Steven 'bin laden' Purcell and the Labour Council of shame get backing from disgraced Labour MSP and cohorts to make children suffer.

Dear All

How do you know the Labour supporting organisations?

Because when the Labour Party speaks, they pipe up as well right behind them.

So why are the Labour supporting organisations calling for GARL to be reinstated?

Why is one mile of rail track costing about a couple of hundred million pounds so important?

It is important for them to try and undermine the SNP Scottish Government.

So who are these Labour Party supporting organisations who put big business first before people?

They are CBI Scotland, SCC, Federation of Small Businesses Scotland, Institute of Directors Scotland, Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) and Scottish Financial Enterprise.

What is of interest is how quick after Steven ‘bin laden’ Purcell made his statement; they got their joint letter together.

Almost like it was a planned strategy between them and the Labour Party, think about it, six organisations drawing up and approving a letter so quickly.

If the GARL goes ahead, people with families will suffer because money will have to be denied to them and others.

It is no surprise to me that Labour Council leader Steven ‘bin laden’ Purcell doesn’t care about providing universal free school meals to poor children from deprived backgrounds, that’s par for the course I would say.

One funny aspect of the situation is the disgraced Labour MSP Charles Gordon has reappeared back on the scene as Labour’s transport spokesman.

Charles Gordon was forced to resign in disgrace from this position over the Wendy Alexander illegal donations scandal.

When you reign in disgrace that is supposed to be the end of your public life but for the Labour Party it is a mechanism to go into hiding till the heat dies down.

The Scottish Government is committed to a range of vital capital projects across Scotland, the M74 completion, the M80 upgrade, Forth Replacement Crossing, AWPR, the A9 improvements, the schools programme, Glasgow’s National Indoor Sports Arena and the new Southern General Hospital.

It appears that the British Labour Party (Scottish region) and their cohorts want to deny the people, food, new health services and road safety improvements all for the sake of a mile of railtrack.

For people like Steven ‘bin laden’ Purcell and the Labour Council of shame, the people are never a priority.

Yours sincerely

George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University

Gordon Brown rigs Iraq inquiry by hand picking the membership of it

Dear All

The UK Labour Government is setting up an enquiry into the Iraq War.

That means that it is a whitewash.

This sham is to con the electorate before the General Election that the Government is open and transparent.

Rather than the “independent” inquiry, there should be a criminal investigation rather than the toothless animal to deceive the public.

The star witness at this fiasco will be war criminal Tony Blair who will say that he acted in good faith.

That is his answer to the hundreds of thousands whose dead bodies littered Iraq, the torture of innocent civilians and the destruction of an entire country.

The inquiry chairman has said his report will be available in late 2010; that’s after the General Election.

Expect the committee made up of placemen to receive addition honours such as appointments to quangos and possibly to the House of Lords.

There will be a long list of witnesses who play a part in taking Britain into an illegal war but one thing they all have in common is that not one of them will be prosecuted and they will all go on their merry way.

This is the “Bankers; we are sorry routine”, we have seen it before and if it is worth doing once then it is worth doing it again.

Some of the public are awfully gullible.

In my opinion Blair took this country to war so he could get in tight with George W Bush. A lot of innocent people died in agony because Tony Blair wanted to get the same relationship with Bush that he had with Clinton.

That was Britain’s foreign policy for the invasion of Iraq, Tony Blair wanting to safeguard his position with the Americans.

Expect to hear ‘sorry’, ‘good faith’ and ‘lessons learned’ but don’t expect criminal charges.

No one is to be personally blamed or charged and the Cameron Government will be moving on and burying it as soon as.

Finally, all the members of the inquiry's committee were chosen by No 10 Downing Street.

This tells you all you need to know about it.

Yours sincerely

George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University

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NHS Grampian chief executive Richard Carey's career should be down the toilet if he can't do better

Dear All

The SNP Government has demanded "urgent improvements" at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary after a damning report into the state of the hospital.

A Healthcare Environment Inspectorate report into the hospital highlighted serious issues including cleanliness and infection control which present a major problem.

Health Minister Nicola Sturgeon commented;

"This report makes difficult reading. I am disappointed that so much room for improvement has been identified."

The most damning aspect of the report I would suggest is a lack of communication between management and ward staff about controlling infections.

If the right kind of people is not in place at a management level then the SNP Government should insist that those not capable are removed from standing in the way of improvement, whoever they are.

Nicola Sturgeon added;

"It is very welcome news that a follow-up unannounced inspection found that urgent action is already being taken and many concerns have already been addressed. I now expect NHS Grampian to implement all the inspectorate's recommendations urgently and in full."

It may also be an idea that each hospital becomes more proactive by setting up their own mini healthcare environment inspectorate to ensure standards.

For NHS Grampian chief executive Richard Carey this should be a wake call to place him on notice.

If he can’t be an effective force then he should be out.

Royal College of Nursing Scotland director Theresa Fyffe said;

"It is important that the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate continues to work in a spirit of partnership and improvement with healthcare staff and that all health boards learn from the reports published so far."

A spirit of partnership that seems an odd statement to make to me!

I would say the opposite that the Inspectorate should distance themselves from being too cosy with the people they inspect in case it clouds their judgement.

There maybe a case for Healthcare Environment Inspectorate officers to be assigned to each hospital funded by the Scottish Government on a permanent basis.

Yours sincerely

George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University

Firefighter Mark Sapple doesn't deserve the sack for acting the fool.

Dear All

People look at porn on the internet, its big business for some.

In places of work to relieve boredom, some people send others bits of porn on emails for laugh.

You can make the case that such behaviour is inappropriate but I would suggest that being stupid does necessary deserve the sack when other options are available.

Two firemen have been sacked for sending porn, Watch manager, Mark Sapple, based at the brigade's training centre in Manchester city centre, and firefighter Christopher Moss, who works at Stalybridge.

They were both dismissed for forwarding pornographic material to others.In total eleven officers were disciplined for passing on 'inappropriate' material of an adult nature. Three are appealing being demoted, a senior manager at Rochdale Borough headquarters and two other staff based at fire service HQ.

The Fire Brigades Union said;

“It would not be appropriate to comment further as the process has not concluded.”I say that these people have been punished too harshly.
A more effective manager could have dealt with this matter by disposing of it by way of a fine.

Nothing hurts like losing money.

The investigation kicked off when Mrs Jan Finch sent off a graphic image with a humorous caption of an unknown woman with a body piercing.

From there, it snowballed.

Being a firefighter is a dangerous job where people risk their lives in order to save others by their selfless acts.

I would hope that the brigade's new County Fire Officer Steve McGuirk will look at this matter and select a punishment that is not too draconian but makes the point.

Yours sincerely

George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University