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Glasgow East by-election: Curran accused over role in scrapping fire targets



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Published Date: 19 July 2008
By David Maddox
Scottish Political Correspondent
MARGARET Curran, the Labour candidate for Glasgow East, has been accused of forgetting her role in scrapping guaranteed fire service response times.
A row has broken out in the Glasgow East by-election after Ms Curran supported a campaign to save the Parkhead Fire Station from closure. The proposal would see two stations merged and staff and appliances reduced. She said: "Not a brick should come
off unless the replacement has the same number of fire engines and better response times."

But the remark has angered firefighters who point out that she voted for the Fire (Scotland) Act in 2005 which scrapped guaranteed response times of five minutes and handed more powers to chief fire officers.

One firefighter said: "She seems to have forgotten that she is partly responsible. It really is hypocritical of her now to talk in this way."

John Docherty, the Fire Brigades Union Scotland official, added: "I'm glad Ms Curran seems to recognise that she made a mistake."

But a spokesman for Ms Curran said: "The act was right because it gave power to make these decisions to local people. But that does not mean she is in favour of reducing a service that is vital."

An SNP spokeswoman said: "Once again Margaret Curran has been caught hiding from her responsibility."



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1

yankey,

Lanarkshire 19/07/2008 00:36:20

For God's sake do not think that the Liars Party has only lied in the past few yaers

In years gone by if it was a scandel
Sex.. it was a Tory
Money .. it was a Liebor

Now it is both sex and money

Key money you paid if you wanted a council house
A bribe you paid if you wanted a License and free drink and " carry oot " every time the thieving baskets appeared in your pub.
Which they did on a regular basis.

Unless they were in a wee Burgh
Then the Provists chambers were a free pub for the swine and all their friends and the council staff restocked every day

A councilor in Renfrew was bunged the equivalent of 1 MILLION POUNDS a year in cash from the suppliers of machines for the road works

A cabinet Minister Dame Judith Hart told a sucessful firm they could be given more grants if they moved SOUTH

A small selection of the benefits of our working class liars



2

Jock Tamson,

Scotland, Caledonia, Alba 19/07/2008 00:37:03
Labour in Scotland is sponsored by Twazny Mee.
3

JayDeeTee,

19/07/2008 00:45:12
This Margaret Curran person is not only an embarrassment to the Liebour Party, but to the whole of Scotland. I cringe when I see her on TV, more so when I think it may be broadcast nationally. How low have we sank when this is the so called 'best' that the Liebours can come up with? She looks and talks like a barmaid around throwing out time. Jeez, pension her off please.
4

Edward,

19/07/2008 01:02:33
Not another Curran Gaffe surely!!
We must now be upto number 5 or 6 in Gaffes
Evidently Margaret Curran doesnt know whats she is doing. It beggers belief that anyone in there right mind would want to vote for this woman
Remember she is supposed to be representing Glasgow East in Westminster, which means working for the electorate of Glasgow East. So far, if this was a job interview, I wouldnt employ her to make the tea!
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19/07/2008 02:28:36
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eric,

Lothian 19/07/2008 08:21:55
be interesting to see curran squirm next week .When she has to explain to the Unemployed about new proposals due out on monday were leaked ,Private firms being paid bounty to take on every jobseeker for 2 yrs then after they have to go into jobcentre every day to sighn for worfare placements.Talk about ALIENATING yourself !
7

Gdgy,

dundy 19/07/2008 08:37:58
WHo has been running Scotland for th last two weeks???

Salmond, Sturgeon has been camped in Glasgow East...we seem to be paying their wages so they can electioneer...

BTW what is the SNP policy on this issue and what do they plan to do about the fire stations???
Any ideas, any policies...it would help if you cost them as well......please sned to Mr Mason (you know him...dour bloke, personality bypass, looks like he may have just cr*pped himself..somewhere in a shopping centre in Glasgow East...you'lll know him he'll have Salmond or Sturgeon as minders in case he expresses an unguarded thought......or says anything
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eric,

Lothian 19/07/2008 09:02:49
The Titanic took a while to sink .
9

brownlie,

19/07/2008 09:27:36
7 Gdgy

Great Post!!!!!! Your intelligent and cohesive reasoning, totally without abuse, will surely bring hordes of undecided voters to commit themselves to Labour.

Any ideas, any policies ... us unionists have not needed them before - why should we start now????
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ThomasP,

19/07/2008 09:32:14
"But the remark has angered firefighters who point out that she voted for the Fire (Scotland) Act in 2005 which scrapped guaranteed response times of five minutes and handed more powers to chief fire officers."

Looks like the Labour tactic of lying constantly is not working.
11

lulach mac gille coemgain,

19/07/2008 09:34:43
How to start a fire ? Let Maggie Current open her big gob !
12

Iain Ban,

19/07/2008 10:00:25
# Yanky

In 1970s Larnakshire, you had to let fat, toothless, alcoholic Labour councillors sleep with your wife if you wanted a council house. Although it was never openly spoken about, everybody knew at least one family that had been destroyed by Labour. Why do you think domstic violence was/is worse in the West than anywhere else? Lying and sweeping the truth under the carpet has always been a main pillar of the Strathclyde Labour Mafia, Curran is merely the latest example.
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Ken_Fitlike,

19/07/2008 10:45:11
A spokesman for Ms Curran said: "The act was right because it gave power to make these decisions to local people. But that does not mean she is in favour of reducing a service that is vital."

Yes but no but yes but no...... Curran the Vicky Pollard of Scottish Politics.

FFS
14

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19/07/2008 11:36:16
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yolanda,

19/07/2008 12:47:28

If the Margaret Curran gaffes and blatant lies weren't so serious, they would be laughable.

No matter your politics, surely it is a mistake to give your vote to a candidate who persistently lies her way through everything, hoping she won't get caught. When she does get caught out (and she has been, frequently) she does her old "I'll put my hands up to that one" routine. I hope the people of Glasgow east wake up to the fact that she and those like her have absolutely no interest in them or their lives and circumstances. She is feathering her own nest, as many others do. All at the expense of the consitituents who deserve so much better. She hasn't a clue.
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19/07/2008 14:17:53
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19/07/2008 15:16:49
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a proud doonhamer,

Dumfries 19/07/2008 15:27:55
Media reports have the undecided in the recent poll at 29%, a very large amount this close to the vote. Not a good sign for Labour in one of their strongholds. I would assume most of that vote is former Labour voters trying to decide whether to hold their nose and vote Labour again or make the leap to another party. Also it does not bode well for a large turnout as many may decide to stay home. In a riding with historically low turnouts to start with, this is another problem for an incumbent party.

By extrapolition, the percentages are taken from 361 decided responders (at most, with no mention of those refusing to state) thus increasing the margin of error.

Without the raw data or the methodology, not much can be taken from this poll except for the 29% undecided figure.
19

Tom R,

19/07/2008 15:44:52
I suppose the only upside if Margaret Curran does scrape a narrow victory is that we would probably never hear from her again :-)
20

Wisnaeme,

19/07/2008 15:48:56

Uh Huh, being economical with the details of the small print again , Mrs Whatever.

... and yer soft shoe shuffle in Barlanark Communities health Shop wis jist stoatin. Now remind me Mrs Curran, was it not the SNP government who gave a grant to prevent the place from closure? Funding that the previous Labour administration failed to put in place, by the way.

Say thankyou to the SNP, Margaret for them saving the place and thus allowing yerself a venue for a wee Pravda photo session.

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Jimmy the Pie,

19/07/2008 16:44:45
Are there any programmes on tele tomorrow featuring Maggie Curran's pet lapdog Glenn Campbell????

He must be due another personal attack on John Mason - its been 2 days since his last one.

On the 'main story' on last weeks Politics Show have there been any more threats of legal action by that dipstick Mike Dailly???
Or has that 'story' been quietly forgotten???

What will Campbell do when New Labour Sleaze get a right rogering in 20 months time. Who will he crawl to then????
22

Jimmy the Pie,

19/07/2008 16:45:56
Any further updates on New Labour Sleaze and Corruption's retired serial swindler David Marshall???

Remember the words from Faither Cairns

"I would ask the media to give David (Marshall) and his family some privacy as he is suffering ill health"


Aye right - Maybe repetitive strain injury from continually counting his ill gotten gains???
23

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19/07/2008 16:55:54
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Scottish 'N British,

19/07/2008 17:17:13
Wait a mo.

Was that the one where Scottish Labour wanted to stop giving out updated reports only for Nikki to complain that this wasn't fair. Only for her party to do precisely that as soon as they were in power?

Or is that to do with somnething else. On second thoughts it might have somethnig to do with Fabiani. Or Stevenson. Or MacAskill.

Or <(please place name of SNP minister)>.

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Scottish 'N British,

19/07/2008 17:18:30
23

Remember Holyrood is no better, second homes, etc.

 

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