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Lying, cheating and a fat wallet

By The Basa ⋅ October 29, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Regular readers will remember the last general election campaign when man of the people, Labour MP Nigel Griffiths lied and cheated his way back into parliament (for a refresher course, click here, here, here , here, here, here, here, and here).
It seems that there was a reason for all this cheating, to get [...]

Bottom feeder comes back for more

By The Basa ⋅ August 22, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Keith Raffan the former Lib-Dem MSP and TV presenter who resigned after claiming more than £40,000 in mileage expenses has come back to the trough for some more. Raffan had earlier been the conservative MP for Delyn between 1983 and 1992.
Although he is still under investigation by Deloitte Touche over the expenses he [...]

Hate the Aged – Council policy?

By The Basa ⋅ July 8, 2005 ⋅ One comment

In the last few months since this site has been operating, it is just amazing to see the the way the Council treat the elderly of the city. These are the people who have already worked their lives and paid taxes for many decades, they are the ones who pass through the generations all [...]

Parliamentary Finance Committe Probe

By The Basa ⋅ July 5, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

In today’s Evening News, the finance committee convenor has announced that he is asking for evidence on the most effective way to allocate cash to deprived areas.
The Scottish Parliament’s finance committee is asking for evidence on the most effective ways of allocating cash, the financial barriers to tackling deprivation and how funding can be targeted [...]

Attridge look round the chamber

By The Basa ⋅ June 28, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Councillor Phil Attridge is whining today in the Evening News about flyposting in Edinburgh. Our leaders are demanding new laws to deal with the problem after admitting that they were powerless to punish the perpetrators.
City licensing leader Phil Attridge said: “There seems to be a real lack of suitable legislation in place to deal [...]

Electorate ‘distrust’ Politicians – official!

By The Basa ⋅ June 20, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

A failure by politicians to inspire trust is among the real problems behind poor election turnout – and not voter apathy, a recent study suggested.
Professor Charlie Jeffery, from the School of Social and Political Studies at the University of Edinburgh, believes other root causes are politicians not communicating “clear policy platforms” or reaching out to [...]

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