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	<title>Edinburgh Sucks! &#187; Jack McConnell</title>
	<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com</link>
	<description>An account of how the politicians and officials are screwing our city.</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>It was a farce and It Should&#8217;ve Been Me.</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/05/06/839/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/05/06/839/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 12:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Alex Salmond]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Andy Kerr]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jack McConnell]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Labour]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Well, the Parliamentary election fiasco is still not over and we still do not know whether we have a leading party in Parliament.  The international observers have spoken:
Thirty experts from North America invited to witness the introduction of the new electronic voting system used in last Thursday&#8217;s ballot described the number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jack In The Bin</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/05/01/jack-in-the-bin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/05/01/jack-in-the-bin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 08:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Jack McConnell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Nice to see the EdSucks cartoonist working overtime:
 

Keep em coming&#8230;..
Vote Independent Candidates On May 3rd - Stop the &#8220;behind the doors&#8221; deals  - Vote Independent Candidates.

Random Posts you may have missedMay 10, 2005 -- Burns to finally go - but at what cost!November 9, 2005 -- Street Furniture Capital of the WorldMarch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joke McConnell speaks to EdinburghSucks.com</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/04/30/joke-mcconnell-speaks-to-edinburghsuckscom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/04/30/joke-mcconnell-speaks-to-edinburghsuckscom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Maginnis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ewan Aitken]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jack McConnell]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Maureen Child]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Portobello]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Shami Khan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Outgoing First Minster, Joke McConnell today had the unexpected honor of speaking to EdinburghSucks.com - and what a load of sh1t he spoke. 
We were extremely disappointed in the turnout, as the Labour Gentry who were in tow must also have been.  We had expected there to be hundreds bustling to get a view of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labour getting a kicking</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/04/29/labour-getting-a-kicking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/04/29/labour-getting-a-kicking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? With the normally ultra-labour-supporting Scotland on Sunday coming out with the following headlines this week, it would seem that Scotland&#8217;s NuLabourites are really gonna get a helluva kicking at the polls on Thursday:

Desperate Jack begs for votes
JACK McConnell has issued a desperate plea to Tory and Liberal voters, urging them to vote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Craigmillar totally fucked by publicly funded cabal</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/07/12/craigmillar-totally-fucked-by-publicly-funded-cabal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/07/12/craigmillar-totally-fucked-by-publicly-funded-cabal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Alex Neil]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Allan Wilson]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Annabel Goldie]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Iain Whyte]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Ian Perry]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Shami Khan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sheila Gilmore]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Steve Cardownie]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Struan Stevenson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tavish Scott]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tom Aitchison]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tom McCabe]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tom Pontin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tommy Sheridan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tory Bliar]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[William Fitzpatrick]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/07/12/craigmillar-totally-fucked-by-publicly-funded-cabal/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Last night at Craigmillar&#8217;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 the community and using the publicly funded resources of Crapacity Building Project, Craigmillar Childcare Services and Haywired.
Installed against the wishes of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Minister&#8217;s office looking into Craigmillar</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/05/02/first-ministers-office-looking-into-craigmillar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/05/02/first-ministers-office-looking-into-craigmillar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2006 00:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Capacity Building Project]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Craigmillar]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[David Baird]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[David Walker]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Haywired]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jack McConnell]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mac Wilkinson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mick McNulty]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Norma Cuthbertson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Patsy King]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paul Nolan]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/05/02/first-ministers-office-looking-into-craigmillar/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? An email in to EdinburghSucks.com today by a regular correspondent shows that the First Minister&#8217;s office has today confirmed that they are looking into the current situation in Craigmillar vis a vis all the enquiries into the pitiful running of some of the major projects and the wasting of not only Communities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Move the goalposts I - the HighFlyers</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/04/02/move-the-goalposts-i/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/04/02/move-the-goalposts-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2006 09:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Jack McConnell]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/04/02/change-the-goalposts-i/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? In a bid to get publicity 3 years ago, the First Minister (who is currently on a world tour, and had a stop in Scotland this week) has let down the high flyers of the future within Scottish society and totally pee&#8217;d off the American backers of his policy which said these people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scottish governance in disrepute</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/02/12/scottish-governance-in-disrepute/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/02/12/scottish-governance-in-disrepute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Cathy Jamieson]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/02/12/scottish-governance-in-disrepute/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Scotland&#8217;s law which was once the envy of the world has now been brought into disrepute together with our Governance.
That much was made clear by James Mackay, a respected former Deputy Chief Constable of Tayside Police, who had been asked to lead an investigation into the conduct of the Scottish Criminal Records [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joke McConnell</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/02/12/joke-mcconnell/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/02/12/joke-mcconnell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2006 14:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? An interesting and quite funny thing we missed:
 

 
 
Borrowed from:  http://www.dont-vote-labour.co.uk/

Random Posts you may have missedJanuary 10, 2008 -- Design FluxSeptember 25, 2007 -- &#8220;It wisnae me, honest guv&#8221; says experienced politician BuntyMay 23, 2007 -- Former transport &#8220;supremo&#8221; nominatedJune 15, 2006 -- Finalists, us?  You&#8217;re joking, right?July 5, 2005 -- We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What about the children?</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/11/14/what-about-the-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2005 06:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? The children of Scotland are the future of Scotland.  Nobody denies that.  What is it today, the figures show thousands of children are failing to achieve basic levels of numeracy and literacy.
Why is this happening and why is the Scottish Executive refusing to publish the data that was paid for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Readers Letters 3</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/07/14/readers-letters-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Burns]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/?p=225</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? One again some time has passed since we published some of our readers letters.
No. 1
I don&#8217;t know if anyone can help, but Edinburgh has gone downhill  I am also an exile and it is sad to see the decline. My Mum tripped over a paving slab at the top of Easter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COSLA screws up - £6m</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/07/03/cosla-screws-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/07/03/cosla-screws-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2005 01:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[COSLA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? What could be many hundreds of the country&#8217;s most vulnerable youngsters have been deprived of desperately needed extra cash as a result of a &#8220;scandalous&#8221; bureaucratic blunder by COSLA (The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities).
We initially covered this story here when the dodgy First Minister went public and now it seems wrongly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Councils failing children</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/06/25/councils-failing-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/06/25/councils-failing-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2005 03:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Even our dodgy First Minister, Jack McConnell is up in arms at council social work departments.  He was addressing the centenary conference of children&#8217;s charity Barnardo&#8217;s Scotland in Edinburgh and McConnell said council leaders now had to focus their attention on meeting the needs of the 12,000 children in local authority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holyrood overtime bill doubles</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/05/17/holyrood-overtime-bill-doubles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/05/17/holyrood-overtime-bill-doubles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2005 23:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? At the same time Audit Scotland are accusing parliament for lying about the amount of money they save, it now emerges that the overtime bill for the ministerial staff has doubled since devolution.
This is a huge embarassment to both Jack McConnell and finance minister Tom McCabe.
An urgent review has now been demanded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geldof puts ball at McConnell&#8217;s foot</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/05/16/geldof-puts-ball-at-mcconnells-foot/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/05/16/geldof-puts-ball-at-mcconnells-foot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2005 16:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Bob Geldof today put the ball right at our flaky First Minister&#8217;s foot at the Scottish Parliament&#8217;s Conference on Africa held in Edinburgh when he said:
&#8220;And it is the specific task of the first minister to not welcome them if they are not prepared to do it.  And if you&#8217;re not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scots teachers brand executive measures a failure</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/05/08/scots-teachers-brand-executive-measures-failure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2005 22:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? The dozens of government initiatives brought in by the Scottish Executive over the past 4 years to combat classroom voilence and disruption have been branded a huge failure today by Scottish teachers.  The General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) is asking it&#8217;s 5,000 members to help find an answer to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McConnell bitch-slapped by Home Secretary</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/05/03/mcconnell-bitch-slapped-by-home-secretary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/05/03/mcconnell-bitch-slapped-by-home-secretary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2005 00:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Our dumb First Minister was once again bitch-slapped by Westminster bigwig in this election campaign.   After Tory Bliar a few weeks ago gave him a good thumping over the NHS waitling lists, now the Home Secretary, Charles Clarke gives him another good one over immigration.
Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary, made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Get off  your arse&#8221; says Sean Connery</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/05/01/get-off-your-arse-sean-connery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/05/01/get-off-your-arse-sean-connery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2005 08:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? This is the message that Edinburgh born, former James Bond actor, Sean Connery gave this weekend to political leaders in Scotland. 
In comments that will embarrass the current culture minister, Patricia Ferguson, Connery says he has directly approached his own friends for funding help and urges political leaders to get off their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>England could learn from Scotland&#8217;s failures.</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/04/19/england-could-learn-from-scotlands-failures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/04/19/england-could-learn-from-scotlands-failures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2005 23:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Not my words.  Those are the words of Tory Bliar.  
An election row has broken out about the different ways Labour runs the health service north and south of the border. The Prime Minister suggested last night that England could learn from Scotland&#8217;s failures.  At the press conference, Mr [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scotland going forward full speed - IN REVERSE</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/04/18/scotland-going-forward-full-speed-in-reverse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/04/18/scotland-going-forward-full-speed-in-reverse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 23:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One final change missed by the manifesto censors: the slogan is "Britain forward, not back". With longer hospital waits lists than even under the Thatcher years, Scottish Labour has been moving backwards, not forward.]]></description>
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