Dear All
Election communications will come through your door at some point as the various political parties try and interest you in their candidates.
I recently received a leaflet from the Labour Candidate Ian ‘the deerhunter’ Davidson.
It continued a mixture of false claims and bullshit.
I can only think that Davidson thinks the people of Glasgow South West are poor educated and mentally challenged.
So I want to go through his pitch
Davidson says;
“Labour want to protect you and your family from the impact of the recession and give ordinary people the chance of a better life”.
Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling;
“we will cut deeper than Margaret Thatcher”.
So, straightaway Labour Candidate Ian Davidson is attempting to mislead the public.
He then states;
“The Tories, however, want to use our economic difficulties as an excuse to destroy jobs and services”.
In Glasgow under the Glasgow Labour Council, they have shut schools and community centres, destroying jobs and services.
In contrast, it is the SNP who have stood up for the people of Glasgow.
If he is re-elected he says he will work hard for the area, I have lived in Glasgow South West for 37 years and I have never seen him in the area once.
The only hard work I have seen is his involvement in the expenses scandal where he claimed £87,699 in the four years, £30 below the max.
Davidson famous stated that he wished he had a larger mortgage on his London flat to allow him to claim more in allowances.
His next claim of note is saying his priority to ensure local priority for jobs to people in the Glasgow South West area.
This is a bogus claim.
Another bogus claim immediately follows that he will protect public sector jobs and services.
The public sector is funded by the SNP Government; Davidson has no input on devolved matters.
Election communications will come through your door at some point as the various political parties try and interest you in their candidates.
I recently received a leaflet from the Labour Candidate Ian ‘the deerhunter’ Davidson.
It continued a mixture of false claims and bullshit.
I can only think that Davidson thinks the people of Glasgow South West are poor educated and mentally challenged.
So I want to go through his pitch
Davidson says;
“Labour want to protect you and your family from the impact of the recession and give ordinary people the chance of a better life”.
Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling;
“we will cut deeper than Margaret Thatcher”.
So, straightaway Labour Candidate Ian Davidson is attempting to mislead the public.
He then states;
“The Tories, however, want to use our economic difficulties as an excuse to destroy jobs and services”.
In Glasgow under the Glasgow Labour Council, they have shut schools and community centres, destroying jobs and services.
In contrast, it is the SNP who have stood up for the people of Glasgow.
If he is re-elected he says he will work hard for the area, I have lived in Glasgow South West for 37 years and I have never seen him in the area once.
The only hard work I have seen is his involvement in the expenses scandal where he claimed £87,699 in the four years, £30 below the max.
Davidson famous stated that he wished he had a larger mortgage on his London flat to allow him to claim more in allowances.
His next claim of note is saying his priority to ensure local priority for jobs to people in the Glasgow South West area.
This is a bogus claim.
Another bogus claim immediately follows that he will protect public sector jobs and services.
The public sector is funded by the SNP Government; Davidson has no input on devolved matters.
He can't protect these jobs.
There then comes this extraordinary claim by him;
“I have worked to ensure local people get jobs in the shipyards and all our local developments such as Sliverburn Shopping Centre, the new Southern General Hospital and the other projects in South West Glasgow”.
EU law doesn’t permit job discrimination, so is Ian Davidson saying he advised numerous private and public sector organisations to break the law?
He isn’t saying anything else in that statement.
He also tells us that he was involved in campaigning for the National Minimum Wage.
That Act of Parliament was passed in 1998!
It is now 2010.
12 years have passed in the meantime and that is how far back he has to think about something he voted for as an example of him doing his job!
Other aspects of Labour Candidate Ian Davidson which should be noted are that he paid a family friend from Glasgow £5,500 to decorate his London flat.
£5,500 to a family friend!
Then there are the committees and groups he sits on while not travelling to the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Australia and elsewhere.
There then comes this extraordinary claim by him;
“I have worked to ensure local people get jobs in the shipyards and all our local developments such as Sliverburn Shopping Centre, the new Southern General Hospital and the other projects in South West Glasgow”.
EU law doesn’t permit job discrimination, so is Ian Davidson saying he advised numerous private and public sector organisations to break the law?
He isn’t saying anything else in that statement.
He also tells us that he was involved in campaigning for the National Minimum Wage.
That Act of Parliament was passed in 1998!
It is now 2010.
12 years have passed in the meantime and that is how far back he has to think about something he voted for as an example of him doing his job!
Other aspects of Labour Candidate Ian Davidson which should be noted are that he paid a family friend from Glasgow £5,500 to decorate his London flat.
£5,500 to a family friend!
Then there are the committees and groups he sits on while not travelling to the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Australia and elsewhere.
During this time, he isn't representing Glasgow South West.
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Select Committees
1997 - Public Accounts
Current Membership:
Select Committees
1997 - Public Accounts
2005 – Scottish AffairsParty Political Groups
Co-operative Party - Former Chair of Parliamentary Group UNITE - Former Chair of MSF Parliamentary Group
Backbench Committees
Overseas AidTrade and Industry Defence
All Party Parliamentary Groups
Aerospace - Former Secretary
All Party Parliamentary Groups
Aerospace - Former Secretary
Alcohol Misuse
Building Societies and Financial Mutuals Construction Group – Vice Chair
Housing Co-operatives
Local Government Councillors
New Europe - Secretary
Overseas Territories
Pensions
Royal Marines
Rugby Union Team - Secretary and Captain
Scotch Whisky
Ship Building and Repair Group - Secretary
Smoking and Health
Socially Responsible Investment
All Party Parliamentary Country Groups
America
ANZACBermuda - Chair
Canada
Cayman Islands
China
Egypt
Falklands
Germany - Vice-Chair
Gibraltar
India
Japan
Mozambique – Chair
Namibia – Chair
Republic of Korea
Russia
South Africa- Vice-Chair
Zimbabwe
Associate Groups
Parliamentary Lighting Groups
Others
British Council - Treasurer New Europe Advisory Council
Can anyone believe he is fighting for the people of Glasgow South West?
I don’t.
His office is hidden at the furthest point of the Glasgow South West boundary, off the beaten track and major bus routes.
The question used by SNP MSP Nicola Sturgeon and SNP PPC Chris Stephens on the campaign trail is;
“do you know who your sitting MP is?”
The overwhelming majority of the responses to this simple question is no!
That is damning, 20 years of being an MP and people don’t know who he is, where he is and what he stands for.
On the 6th May 2010, only a vote for Chris Stephens, the SNP Candidate can bring forward a real change agenda.
His office will be open to the public for business, Monday to Friday, 9 to 5.
It will be signposted and be on a major bus route. It will be proactive in taking up issues because despite 20 years of Labour, Glasgow South West still lags way behind the rest of Glasgow in the residents achieving the average wage.
6th May 2010, people should get out and use their vote, it is time for change.
Yours sincerely
British Council - Treasurer New Europe Advisory Council
Can anyone believe he is fighting for the people of Glasgow South West?
I don’t.
His office is hidden at the furthest point of the Glasgow South West boundary, off the beaten track and major bus routes.
The question used by SNP MSP Nicola Sturgeon and SNP PPC Chris Stephens on the campaign trail is;
“do you know who your sitting MP is?”
The overwhelming majority of the responses to this simple question is no!
That is damning, 20 years of being an MP and people don’t know who he is, where he is and what he stands for.
On the 6th May 2010, only a vote for Chris Stephens, the SNP Candidate can bring forward a real change agenda.
His office will be open to the public for business, Monday to Friday, 9 to 5.
It will be signposted and be on a major bus route. It will be proactive in taking up issues because despite 20 years of Labour, Glasgow South West still lags way behind the rest of Glasgow in the residents achieving the average wage.
6th May 2010, people should get out and use their vote, it is time for change.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
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