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Lib Dem backs the criminal’s friend

By The Basa ⋅ October 19, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

A senior Lib Dem spokesman said this week that Eric ‘Teeth” Milligan, the city’s former Lord Provost and friend of convicted resetter and jailbird restauranter Daniel Wencker of Daniel’s Bistro fame, could be up for the top job again.
A senior Lib Dem source said there had been nothing like formal discussions about the [...]

City chief speaks with forked tongue

By The Basa ⋅ September 14, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Phil Attridge, the council’s licensing leader who is quite happy to give jailbird theives licences to run ‘trendy’ restaurants in Leith seems to choke over the fact that a private developer doesn’t put “heavy prostitute traffic included” in their brochures to sell their houses.
And although most would not realistically expect the developer to make a [...]

“Teeth” flys the flag – criminals fly in

By The Basa ⋅ September 12, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

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 [...]

Labour’s overwhelming support for a Criminal

By The Basa ⋅ September 7, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

At a recent meeting of the licensing board Lothian & Borders Chief Constable submitted a lengthy and “very strong” report to the board setting out in great detail why the licensee should be declared “not a fit and proper person” to hold a licence. The licensee, a certain tried and convicted resetter, [...]

Is former Lord Provost getting bungs?

By The Basa ⋅ July 26, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

One expects so little from politicians these days. Intellectual ability, capacity to achieve stated aims, personal probity – all of these have gone flying out the window but why is former Lord Provost Eric ‘Teeth’ Milligan using his position on the licensing board to stand up for a convicted, serial theiving criminal?
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