tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post7224420122052271328..comments2023-08-10T12:55:23.427+01:00Comments on SUBROSA: Glasgow Labour Is Not Unbeatablesubrosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-64532596978786228082012-02-11T00:59:16.249+00:002012-02-11T00:59:16.249+00:00We can but hope Allan.
I didn't hear Matheson...We can but hope Allan.<br /><br />I didn't hear Matheson on the radio this morning but I suspect he was trying to talk himself into a job. :)subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-8425374289178227452012-02-10T23:40:54.974+00:002012-02-10T23:40:54.974+00:00I wonder if the SNP will really make a diference t...I wonder if the SNP will really make a diference to Glasgow City Council.<br /><br />Here in Renfrewshire, we've had an SNP/Lib dem coalition for the past 5 years, and they have been unable to stop the decline started under Labour - rather strangely they've made similar decisions to the Labour led Glasgow City Council in particular with regard to school closures.<br /><br />I must say though that listening to the news on my way to work this morning, Mathieson did sound weak and had the air of someone on their way out.Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13574173214924437278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-44869976075175212102012-02-10T21:12:33.120+00:002012-02-10T21:12:33.120+00:00I do hope so CH. It's all to play for and the...I do hope so CH. It's all to play for and the SNP's to lose maybe.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-45860602970993803282012-02-10T21:12:00.084+00:002012-02-10T21:12:00.084+00:00Wheat from the chaff Tris? I'd say the goats ...Wheat from the chaff Tris? I'd say the goats from the sheep. Little difference.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-75745776990844345402012-02-10T21:11:14.934+00:002012-02-10T21:11:14.934+00:00Democracy doesn't exist as we know it Crinkly....Democracy doesn't exist as we know it Crinkly. But then, perhaps it never has done?subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-58737288693451966082012-02-10T21:10:20.448+00:002012-02-10T21:10:20.448+00:00Clarinda, I watched the interview with the female ...Clarinda, I watched the interview with the female ex-labour councillor and it was obvious she had been threatened.<br /><br />I agree with you. If Glasgow does fall to the SNP then they will have the opportunity to show how an independent nation will survive and survive well.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-76058795000987658862012-02-10T19:23:39.999+00:002012-02-10T19:23:39.999+00:00A storm in a teacup was evident in Glasgow yesterd...<i>A storm in a teacup was evident in Glasgow yesterday</i><br /><br />Put the dregs left on the compost in May.cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-74416974053272520992012-02-10T15:45:03.206+00:002012-02-10T15:45:03.206+00:00Utterly corrupt, utterly despicable behaviour from...Utterly corrupt, utterly despicable behaviour from Labour. I sincerely hope they are toast and that Glasgow can finally get a council it deserves.<br /><br />It's a shame that Scottish Labour had to rely on someone from England come come here to sort the wheat from the chaff.<br /><br />I wonder what his criteria were...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-73945997261186699732012-02-10T14:16:31.130+00:002012-02-10T14:16:31.130+00:00Twenty labour councillors deselected and only five...Twenty labour councillors deselected and only five have resigned? are the remaining fifteen postal voters - or as the old taunt goes has Glasgow unwittingly actually voted in monkeys with red rosettes?<br /><br />One issue it does prove, the traditional political parties don't do democracy.<br /><br />Taking that as a given it would at best be naive to expect any democratic process to feature in their purposes or policies.Crinkly & Ragged Arsed Philosophershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08902364411241935656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-54045148046053303602012-02-10T11:30:59.662+00:002012-02-10T11:30:59.662+00:00As you observed Subrosa,"thrilled" was n...As you observed Subrosa,"thrilled" was not the obvious descriptor for the condemned man to select as the hour of execution nears. Humility might have redeemed somewhat - but no - out and out denial of culpability.<br /><br />I gather a female Glasgow Labour Councillor was allegedly threatened with her son's removal from an apprenticeship if she failed to vote with Labour - she is reported to have broken down in tears on TV as she told her version of events.<br /><br />If the SNP take Glasgow in May it will be an enormous opportunity to demonstrate the converse of inadequate local administration over the decades - the SNP will be challenged as never before to iniatiate their local potential which could be extrapolated into the wider context for 2014, which considering the particular test that Glasgow will present will be crucial at many levels - but the ultimate responsibilty must be the local issues of Glasgow.Clarindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08189996558442989039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-63996280645533160332012-02-10T11:21:10.746+00:002012-02-10T11:21:10.746+00:00I think the answer must be yes too Gedguy.I think the answer must be yes too Gedguy.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-43395757370803135472012-02-10T11:19:19.062+00:002012-02-10T11:19:19.062+00:00Sad to say but the terminal decline of Labour look...Sad to say but the terminal decline of Labour looks imminent. The real question has to be , "If they weren't deselected would they still be voting through a budget that they don't believe in?". Sadly, I think the answer is still yes. They have only turned tail because they were deselected. I hope the Labour person who joined the SNP did so because he believed in their policies.Gedguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18217515188959770657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-39068905903601288152012-02-10T10:56:49.872+00:002012-02-10T10:56:49.872+00:00Thanks for that info Elaine. I can't understan...Thanks for that info Elaine. I can't understand what took them so long though or did they need to be given another push?subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-10495218418240379072012-02-10T10:50:02.686+00:002012-02-10T10:50:02.686+00:00From the BBC-
Two more councillors have resigned f...From the BBC-<br />Two more councillors have resigned from Glasgow City Council's ruling Labour group, after a day of turmoil saw the authority's budget pass by two votes.<br /><br />Councillors Andy Muir and Ruth Black both voted against the council's budget on Thursday.<br /><br />Stephen Dornan, Tommy Morrison and Anne Marie Millar all resigned from the Labour Group before the vote.<br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16980679Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06254354965300832792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-4522899914029554482012-02-10T10:34:12.440+00:002012-02-10T10:34:12.440+00:00I do hope so JRB. It was sad watching Newsnicht l...I do hope so JRB. It was sad watching Newsnicht last night to see a Labour councillor who was unable to string a sentence together. Perhaps he was overcome by being in the media, but his 'colleague' (the mouthy one) sneered at his lack of ability as if to say 'that's why he was deselected'.<br /><br />Not nice to witness.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-59453747266826691182012-02-10T10:27:38.489+00:002012-02-10T10:27:38.489+00:00The death throws of any body can be sad, painful a...The death throws of any body can be sad, painful and unpleasant to watch.<br /><br />We have already seen the demise of ‘Labour’ as an effective parliamentary party of opposition. Now we watch as the last bastion of ‘Labour’ control, namely Glasgow city council goes into end-stage terminal decline.JRBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864418763227369458noreply@blogger.com