It's Getting Weird.....

in East Lothian.
But hey, what's new?
Memorably described once as the 'Twin Peaks' of Scottish politics, my stamping ground is starting to ramp up for the General Election.
But, in a very East Lothian Labour sort of way.

Ex Labour Councillor Robert McNeill, and son of current Labour Councillor Jim Gillies, have suggested to me, via the local 'letters' pages, that I should stop attacking local MSP Iain Gray.
Fine, but they also suggest that I should focus more on the Westminster debate.

Now, firstly, they're speaking tosh.
I'll have a pop at any Labour elected representative, without bias, fear or favour.
Because I, at heart, am a democrat, and I treat all opponents equally .
So, I've been examining in some detail the record of our MP, ane Anne Moffat.
And not in a very supportive way, because she's been getting a fair amount of things wrong.

Secondly, and I've put some thought into this:
"WHIT?"
Since when did Labour support an MP by sicking the nasty Nat on her?

Now, this ties back to some interesting history.
As we know, Anne had a slight trial getting renominated for East Lothian.
Half the branches didn't want her, but the unions did.
So here she sits.

But there's a fair amount of activist opposition, and not a few weeks ago, one of the above correspondents bewailed the lack of an 'independent' candidate for the seat.
He didnae mention Anne in this regard, by the way.
Oh no.

But now, he and a currently available ex Labour Cooncillurrr are singing in close harmony about the need for the SNP to attack Anne.

Hmmmm.
Now, cynical old me, but..... are we seeing the next instalment of a nasty wee local war here?

I swear, it's enough to drive a PPC mad.
What's a boy to do?
Well, nothing actually. Labour seem to be doing it for me pretty well at the moment.

In the interests of fraternal and sororial (I think that's the word) harmony, maybe Iain Gray and Anne should get together to discuss this unfortunate misunderstanding, and Iain can assure Anne that in no way is he trying to get rid.... of .... ooooh .......... hmmmmmm.

Anyway, moving along.

They're also getting a bit p**sed off at me because I have this unpleasant habit of referring to opinion polls and Euro election results (we won, by the by) which show that we can win the seat here.
(Whoops, there I go again)>>>>>>>>>>>>









and again.



It's gonna get ugly, I think.