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Wendy Alexander quits as leader



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Published Date: 28 June 2008
Wendy Alexander today announced her resignation as leader of the Scottish Labour Party.
The embattled leader said she was standing down with "deep regret".

The announcement comes after Holyrood's Standards Committee ruled she should be suspended from Parliament for one day for failing to declare to donations to her leadership campaign.

Earlier today, Labour MP David Marshall announced he is to quit the Commons, piling further by-election pressure on under-fire Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Ms Alexander's departure now presents Labour with the prospect of a leadership contest in Scotland.

She announced her resignation in a statement delivered before TV cameras at Scottish Labour headquarters in Glasgow.

Her voice still hoarse from a throat infection, and on the day after her 45th birthday, Ms Alexander announced her decision to resign following the decisions this week of Holyrood's Standards Committee.

Ms Alexander said: "I hope the events of recent days will lead to reflections by all MSPs and parliament officials on the appropriateness, objectivity and effectiveness of our current procedures.

"I acted in good faith and the written advice of parliamentary authorities.

"I believe there has been a breach of natural justice in a partisan decision," said Ms Alexander.

But she said the parliamentary process – "if not its conclusion" – deserved respect.

Ms Alexander said the row over the donations had become a "distraction" from the real issues facing Scotland.

Following Ms Alexander's announcement SNP Depute Leader Nicola Sturgeon said: "This has obviously been a difficult decision for Wendy Alexander, and resignation offers her the opportunity to move on.

"While Wendy Alexander has been author of own misfortune, there can be no doubt that the information on her illegal campaign donation could only have come from within the inner circles of the Labour Party.

"For months, there has been an unanswered question in Scottish politics – who within Scottish Labour leaked the information which provoked the serious investigation, culminating in Wendy Alexander's resignation?

"As Labour face another leadership trauma, her likely successors would do well to watch each other as well as their political opponents.

"Decay from within is characteristic of the decline of the New Labour project, and Wendy Alexander's resignation is a symptom of this wider malaise."

The full article contains 372 words and appears in scotsman.com newspaper.
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1

Richard Taylor,

Aberdeen 28/06/2008 10:26:40
Farewell BendyWendy...gone but not forgotten!

Bring on the next Liebore stooge for the SNP to maul!
:-)
2

happy english,

LONDON 28/06/2008 10:36:41
SHE HAS RESIGNED
3

Raj Persaud's ghost writer,

28/06/2008 10:37:31
She Should become a lollipop lady.

I bet their are puddles in the street at this announcement.

Whixh gormless eejit is going to be passed the poison chalice next?
4

Boaby,

Glasgow 28/06/2008 10:40:21
A remarkable servant to her party and will be impossible to replace.

Wendy will be remembered as the worst ever leader of a political party in the modern world. A disaster from the very begining and today was always going to arrive.

If it was up to me I would choose her brother or Jackie Baillie as I think they have the potential to be worse.

Cheerio Wendy. It was fun for a while but then just got emabarrasing.
5

thaijambo,

up the road 28/06/2008 10:57:43
As an SNP member I really wanted her to stay. I now hope that the Liebore party are so out of touch and stupid enough to give the job to that bumbling fool Foulks.
6

Jock MacTamson 2,

Highlands 28/06/2008 10:59:17
Ho Ho Ho. LMFAO rolling around of the floor.

I was hoping she would at least turn up to FMQ once more.

Still waiting to see the emails she had to prove her innocence. Or is she a liar and a fraudster ?
7

Jock MacTamson 2,

Highlands 28/06/2008 11:01:08
Well hers is a face I will not miss seeing, and a voice I will not miss hearing.

Horrid little person
8

Boaby,

Glasgow 28/06/2008 11:04:41
Oh aye, another thing, she should give back all the £950's to all the idiots in Scotland and abroad who donated to her non-campaign as they never really got their moneys worth did they?
9

Indy Evolution,

Edinburgh 28/06/2008 11:07:01
Saying on the TV just now that Labour are going to have a competition to replace her. Maybe the Daily Record could run it for them. That might give them a chance of reaching someone stupid enough enter.

10

Senga Jean,

28/06/2008 11:07:57
The Labour Party was at one time the peoples' party. In Scotland the SNP have taken on that mantle. It is sad to see Wendy going but she knew herself that she was not going to be allowed to stand up for Scotland. It is sad for Labour but worse is to come. Labour defend the wrongdoer by attacking the accuser. Venal or venial? They still do not see that they have done any wrong. In my book they compound their wrong with arrogance.
11

Dileas,

28/06/2008 11:17:31
11.18 - Wendy has just resigned live on BBC News. We got a long and self-serving explanation of her reasons and I frankly got bored with it. Cathy Jamieson is to run the show over the summer but didn't look enthusiastic about the prospect.
12

Rabbies Wee Bruthir,

28/06/2008 11:20:09
Wendy Has Gone!!!!

At 11:15 am this morning Wendy Alexander, the Scottish parliamentary leader of the Labour Party in Scotland, announced her resignation as parliamentary leader of the Scottish Parliamentary Labour Party, citing 'the decisions of they Standards Committee this week', she also believes' there has been a breach of natural justice',
She has judged that this issue has clouded the issues concerning Scotland, and claims her 'pursuers have achieved a 'political victory at what expense'.
Cathy Jamieson will lead the party over the summer, she feels the party has made 'significant progress in reconnecting with the people'.
She is not resigning her seat, and continues to claim she acted in 'good faith throughout'

Cathy Jamieson claimed that Wendy followed advice given by 'parliament', however she negated to say that MSP instructions on 'donations' are quite clear 'If in Doubt Declare them, she also negated to mention that she had not made the declaration within the '30 day rule for declaring donations'
13

Des' Dad,

28/06/2008 11:21:37
#10
So the SNP are now the peoples party?
Good, now we might get some decent policies for the ordinary people of Scotland from them for a change and maybe they might stop cosying up to the Tories as they have done throughout their history.
Maybe that's asking a bit too much.
14

Gina Gibson,

Wales 28/06/2008 11:23:45
Good riddance!
15

Paraclete,

Edinburgh 28/06/2008 11:24:02
Wendy Alexander always thought she had the god given right to be first minister, and I think that was the problem. For someone who came out off industry we know now why the country is in such a state, dont even know how she got a job
16

elizabeth the first ,

28/06/2008 11:28:46
Now as per usual, the SNP supporters are rubbing their hands in glee,what they fail to consider is Ms Alexanders replacement, who could quite possibly be more than a match for Mr Salmond. For all you wavering nationalists,go to youtube,and type in "I VOW TO THEE MY COUNTRY-A TRIBUTE TO BRITAIN.
17

 Ayrshire Scot™,

28/06/2008 11:37:03
Bring it on.....

George Foulkes for Labour leader...its time
18

 Ayrshire Scot™,

28/06/2008 11:39:22
Bring it on.....

George Foulkes for Labour leader...its time
19

Jambo Number 1,

28/06/2008 11:40:24
#21

LOL! News 24 saying Kathy Jamieson favourite to take over!!!!!!!!!!!
20

Jambo Number 1,

28/06/2008 11:41:07
#21

LOL! News 24 saying Kathy Jamieson favourite to take over!!!!!!!!!!!
21

Boaby,

Glasgow 28/06/2008 11:41:44
#18

Who do you reckon in that crop of MSP's could be a match to the FM? Cathy Craigie?
22

Jambo Number 1,

28/06/2008 11:43:15
#21

LOL! News 24 saying Kathy Jamieson favourite to take over!!!!!!!!!!!
23

 Ayrshire Scot™,

28/06/2008 11:47:32
25. From the Herald:

'Labour deputy leader Cathy Jamieson said yesterday there was no question of Wendy Alexnder standing down over the summer. "Wendy Alexander and indeed the whole shadow cabinet team will be out and about during the summer
24

Des' Dad,

28/06/2008 11:52:24
Why is that you nationalists have to say everything twice or three times? Is your message so warped that you think the rest of us normal people won't get it?
25

Anne,

Eaglesham 28/06/2008 12:02:33
Cathy jamieson? What a gift for Jonothan Watson!
26

 Ayrshire Scot™,

28/06/2008 12:03:34
27. Why do Labour leaders in Scotland keep resigning due to sleaze? Once could have been written off as unfortunate, but twice just looks careless. Is repetition part of their strategy?
27

McMadman,

http://scottishreferendum2008.blogspot.com 28/06/2008 12:05:53
Wendy Alexander:

"It is clear that vexatious complaints will continue to dominate the headlines as long as I remain Labour's Scottish Parliamentary Leader"

Err. She got found out for failing to declare declarations for her leadershiop campaign. Why did she need ANY donations as it was a one horse race ?

The complaint was not vexatious at all. She broke the rules, denied it, tried to blame everyone else, and now has gone.

What a pity. Each time she opened her mouth it was votes in the bag for independence. Jackie Baillie, Cathy Jamieson, Cathie Craigie - bring them on.

Do we think the next liebore leader will be a bit more house trained by Gordy Broon, and will back off the "bring it on" re the referendum ?
28

bring them on,

28/06/2008 12:06:03
Wendy....

Now you've got time on your hands, gies a bell, doll
29

Andra, Dundee,

28/06/2008 12:08:30
Day by day, Salmond and the SNP are going the same way as Mugabe and Zanu-PF.
30

Richard Taylor,

Aberdeen 28/06/2008 12:08:58
"Now I want you to listen very very very carefully.

I, Cathy Jamieson, Tesco Queen, will lead Scottish Liebore to victory in the next election. Aye, I will."

Hilarious.
31

McMadman,

http://scottishreferendum2008.blogspot.com 28/06/2008 12:10:15
#31, I've just finished with her, I'll send her over to your place now.

Taxi for Alexander.......
32

Boaby,

Glasgow 28/06/2008 12:10:57
#32

At least Mugabe had some kind of election to gain power. More than Broon has.
33

GrahamH,

Edinburgh 28/06/2008 12:13:07
Did AM2 have inside info? Are they one and the same? Neither will be missed for anything positive.

Cathy Jamieson???? Be better bringing back Susan Deacon.
34

EF1903,

selkirk 28/06/2008 12:13:07
As a now ex SNP supporter I find their part in this debacle quite disgusting. In fact, I thought they were above that, obviously not. Also as someone who campaigned actively for a Scottish Parliament I am having very grave doubts now if i was correct. Whatever The ex labour lead did is her problem. The problem I see now is constant battles from all sides to interpretate rules for poitical gain. Scotland is being sold short
35

Angus McChatterer,

Aberdeen 28/06/2008 12:16:36
How typical of this limited and over-rated politician that even in her resignation statement she has blamed others for her downfall, rather than the only source of her failure - herself.

Goodbye Bendy, your political opponents will miss you badly.
36

Richard Taylor,

Aberdeen 28/06/2008 12:18:10
#33 sold short indeed...by 300yrs of unionism (small"u")
37

joppa jock,

Huntingdon 28/06/2008 12:18:29
#29 Sleaze is not peculiar to the Labour Party, nor any other political party. The simple fact is that power corrupts as we discover almost on a daily basis nowadays as yet another one is caught with their nose in the trough. Anybody who wants to become a politician must have an over sized ego to make him or her believe that they should be one of our leaders. However, we now know that a big ego is not always a sign of intelligence and ability as is demonstrated on a daily basis by political big-heads of all parties in Holyrood and Westminster. Robert Burns summed up the situation in 'The Twa Dogs'.
38

Richard Taylor,

Aberdeen 28/06/2008 12:18:46
Sorry, meant for #37
39

Rabbies Wee Bruthir,

28/06/2008 12:20:47
32 Andra, Dundee,28/06/2008 12:08:30

Surely that should read:
Day by day, Brown and the Labour Party are going the same way as Mugabe and Zanu-PF.

Deny a referendum on Europe.
Try to rig Scottish Parliament Elections.
Ignore the Gould Report.
Run frit from having an election last year.
Surrender freedom and civil liberties in an attempt to stay in power.
Continue pursuing illegal wars
Incarcerate your citizens for 6 weeks without trial or due process.
Lie about the real rate of inflation
Continually attack the poor and disabled.

I could fill the whole of the board up with Nu Labour/Owld Tories sleaze, lies, corruption and dictatorial similarities to Mugabe and Zanu-PF

37 EF1903,selkirk 28/06/2008 12:13:07
So criminals should not be punished, just because they are unelected party leaders, shame on you for backing illegality and criminal behaviour.
And I really doubt if you ever were a supporter of Scottish Independence.

40

Micropacer,

28/06/2008 12:23:18
EF1903 are you on drugs?

Wendy was a disaster from start to finish.

Like Gordon Brown, Wendy Alexander was thrust forward as some great hope with buckets of talent.

Neither have. Thats why Labour are doing so badly in the polls.

The SNP would not be in the position they have found themselves in if the Labour party wasnt seriously lacking talent. What they have done is talk up some seriously untalented people in positions of power in their party and its not costing them dear.
41

Raj Persaud's ghost writer,

28/06/2008 12:32:02
#25 - I noticed suring the press conference that Kathy Jamieson looked air brushed. As if someone had whipped her bye a hairdressers enroute.

How can anyone in that party now accept this job? They are described by their fans as 'machine' politicians.

Not one has shown any spine , so what chance have they got of being any use to Scotland?
42

subrosa,

28/06/2008 12:32:48
# 32

For someone who lives in Dundee your comments are a disgrace. No born and bred Dundonian would make such a comparison. Then again, I'm of the old school and have always thought politics should be argued positively.
43

subrosa,

28/06/2008 12:35:41
#37

Oh dear you've fallen for the labour spin. It was Paul Hutcheon of the Sunday Herald who exposed Wendy Alexander's finances. It was made clear that it was someone WITHIN Wendy Alexander's camp who tipped him off.

You'd be far better wondering who that was rather than slagging off the SNP who has kept fairly quiet through it all.
44

Draco Was a Wimp,

Edinburgh 28/06/2008 12:35:53
Oh, please let it be Margaret Curran, the Rosa Klebb of Scottish politics. All the eloquence of 'Big Mags' Hainey and the subtlety of Winnie Mandela. Wee Eck must be laughing his bits off.
45

Raj Persaud's ghost writer,

28/06/2008 12:41:10
"Oh, please let it be Margaret Curran, the Rosa Klebb of Scottish politics. All the eloquence of 'Big Mags' Hainey and the subtlety of Winnie Mandela. Wee Eck must be laughing his bits off."


She reminds me of a smack dealer with a couple of big sones.

Jamieson looks like one of those folk you see in aldis at the discount beer section.


46

Heather B,

Anstruther 28/06/2008 12:41:59
A sad day for politics.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3KaHZRol6mg
47

Raj Persaud's ghost writer,

28/06/2008 12:43:41
Today has got to be one of the most hilarious announcements.

The political equivalent of the headline "Lemming finaly falls of cliff......"

I cannot wait to see who steps/is pushed forwards.
48

subrosa,

28/06/2008 12:44:29
Jings this article was moved quickly off the 'latest news'.
49

Raj Persaud's ghost writer,

28/06/2008 12:46:09
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3KaHZRol6mg

She was a priceless gift to th e SNP. I am sure they mourn her passing.....
50

Draco Was a Wimp,

Edinburgh 28/06/2008 12:47:47
#54 Subrosa

That's because they've got to clear the decks for the announcement of the resignation of the next Labour leader. Go Big Mags! I can just see her in talks with Obama, she'll do us proud!!
51

Indy Evolution,

Edinburgh 28/06/2008 12:48:36
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NNjUQRxaQxA
52

Arnold Codger,

Glasgow 28/06/2008 12:52:54
The resignation of Wendy Alexander today could not have been possible if leaks to the Sunday Herald newspaper that could only have come from close insiders of her camp. Scottish Labour are claiming that a witchunt by the SNP however the partys Deputy Leader Nicola Sturgeon has issued a statement today clarifying that it is their understanding also that the cruical leaks of emails and donations did not come from members or activist from the SNP but from Scottish Labour. The Electoral Rules had been broken on serveral counts:-

i) she accepted donations from a Guernsey businessman, with interests in Glasgow. She denied this until the businessman came forward to with a letter written by Alexander from her home address.

ii) She did not seek advice from the Electoral Commission, who have spent a fortune educating MSPs about the Electoral Code, until after the 30 day deadline. The advice is always the same - if there is even a scintillar of doubt, declare it."

iii) Therefore did not declare her £17,000 expenses until after the 30 day deadline.

iv) It was found that they sought donations of under £1000 thinking that they would not have to be declared when infact the limit is £500.

v) She was not open about who donated and how much with a much repeated statement "we will wait for the outcome from" the various bodies who investigated her financial accounting shortcomings. Not to mention her parliamentary debating shortcomings.

vi) Finally after the Electoral Commission, the Procurator Fiscal and then the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commission decided that on a majority vote of 5-2 that she should have declared her expenses she recieved the all but minimum punishment of a one day suspension from the Scottish Parliament.



After all this she and Scottish Labour persist in claiming that the SNP hounded this issue when infact it was all of her own electoral campaign involving Jackie Baille and David Whitton managed to corrupt a one horse
53

Peter,

SNP for me! 28/06/2008 12:56:22
Speaking at Scottish Labour's headquarters in Glasgow, Ms Alexander said: "My pursuers have sought the prize of political victory with little thought to the standing of the parliament."

How far up her own backside is this woman?

WWE and Sky box office will be looking to get Magrat Curant, Jackie the Hutt and Cathy 'Banshee' Jamieson in the ring for a cage fight to decide who will be the next leader of the toxic Labour Party in Scotland.

Maybe Labour should try a new tack in their selection process and go down the reality TV show line say - I'm a serious politician, get me out of here - based in one of the tower blocks in Drumchapel where they have to get by for a month on job seekers allowance, the profits from selling on methadone (without being nicked), a bit of work moonlighting in the black economy and each week we get to vote one of them out. That might give Cathy the chance for a re-connect!
54

Arnold Codger,

Glasgow 28/06/2008 12:56:26
Wendy poured vitriol on all the other parties in Scotland and on all the other parliamentary bodies and sneered at anyone who would question her integrity. In the imitable words of Jackie Baille after Wendy was let off by the Electoral Commission, who admitted mid-week that they gave Labour a five year aministy against prosecution for breaking the rules to allow these rule to 'settle', was "f**king brilliant!"
55

Draco Was a Wimp,

Edinburgh 28/06/2008 12:57:47
Suddenly I've come over all nostalgic for Henry McLeish. If only someone of his acumen could emerge from Labour's ranks, their troubles would be over.
56

bring them on,

28/06/2008 12:58:25
I hope thay start to sell Wendy dolls.

You will be missed, babe
57

The Sprucer,

28/06/2008 12:59:57
AM2?
58

Draco Was a Wimp,

Edinburgh 28/06/2008 13:00:39
#59 Peter

Please, I've just had lunch and now you give me a vision of Margaret, Jackie and Cathy mud-wrestling naked for the Labour crown.
59

elizabeth the first ,

28/06/2008 13:01:15
Now as with all know, the SNP supporters will be beside themselves with glee,what they fail to recognise is that the new leader of the scottish labour party just may have the measure of Mr Salmond. For all those who are not sure where their loyalties lie, go to youtube and type I VOW TO THEE MY COUNTRY-A TRIBUTE TO BRITAIN.
60

The Sprucer,

28/06/2008 13:01:31
Anybody heard from Jackie Baillie (AKA Rent-a-Gob)?
61

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28/06/2008 13:01:46
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Raj Persaud's ghost writer,

28/06/2008 13:02:21
So Cathy Jamieson leaked. I would have had the hatchett faced Curran down for that task.

The LAbour supporters out their that have seen their party sell out their core principles must be really wondering who to support here.

As an Ex Labour voter myself i saw the writing on the wall a long time ago. Independence IS the best option for Scotland.If Labour want to have control of anything in Scotland in future, it should back the independence cause. As next election it will be wipeout otherwise.

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28/06/2008 13:03:28
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The Sprucer,

28/06/2008 13:03:46

#66

What a load of rubbish! Please - no more posts! Honestly, what kind of leader are you hoping for? Her brother Douglas? Jackie Baillie? Andy Kerr? This is an exasperating list indeed.

Grow up.
65

Raj Persaud's ghost writer,

28/06/2008 13:03:58
#66 -lizzie wan- if you can describe or name one in the Scottish Party that would be an even more amazing feat of imagination?
66

The Sprucer,

28/06/2008 13:06:47

And what about George Foulkes? Why not wheel out that tellytubby? Let him explain why he even had the balls to approve of Vladimir Romanov's appointment as the head of Hearts FC.

We could be here for an awful long time. Sszzzzzszzzzzsszzszzz
67

MtnKat,

28/06/2008 13:09:56
Will history repeat itself with Liebore soliciting donations for their (annual) Leadership campaign after already having decided who it is to be or do you think they have learned their lesson?
68

Ealasaid N,

28/06/2008 13:11:43
Having just heard Bendy drone on with a long self pitying rank about how it was unfair she should have been suspended and that this was a decision Parliament would come to regret astounded me. Perhaps she should reflect that she helped make the very law she broke and that,had she been Mrs Nobody, such a breach of the law would have resulted in Strathclyde's Finest crawling over her like a rash trying to pin something on her instead of the Scottish establisment trying to find excuses to let her off.
Polititians have protected each other for far too long, no matter what breach they commit, in the end they take the 'there but for the grace of God go I' approach and protect each other. Well no more it seems. At least some of the Scottish MSPs have realised that the public will not accept this kind of corruption any longer and, if they want to maintain any kind of integrity, they must put their own house in order.
Bendy broke the rules, she was forced to admit it, so like anyone else who pleads guilty she has to sit back and take her punishment.

Having said that, I am sure the SNP will mourn her loss, she was the best reason I can think of for independence.
69

Peter,

SNP for me! 28/06/2008 13:12:03
Draco - sorry if I have given you indigestion but I am sure there are a lot of folk who would pay £14.99 to watch the three of them take each other on in a cage after midnight. I was thinking less mud, more sharp weapons - apart for their tounges that is......

Foulkesake would be referee.
70

MtnKat,

28/06/2008 13:12:08
Will history repeat itself with Liebore soliciting donations for their (annual) Leadership campaign after already having decided who it is to be or do you think they have learned their lesson?
71

MtnKat,

28/06/2008 13:13:44
Sorry about the double post.
72

bring them on,

28/06/2008 13:15:17
Now she's gone, the glamour has disappeared from Scottish politics.
73

Rabbies Wee Bruthir,

28/06/2008 13:16:02
66 elizabeth the first ,28/06/2008 13:01:15

Aye right!!
awa yea go an bile yer heid wumin, yer aboot as muckle guid tae Scotland as yin wan wha's name ye huid sae dearly.

On future Scottish Nu Labour/Owld Torie Perty leaders,
Des McNulty is the Dark Horse, Jackie the Hutts co-member in Dumbaartonshire, ony thing you can say about him is, him and John McFall demolished the Labour Party in West Dunbartonshire, so probably another 'good guy' to have in the 'Red' hot seat at Holyrood,an no quite as abrasive as his Dumbie runnin mate, mind yae he does look a wee bit like wan o' they chipmunks that hing oot wie Alvin.
74

bring them on,

28/06/2008 13:16:33
Now she's gone, there is no more glamour left in Scottish politics
75

bring them on,

28/06/2008 13:18:58
Now she's gone, there is no more glamour left in Scottish politics
76

bring them on,

28/06/2008 13:19:50
Triple. lol
77

jdships,

28/06/2008 13:22:41
This can be summed up in four words

"No Loss to Scotland " !!!!!!!!
78

jdships,

28/06/2008 13:22:51
This can be summed up in four words

"No Loss to Scotland " !!!!!!!!
79

bobwmac,

New Mexico/Stirlingshire 28/06/2008 13:25:21
Alexander says that she has resigned because the row over donations had become "a distraction". So the taking of money which is not rightly yours and to retain that money for your own use has been reclassified as "a distraction".

I expect to see a fall in the crime figures.
80

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28/06/2008 13:32:01
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S'me,

Edinburgh 28/06/2008 13:39:22
Ashamed to be Scottish listening to the SNP bullies on here and in Parliament... personal, nasty ways of working... its all wrong..
82

S'me,

Edinburgh 28/06/2008 13:40:19
Ashamed to be Scottish listening to the SNP bullies on here and in Parliament... personal, nasty ways of working... its all wrong..
83

S'me,

Edinburgh 28/06/2008 13:40:48
Ashamed to be Scottish listening to the SNP bullies on here and in Parliament... personal, nasty ways of working... its all wrong..
84

S'me,

Edinburgh 28/06/2008 13:41:45
Ashamed to be Scottish listening to the SNP bullies on here and in Parliament... personal, nasty ways of working... its all wrong..
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28/06/2008 13:44:48
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Raj Persaud's ghost writer,

28/06/2008 13:45:43
S'me,Edinburgh 28/06/2008 13:41:45
Ashamed to be Scottish listening to the SNP bullies on here and in Parliament... personal, nasty ways of working... its all wrong..

I think you will find people on all parties despise her overbaring personality.

I reccommend all the civil Servants now have their say?
87

Sanny,

Portugal 28/06/2008 13:48:04
14 Des' Dad:
Try reading the SNP Manifesto before making nonsensical statements. The SNP are more Left than the Labour Party (Old or New) and have been since the end of the fifties.That was about the same time as they – Scottish Labour – abandoned one of their founding policies of “Home Rule for Scotland”.
The SNP are in fact too left wing for me I prefer the policies of the SEP who will probably, in time, take over from the Tories.
88

elizabeth the first ,

28/06/2008 13:48:08
Know doubt the bullies of the SNP will be delighted,what they fail to realise is that the new leader of scottish labour may have the measure of Alex Salmond;either way, salmond will not have it so easy in future.
89

a proud doonhamer,

Dumfries 28/06/2008 13:48:30
The resignation is so typical of Labour. It was totally without any class, humility or acceptance of any blame for their role in this debacle. Instead they tried to paint Wendy as a martyr to the Parliament process and blamed others for their troubles.

Labour still cannot accept that they did wrong and that they are no longer above the law. Until they make this realization, they will continue to lose support and remain in the political wilderness.
90

Lady in waiting,

Glenrothes 28/06/2008 13:50:35
bye bye wendy alexander Next Gordon Brown ?????
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Raj Persaud's ghost writer,

28/06/2008 13:58:42
#95- Lizzie Wan - if you can repost previous posts, so can I !

"72 Raj Persaud's ghost writer,28/06/2008 13:03:58
#66 -lizzie wan- if you can describe or name one in the Scottish Party that would be an even more amazing feat of imagination?"

The same as i typed last time to you typed that.
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28/06/2008 13:59:04
I love it when UT's who are ashamed that they are Scottish (.i.e. profoundlly unhappy that they were not born English), gleefully find a new excuse to justify thier condition.

Cheer up, independence is just around the corner, nobody will force you accepting citzenship.

Ah! but will the English want you?
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Girvan 28/06/2008 13:59:37
For the first time ever I'm sorry for Wendy. She has been linched by a kangaroo court. It is absolutely wrong that MSPs should sit in judgement on another MSP and decide the punishment. This sort of thing should be left to the courts.
It seems we have imported one of the worst aspects of Westminster.
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Raj Persaud's ghost writer,

28/06/2008 14:05:35
102- I had the tune from the wizzard of oz , "ding dong the witch is dead" playing through my head since announcenment.

I can only await with glee, which muppet is going to be passed the chalice.
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elizabeth the first ,

28/06/2008 14:07:20
99. BILL BUTLER, msp glasgow anniesland.
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Raj Persaud's ghost writer,

28/06/2008 14:08:52
#104 - Lizzie Wan - A momment please whilst I pick myself up of the floor.

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Col. Blimp­IV*,

28/06/2008 14:10:07
#98 Lawd Foulkes

Will you be throwing your hat into the ring?

And if you are, will you be keeping Simon Pia on the payroll?
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Raj Persaud's ghost writer,

28/06/2008 14:10:32
Sorry still on floor......Thank you for your patience.......
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Galashiels 28/06/2008 14:11:59
Exonerated ?

She is still calling this an SNP attack , despite having broken rules that she and her party voted into the legislation.

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Ealasaid N,

28/06/2008 14:12:02
Having listened to Wendy Alexander's self pitying whine it seems clear that she is not ticked off she broke the law and got caught, she is ticked off that some polititians had the integrity to put their house in order. Labour and the tories are well content to make the right noises but, when it comes down to it, have so many skeletons banging on the cupboard door they take the "there but for the grace of God go I" approach.
Wendy Alexander helped makes the laws of this country and she more than anyone should be accountable to them. She broke the law, she got caught, after trying to blame everyone else she was forced to admit it. Like anyone else who pleads guilty she has to face her punishment - after all if you can't do the time don't do the crime. If anyone else had committed a crime and given the pitiful excuse she did Strathclyde's finest would be laughing all the way to the Fiscal's Office.
The Kelly affair, the cash for honours debacle and the donations scandals all show labour is out of control.
Still, I am sure the SNP will mourn Wendy's loss, she was the greatest reason for independence I have ever come across.
Now we can all sit back and see labour integrity in action as they elect yet another leader.
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FTH22inarow,

28/06/2008 14:12:11
Are there any honest politicians at all?
Mind you just wait till the tories get in at no 10 then you'll see some real pocket lining going on
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Raj Persaud's ghost writer,

28/06/2008 14:15:11
Bill Butler MSP - The Words BArk and how high spring to mind.

Where has his voice been through this debacle? Did his head ever make it above paraphet? Or did he just nod like all the rest?
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28/06/2008 14:15:32
107. You have just proven, what a ignorant, arrogant,bigoted bunch of neandathals some of you scots are.
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28/06/2008 14:16:14
#104 - Lizzie Wan - Thank you for holding whilst I recovered.

Bill Butler MSP - The Words Bark and how high spring to mind.

Where has his voice been through this debacle? Did his head ever make it above paraphet? Or did he just nod like all the rest?
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Raj Persaud's ghost writer,

28/06/2008 14:16:38
#104 - Lizzie Wan - Thank you for holding whilst I recovered.

Bill Butler MSP - The Words Bark and how high spring to mind.

Where has his voice been through this debacle? Did his head ever make it above paraphet? Or did he just nod like all the rest?
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