Dear All
The more I see and read about William Bain, the more I am convinced that he is unfit to be elected to public office.
In politics, people ‘expand’ on truth when trying to get elected but when they continually lie and misrepresent to achieve public office, they make themselves unelectable.
Willie Bain is high on accusation but remarkably light in substance.
His English run campaign in Glasgow North East has used knife crime as one of their issues.
But let us step back and remember that in 30 months of New Labour at Holyrood, their MSPs haven’t produced a single knife crime bill.
Why?
The SNP is not soft on crime but tough on criminals.
Everyone but Labour recognises that we have to punish the guilty and then rehabilitate offenders to turn them away from crime.
Even the Tories recognise that fact.
The reason that the SNP refuse to back William Bain’s campaign is that it is intellectually bankrupt and worse still lacking common sense.
He is preying on people’s fear of crime and unjustly pointing the finger at the wrong people, this is his tactic to try and win the Glasgow North East by-election.
What William Bain can’t explain is where the additional money would come from to pay for his idea.
What would he cut?
Also why doesn’t he want an independent judiciary?
Willie Bain has said;
"It shows how the SNP just don't understand Glasgow”.
I would reject that statement, during the Chirnsyde Community Initiative scandal, the Labour Party supported criminals, the SNP campaigned successful to close the centre down.
The Labour Party was silent till the scandal blew up in their faces.
Bain added;
"There is no justification for people carrying a blade. In this by-election people can send a message to the SNP that if you carry a knife you should go to jail."
This statement by William Bain, a law lecturer shows that he isn’t the least bit interested in a person receiving a fair trial as they are legally entitled to under the Human Rights Act 1998.
By his own words; he is stating that a person is ‘guilty until they prove themselves innocent’.
A person with such views in my opinion is contemptible and unfit for public office.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
The more I see and read about William Bain, the more I am convinced that he is unfit to be elected to public office.
In politics, people ‘expand’ on truth when trying to get elected but when they continually lie and misrepresent to achieve public office, they make themselves unelectable.
Willie Bain is high on accusation but remarkably light in substance.
His English run campaign in Glasgow North East has used knife crime as one of their issues.
But let us step back and remember that in 30 months of New Labour at Holyrood, their MSPs haven’t produced a single knife crime bill.
Why?
The SNP is not soft on crime but tough on criminals.
Everyone but Labour recognises that we have to punish the guilty and then rehabilitate offenders to turn them away from crime.
Even the Tories recognise that fact.
The reason that the SNP refuse to back William Bain’s campaign is that it is intellectually bankrupt and worse still lacking common sense.
He is preying on people’s fear of crime and unjustly pointing the finger at the wrong people, this is his tactic to try and win the Glasgow North East by-election.
What William Bain can’t explain is where the additional money would come from to pay for his idea.
What would he cut?
Also why doesn’t he want an independent judiciary?
Willie Bain has said;
"It shows how the SNP just don't understand Glasgow”.
I would reject that statement, during the Chirnsyde Community Initiative scandal, the Labour Party supported criminals, the SNP campaigned successful to close the centre down.
The Labour Party was silent till the scandal blew up in their faces.
Bain added;
"There is no justification for people carrying a blade. In this by-election people can send a message to the SNP that if you carry a knife you should go to jail."
This statement by William Bain, a law lecturer shows that he isn’t the least bit interested in a person receiving a fair trial as they are legally entitled to under the Human Rights Act 1998.
By his own words; he is stating that a person is ‘guilty until they prove themselves innocent’.
A person with such views in my opinion is contemptible and unfit for public office.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
emmmmm.... what he is actually suggesting is that if someone is carrying a particular type of knife then they should have committed a crime. Therefore are guilty of a crime.
ReplyDeleteYou can debate the merits and demerits of his statement but don't misrepresent them. This is botched spin doctoring at its worst.
Dear Anon
ReplyDeleteemmmmm... that is not what he is quoted as saying in various places.
Also small point obviously worth mentioning is a person is innocent until proven guilty.
But thank you for reminding everyone that the Labour Candidate William Bain doesn't believe in the concept of a fair trial.
Rather than trying to spin doctor on behalf of London Labour perhaps you should move closer to the action.
After all you won't be lonely as so many of your London Labour colleagues are already helping Bain's campaign.
I notice that William Bain or London Labour altered his website when it previously stated hosted and promoted from London.
That has since been changed after I posted on it.
Finally, who is kidding who about misrepresentation?
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for human Rights at Glasgow University