Craigmillar totally fucked by publicly funded cabal

Last 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 the community and using the publicly funded resources of Crapacity Building Project, Craigmillar Childcare Services and Haywired.
Installed against the wishes of the community were:

Chair: Paul […]

What Culture?

What happened to the speech that Jack McConnell made on St. Andrew’s Day in 2003. Our hapless first minster in his speech promised to put culture at the heart of Scottish life.
Meanwhile the Scottish Arts Council, now very curiously run by the ex-Bishop of Edinburgh, the Right Reverend Richard Holloway seems to be living […]

“Teeth” flys the flag - criminals fly in

A bit of a shock comes in today from SNP MSP Alex Neil who I had previously held in quite high regard.
The Capital’s longest-serving First Citizen is the kind of “character” needed to raise Scotland’s profile and win back visitors, said the SNP’s Alex Neil, convener of the Scottish Parliament’s enterprise and culture […]

8 Politicians in NY - Bill £101,000

That’s right. £101,000 to send the 8 politicians to New York for Tartan Week. A quick check of British Airways website gives me a round trip business class ticket (that’s assuming they need to go business class) at only £ 3,835.80 - What happened to the other £70,000.