again, whilst throughout the last day of 2006 all Edinburghers could... -
Documented proof of the CityConnect/Wabster Cover-up
Posted on December 18, 2006 | No CommentsWe have been looking for a while for documentary evidence to show the massive conflicts of interested between ELLP/City Connet/Wabster where the senior Council official, David Hillson joined the criminal... -
The sow’s ear comes second, second last
Posted on November 17, 2006 | No CommentsCurrent Lord Provost Lesley Hinds’ popularity was clear for all to see when she came second last in the fight down in the east of Edinburgh for the some to... -
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... -
Rogue council employee has community council sites blacklisted
Posted on October 10, 2006 | No CommentsA rogue community education worker and one of Rosendale’s fraudsters has managed to get community council websites blacklisted for what appears to be spamming. Proof of this can be found... -
Lesley Hinds’ best buddy Betty gets pissed off with openness
Posted on October 9, 2006 | No CommentsOur glorous Lord Provost who is having a go on Thursday to get nominated for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh is having problems in her own constituency. Her best buddy Betty...





