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Glasgow East by-election: Mason counters drive to close 2,000 post offices



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JOHN Mason, the SNP by-election candidate, spoke out against the UK government's post office closure plans when he visited an outlet in Shettleston Road, Glasgow, yesterday.
He called for the Post Office to be allowed to retain the Post Office Card Account contract – the system used to pay those without bank accounts their state benefits – as a way of safeguarding the future of hundreds of branches. Around 2,000 outlets are being closed across the UK because the network loses £1 million a week.

Mr Mason said: "Glasgow has already seen one round of post office closures and we cannot allow there to be any more. Post offices are still the heart of many communities in the East End.

"With the UK government tendering the Post Office Card Account, the Labour government is putting the Post Office at further risk."



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1

Guga II,

Rockall 19/07/2008 02:53:15
It's all part of the plan by the New Labour Sleaze and Corruption Party to make the Post Office as uneconomic as possible, so that they can sell it off to their business buddies.
2

donald anderson it's me,

weegieland 19/07/2008 08:50:56
And Labour tried to blame the SNP in Holyrood for Labour Westminsterite PO closures and sell offs.
3

Wisnaeme,

19/07/2008 15:25:22
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Post 1.

About right.

A while back, I attended a rally and protest march by concerned citizens in Coventry against the closure of the main Post Office Sorting Office in the centre of Coventry. A prime site of commercial interest to developers, by the way.

Who should turn up on the platform after the march for the speech making offerings of self serving platitudes against closure but three of New Labour's finest.

Step forward Mr Geoffrey Robinson MP, former Paymaster General of the Treasury, Formerly in charge of PFI's and Tony's mine host. Who together with McCavity Brown and Bendy Mandy were the chief architects of New Labour and their privatisation and public asset stripping policies.

Step forward Mr Bob Ainsworth MP, Minister of something or other, carpetbagger and supporter of the privateers.Whose exploits included the PFI-ing of the local hospital and soon to be privatising of local GP surgeries and services.

Step forward Mr John Cunningham MP, a former work colleague in the Imperial Steal works, Airdrie and well versed in the ways of the Lanarkshire mafia.

...and it has now been announced that closure is going ahead with the loss of 500 jobs.

To add insult to injury the asset stripping and closure of Coventry's main central Post Office followed within weeks of Mr New Labour partei MP's bawjawing platitudes of support against closures.

PS. In future, mail posted in Coventry to Coventry addresses will do a 60 mile journey to the outskirts of Northampton and back. Nice to know New Labour's concerns for the environment and fuel economics are to the fore, as per usual.
.

4

Wisnaeme,

19/07/2008 15:31:52

At least John mason is part of the solution and not a major part of the problem.

An other sorry saga of New Labour collusion with the carpetbaggers and privateers.
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5

Barry Donald Scarfe,

Brentwood 19/07/2008 16:32:19
Is the SNP going to be an anti-EU party then? They should be to have any credibility on this issue because it is the EU and its puppet government in the United Kingdom that is closing the post offices down.

www.eurofaq.freeuk.com/leaflets.postoffice.pdf



www.eurofaq.freeuk.com/timefortruth/index.html



The ONLY parties that have any credibility complaining about post office closures are those that against our EU membership

6

Barry Donald Scarfe,

Brentwood 19/07/2008 16:34:01
Sorry, that web address should have been www.eurofaq.freeuk.com/leaflets/postoffice.pdf
7

Jimmy the Pie,

19/07/2008 16:47:28
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???
8

Guga II,

Rockall 19/07/2008 17:17:07
#7. Or strain injury from re-arranging his office furniture (desk) in his front room.

9

Scottish 'N British,

19/07/2008 18:06:51

Once upon a time we got our pensions, stamps, credit from the social security, driving Licences, TV licences etc from our local Post Office.

An increasing number now make other arrangements, so much so that the PO is losing a small fortune each week.

So, whether we want to admit it or not, it's partly our own fault that Post Office is in such a mess.
Another reason for the losses is that the government has hived off lucrative bits to private companies.

None of this has stopped the bosses (including the head chappie, a Scot) from awarding themselves whacking great bonuses.

10

Hen Broons wee Ma.,

19/07/2008 18:59:03
http://tinyurl.com/6cuaow
Labour will lose the Glasgow East by-election, according to a majority of ePolitix.com subscribers.

A survey conducted this week showed that 51.9 per cent of respondents believe that the SNP will win next Thursday's poll.

In contrast just 42.6 per cent felt that Labour will defend the seat it won with a majority of more than 13,000 as recently as 2005.

In other findings from the poll a majority also agreed that the imminent summer parliamentary recess, seen by some as chance for Labour to steady its precarious position, will make no difference to the government's standing.

Only 21.8 per cent claimed that the break would benefit Gordon Brown's administration, while a similar number believed it would damage the government.

Meanwhile a near majority, 48.8 per cent, thought that the prime minister would reshuffle his cabinet in September in a bid to restore momentum.

Just 5.7 per cent felt that Brown would shake up his team before the recess begins on Tuesday, while 29.2 per cent thought he would do so later this year and 9.1 per cent said he would not do so at all in 2008.

The online survey of 506 ePolitix.com readers was conducted from 16-17 July 2008. For more information, please contact Dods Polling on dodspolling@dods.co.uk.

 

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