jester Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Years ago in Airdrie and Coatbridge, Labour councillors were well known for looking out for each other, their friends, families and financial contributors. I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine. Hence the name Monklands Mafia. Monklands District Council became subsumed by North Lanarkshire Council but the song remains the same apparently. With one difference, it now seems to be the SNP who have adopted questionable tactics. On The Undesirables thread, someone mention Cumbernauld Councillor Alan O'Brien and this leaflet that he put out HERE. It's starting to become a pattern with SNP voters, but if something critical is posted they seize on something else entirely and attack that, in this case an accusation made against the candidate of homophobia, which he denies, and in fact he points to a host of allegations made from the same offices against a number of other councillors/ potential councillors. In the last couple of weeks the police have repeatedly been called in to deal with complaints by one councillor against another. The latest is Peter Owens, who is a community activist standing as an independent. He put out THIS statement yesterday with a video which has been passed to Police Scotland. Incidentally he is standing in the same ward as the womans parent's. Even weirder, having been deselected by the SNP her mother is now standing against the SNP, but is being endorsed by Alex Neil MSP on her campaign literature. It mystifies me, why when the media are willing to go into overload about some of the SNP's most obscure errors they show no interest in what is turning into a daily embarrassment and running sore within the SNP, in one of the councils they hoped to gain control of. Which brings me back to Councillor Alan O'Brien. He has stated clearly that Councillor David Stocks, who is tipped to be the next leader of North Lanarkshire Council, was caught lying in court a few weeks ago. This is a matter of public record. Does it not concern anyone that one of Scotland's largest councils could be handed to a man branded an unreliable witness in court? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 ^ lost interest after first 9 lines. SNP bad........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Hint hint, dog whistle, vote Tory, brothers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The clean living guy Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 42 minutes ago, Glenconner said: Hint hint, dog whistle, vote Tory, brothers. Jesters posts on other sites makes me think he wouldn't be a tory voter or a 'brother'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 1 hour ago, John Lambies Doos said: ^ lost interest after first 9 lines. SNP bad........ Therein lies the problem. If people within the SNP just stick their fingers in their ears and shout LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU then these problems will grow and grow. The party will rot from the roots up. Surely that isn't a good outcome? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 1 hour ago, The clean living guy said: Jesters posts on other sites makes me think he wouldn't be a tory voter or a 'brother'. You would think people would check my previous posts before making an arse of themselves! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Therein lies the problem. If people within the SNP just stick their fingers in their ears and shout LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU then these problems will grow and grow. The party will rot from the roots up. Surely that isn't a good outcome? It's potentially one rogue councillor.SNP is the only party that genuinely puts Scotland first. They also have an excellent track record of expelling members, mps, msps and councillors; unlike some others. I really am not too concerned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 2 minutes ago, John Lambies Doos said: It's potentially one rogue councillor. SNP is the only party that genuinely puts Scotland first. It's a local election, they should be putting their Ward first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 9 minutes ago, John Lambies Doos said: It's potentially one rogue councillor. SNP is the only party that genuinely puts Scotland first. They also have an excellent track record of expelling members, mps, msps and councillors; unlike some others. I really am not too concerned Perhaps read past line 9????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chlamydia Kid Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 ^ lost interest after first 9 lines. SNP bad........ Jester is a well known yes campaigner. Just shows the paranoia and persecution complex and desperation to dismiss any criticism by so many.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Jester is a well known yes campaigner. So? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chlamydia Kid Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 So? Well he's hardly going to be indulging in SNP bad or boring Tory is he?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Well he's hardly going to be indulging in SNP bad or boring Tory is he?? More interested in why our ehem public broadcasters and msm are publishing anything on the may junker dinner tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 1 minute ago, John Lambies Doos said: More interested in why our ehem public broadcasters and msm are publishing anything on the may junker dinner tbh http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39770328 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39770328 My mistake. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Monklands Mafia as a term was dodgy in it's self. It was Sunday Post politics. Was any Monklands councillor ever convicted in court? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Well he's hardly going to be indulging in SNP bad or boring Tory is he?? Yes doesn't always =SNP though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 If this is a pattern of behaviour which has lasted over a number of years and parties then its something which should be looked into by Police, regardless of which parties are involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Heliums Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 40 minutes ago, Jambomo said: If this is a pattern of behaviour which has lasted over a number of years and parties then its something which should be looked into by Police, regardless of which parties are involved. But doesn't the OP say the police are involved? I think there's a conflation between the alleged nepotism of Labour councillors, and alleged internecine battles in the SNP. They're not the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdhafc1874 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 NLC is a mess TBH The Labour council group split so much a whole load of their current/former councillors are standing under being the 'Independent Alliance Party' this time round. The SNP group certainly aren't perfect but I'd still expect them to do a better job in charge of NLC going forward - there's enough decent candidates standing from my viewpoint as part of the SNP campaign over in SLC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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