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	<title>Edinburgh Sucks! &#187; Communities Scotland</title>
	<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com</link>
	<description>An account of how the politicians and officials are screwing our city.</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>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Alasdair Morgan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Alex Neil]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Alex Salmond]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Alistair Darling]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Alyn Smith]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Burns]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Brian Fallon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Brian Monteith]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Capacity Building Project]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cathy Jamieson]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Colin Fox]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Communities Scotland]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Services]]></category>

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

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

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

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Donald Anderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Donald Gorrie]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Maginnis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Elspeth Attwooll]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Eric Milligan]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Fiona Hyslop]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Frank Russell]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fred Mackintosh]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Brown]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Jackson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Munro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Green Party]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Hugh Henry]]></category>

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

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Jackie O'Donnell]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[James Gray]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jenny Dawe]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jim Inch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jim Lowrie]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jim Wallace]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Johann Lamont]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[John Longstaff]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[John Prescott]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[John Swinney]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kate MacKenzie]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ken Harrold]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ken Macintosh]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kingsley Thomas]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Lesley Hinds]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lib-Dem]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lord Provost]]></category>

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Chisholm]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Margo MacDonald]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Marilyne MacLaren]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mark Ballard]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mark Lazarowicz]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Mike Pringle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mike Watson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Murdo Fraser]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Murray Tosh]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nichol Stephen]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nigel Griffiths]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Patricia Ferguson]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Peter Hain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Peter Peacock]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Phil Attridge]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Phil Wheeler]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ricky Henderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ross Finnie]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Parliament]]></category>

		<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>

		<category><![CDATA[Trevor Davies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[UK Parliament]]></category>

		<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>Cabal meltdown begins</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/04/26/cabal-meltdown-begins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/04/26/cabal-meltdown-begins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2006 23:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Alyn Smith]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Capacity Building Project]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Communities Scotland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Services]]></category>

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Donald Anderson]]></category>

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

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Members of Parliament]]></category>

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

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Parliament]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[UK Parliament]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/04/26/cabal-meltdown-begins/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? With the big news that hit the airwaves and press today about disgraced ex-councillor Paul Nolan, hopefully begins the meltdown of the cabal that has ruined the Craigmillar area of Edinburgh over the last 20 years.
Paul Nolan admitted to Evening News journalist Gareth Rose that he had wasted millions of pounds of taxpayers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did Napier University lie to EdinburghSucks.com?</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/04/06/did-napier-university-lie-to-edinburghsuckscom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/04/06/did-napier-university-lie-to-edinburghsuckscom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Communities Scotland]]></category>

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

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Napier University]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Peter Peacock]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/04/06/did-napier-university-lie-to-edinburghsuckscom/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? No sooner than we published our post on yet another of disgraced ex-councillor Paul Nolan&#8217;s conflicts of interest, where we included a quote we were given from Napier University, our email box was deluged from those in-the-know both within Napier and without.
Indeed we believe we were lied to by Napier University when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cyber Activism tastic&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/04/04/cyber-activism-tastic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/04/04/cyber-activism-tastic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2006 20:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Communities Scotland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Parliament]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/04/04/cyber-activism-tastic/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? With a hat tip to Leithal Wit - actually we just lifted the whole post.
One of the best things about the Scottish Parliament is our ability to petition it direct and have msp&#8217;s actually consider it.
Members of the Canongate Community Forum have raised two e-petitions to the Scottish Parliament.
http://epetitions.scottish.parliament.uk/view_petition.asp?PetitionID=94
calls on the Scottish Parliament [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caught &#8220;Cookin da books&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/02/27/caught-cookin-da-books/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/02/27/caught-cookin-da-books/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2006 05:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Communities Scotland]]></category>

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Jim Inch]]></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>

		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/02/25/caught-cookin-da-books/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Not a good time for the &#8216;cabal&#8217; in Craigmillar at the moment. It seems that some people looking after the community&#8217;s funds, (we&#8217;ll call them Nolan&#8217;s Numpties for the moment) thought it would be a good idea to make sure that all their friends were left in no doubt about their constant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EdSucks readers ask for public enquiry</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/02/24/edsucks-readers-ask-for-enquiry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/02/24/edsucks-readers-ask-for-enquiry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2006 05:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Capacity Building Project]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Communities Scotland]]></category>

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

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

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/02/23/edsucks-readers-ask-for-enquiry/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? EdinburghSucks.com readers let their fingers do the clicking yesterday with another amazing respose to one of our polls.
Regular readers will remember that we asked whether their should be a public enquiry into what is happening with the &#8216;community organisations&#8217; in Craigmillar which are being run as a &#8216;cabal&#8217; according to many in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Craigmillar&#8217;s social exclusion, Again!</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/02/23/craigmillars-social-exclusion-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/02/23/craigmillars-social-exclusion-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Capacity Building Project]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Communities Scotland]]></category>

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

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

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/02/23/craigmillars-social-exclusion-again/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? It would seem that EU, Council and Scottish Executive funded and Craigmillar based Capacity Building Project which are now picking and choosing who gets on their courses - they make it difficult for anyone in employment to attend their latest one and if they don&#8217;t like you, or you have asked questions about how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council whistleblower saga will continue</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/02/13/council-whistleblower-saga-will-continue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/02/13/council-whistleblower-saga-will-continue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2006 06:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Communities Scotland]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Education Dept.]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Lesley Hinds]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lord Provost]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pete McDougall]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/02/12/council-whistleblower-saga-will-continue/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Questions are still not answered after the council was fined £5,000 when they were found guilty of a witchhunt to find a whistleblower who reported the £400,000 that was misspent by council employees.
The gross mismanagement of public cash has to have an external investigation carried out with extreme haste because it seems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is social inclusion in Craigmillar?</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/02/07/what-is-social-inclusion-in-craigmillar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/02/07/what-is-social-inclusion-in-craigmillar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2006 23:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Communities Scotland]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Jackie O'Donnell]]></category>

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

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

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

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/?p=337</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? In a dramatic and contentious Craigmillar Social Inclusion Partnership Extraordinary Board Meeting today, it became clear that there had to be an external investigation of Board Member, Funding Panel Chairman and disgraced ex-Councillor Paul Nolan.
Today’s extraordinary meeting to discuss a complaint of multiple and sustained conflicts of interest, nepotism and cronyism over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Craigmillar Clean-Up?  Comments please!</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/01/24/craigmillar-clean-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/01/24/craigmillar-clean-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Communities Scotland]]></category>

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Jackie O'Donnell]]></category>

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

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

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/?p=336</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? It seems that the brooms are in Craigmillar as we type.  Councillor Ian Perry with the full backing of the leader Teflon Don is sitting in a meeting of the Craigmillar Social Inclusion Partnership (SIP) Board asking the self-appointed community leader and disgraced ex-councillor, Paul Nolan, to answer questions that he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EdinburghSucks banned to aid Social Inclusion</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/12/16/edinburghsucks-banned-to-aid-social-inclusion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/12/16/edinburghsucks-banned-to-aid-social-inclusion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Communities Scotland]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Education Dept.]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Johann Lamont]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lesley Hinds]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Chisholm]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Pete McDougall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/?p=327</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? It has come to our notice that the fictional character who does the posting here on behalf of the citizenry of the city, namely &#8216;The Basa&#8217; has actually been banned from Haywired IT center in Craigmillar.
Haywired, the Communities Scotland funded centre in the Hays Business Center is run by a board of [...]]]></description>
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