I HESITATE to intervene on the universally unpopular decision by Labour-controlled North Lanarkshire Council to close 39 facilities across the…
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SNP MSP Neil Gray called the plans “completely unacceptable”, but did Mr Gray not vote for the allocation of finance to our 32 local authorities? Will he be voting for a large increase in this allocation in the next financial year which would allow these facilities and many others across the country to remain open? Surely it falls on the councillors, MPs and MSPs who oppose this closure programme to suggest where else the £64m is to come from.
To be very clear, the monies will be welcomed by the cities and towns, as we can all see the effects of the financial crash in 2008, the 2010 Osborne austerity Budget, Covid, On the same page you report that both Kate Forbes and Ash Regan voted against suspending Fergus, which suggests to this observer that almost half of the membership have sympathy with Fergus’s opinions and have a dislike of the direction of travel of the party.
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