It’s done and dusted – Isn’t it Billy, Mark, Malcolm & Flunky

After a high level meeting early last week in the Chain Pier bar in Newhaven Road the new Labour candidate for the Forth Ward was chosen. The Evening Chip Paper runs a story this afternoon almost letting the cat out of the bag but without any of the details which we in the Sucks hut (we had to move out of Sucks Towers) have managed to track down.

At that meeting was the local MP, Mark Lazarowicz; MSP Malcolm Chisholm, former defeated Councillor Billy Fitzpatrick and their in-house flunky, trough piggy

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 [...]

Margo delivers for Edinburgh – Boyack and Chisholm shaft us

She is Scotland’s only independent parliamentarian but Margo MacDonald certainly delivered for Edinburgh earlier today when she managed to force the Scottish Nose Picker minority government to get the city extra cash under a move to recognise its unique status as Scotland’s capital. This is something that our former leaders Rasputin Aitken and Teflon Don Anderson not to mention the current Lib-Dem leader Jenny Dawg have been speaking about for years but with no action.

Lying, Bugging, Bullying, Forgery, Trickery, Deceit, Manipulation and oor Teflon Don

News out yesterday is that the former NuLabour council leader Donald “Teflon Don” Anderson is giving up his newly-formed consultancy over at http://www.andersonstrategy.co.uk/. The website gives users the following message:
Anderson Strategy is closing as Donald Anderson has taken up a new position as Director of PPS Scotland. Go to their website for more information. This [...]

The letter North Edinburgh News refused to publish

The following letter was received by Edinburgh Sucks together with a whole screed of background material from which we shall publish edited highlights in the future. Once again, the star of the material is non other than our councillor who came fourth in the Forth ward, Elizabeth “Bunty Backhander” Maginnis:
PEP’s Deafening Silence
To quote [...]

Surprise, Surprise – It was Teflon Don’s fault

Schools closing, schools can’t get rebuilt, services being cut.  Whose fault was it.  It was Teflon Don’s fault all along.
A quick glance at his website tells the real story of who was in charge….
Donald Anderson has a strong reputation as one of the most respected and experienced public figures in Scotland. He has been heavily [...]