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We have come up with a wizz of an idea. Why dosent the community have its own, im a celebrity get me out of here. We thought the camp mates could be Messers Hinds Fitzpatrick and Mcginnis along with one or two of their followers.

We could get Pilton Video to film it thereby keeping it in the family. just while we were toying with the thought an idea came to mind,as one of the first bush tucker trials we could get Councillor Bill nowght to do with me Fitzpatrick to actually take responsibility for something and earn some stars for his fellow campers so they could eat. Unfortuantly Councillor Mcginnis has a delicate palate and would require oysters and champers,something she is used to.

As for aunty Lesley the jungle is no place for high heels or dodgy channel perfume[you know the stuff that they punt at ingliston market] So what kind of bush tucker trial could they do. Well we have a thought what about trying to walk on shark infested water. Well we all know what councillor bill would say, as for aunty lesley well she might get her prada shoes wet, that just leaves lizzie.

We think lizzie might actually believe she could walk on water,but only after she was amply rewarded and town houses and expensive penthouse flats were built.It would feel more like home. Oh and not to forget a couple of affordable shacks for the plebs,then walk she will.

STOP PRESS. A ROUND THE WORLD TICKET HAS JUST BEEN SPOTTED FLOATING DOWN RIVER,COULDNT SEE THE NAME ON THE TICKET,SHAME THAT, WE COULD HAVE CASHED IT IN AND SPENT THE MONEY ON SOMETHING WORTH WHILE. 

One of our associates told us that while listening to the radio late on Saturday Night,Pilton Sucks.Com was mentioned,Carol mentioned that it was in connection with workplace bullying and that we had helped in a small way to highlight this hidden issue.

This is good news indeed,but much more is needing to be done to raise awareness of this serious issue and we would like to see our city fathers clamp down on workplace bullying and lead by example by clearly stating it will not be tolerated in any shape or form. We realise there is a policy that the city have regarding this issue but in all honesty it is a toothless tiger,as bullying still takes place and victims are still being damaged by these thugs.

If the policy makers would like some help or advice in drafting a more stringent policy,one that will actually address the problem,we will make ourselves available at your earliest convienience. We are like yourselves here to serve,so lets get it on. 

Two of our associates were strolling down pothole free Waterfront Avenue on Sunday and as you may know at the bottom opposite that aweful gas board building,is a rather nice river, with some benches were you can rest your weary legs and watch the world go by.

It you care to ramble down by the riverside,you might even spot a swan or two easing their way up river. Close by there is a sign which we are told reads do not feed the wild life. We wondered if somebody involved with the Waterfront had put up the sign,and which wildlife they were refering to,since it is perfectly clear this masonic type organisation wants nothing to do with punters of Greater Pilton.

We wondered if the river would not be better filled with sharks,so if any member of this secretive organisation looked in they would see a mirror image of themselves,only difference being the sharks teeth are not as sharp.

We had this given to one of our associates,we thought you might appreciate it.

You can put your own tune to it, but there is already quite a familiar tune that goes with it.

    IMAGINE THERES NO POLITICIANS

    ITS EASY IT YOU TRY

    NO DEPRIVATION AMONGST US,ONLY COMMUNITY COUNCILLORS WHO ARE FLY

    IMAGINE ALL THE PEOPLE LIVING FOR TODAY

                             OCH AYE

    YOU MAY SAY WE ARE DREAMERS

    BUT WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES

     LOOK OUT DREAMS CAN TURN TO NIGHTMARES

     THAT WILL PUT YOU ON THE RUN

      IMAGINE NO BAD HOUSING ITS EASY IF YOU TRY

      NO DAMP OR SQUALOR OR BROKEN TOILET BOWLS

      IMAGINE ALL THE PEOPLE CONTENT WITH THEIR LOT

      YOU MAY SAY WE ARE DREAMERS

       BUT WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES

       LOOK OUT DREAMS CAN TURN TO NIGHTMARES

       THAT WILL PUT YOU ON THE RUN

HELEN RAMSAY-AGED 15 YEARS.                                                                      

It has come to our attention from an employee of the city council based at the city chambers that Councillor Mcginnis might have been trying to set up a quite little earner for herself should she have lost the election. Now much as we hope she does unless there is a collapse in the vote and there of couse could be,it is likely she will be returned. Now dont upset yourselves the votes have been neither casted nor counted still lots to play for.

Could it be that lizzie was trying to cover all the angles and since she has her feet well and truely under the Waterfront table a sideways move was always possible. So where does that leave the interests of the community. At the very best secondary to Lizzies  ambitions and personal gain.

What was that about shue in.

We have some information for you which you may find useful. A new web site has been set up called www.edinburghbullying.com. We have had a look at it and found it very worth while.

This kind of web site is good news,as anything which tries to tackle bullying is a positive move. Aimed mainly at young people who are experiencing bullying this forum offers the opportunity to speak about your experience and share thoughts. Pilton Sucks welcomes this new site and gives it its full support.

Its just a pity our caring sharing council did not bother to do something similar.

Pilton Sucks has been campaigning against workplace bullying which as you know is a deadly disease,and have highlighted the dreadful treatment dished out to the Muirhouse two and in particular one of the victims who suffered severe mental trauma. This treament was dished out by a smallminded thug and his pathetic assistant right under the noses of management.

So bullying is openly conducted and the bullies oblivious to their actions till they are brought to account. So our campaign against workplace bullying goes on and we will continue to monitor the depressing situatiuon at Muirhouse Social Work Centre and will keep you informed of movement when the information becomes available.

Now there is also a website dedicated to helping young people who have been or are currently beng bullied,we throughly welcome this as another step in the crusade against bullying. It has no place in our society.

 Well it is nearly that time of the year again when the xmas extravegances roll into town-well the city centre anyway-and all these millions of pounds we are told comes with it. Has anybody actually asked where all this money goes and who gets it. Certainly the deprived communities do not see any of it,but we in Greater Pilton are more fortunate than most. We are blessed with two of the cities finest.

Ray joined up Harris the Telford college supremo and Dave fatboy Hewitt who as you know gets all the jobs available in the community and some.So where does all these vanishing millions go and who gets them. Well our rulers trot out that tried and trusted excuse of it creates and maintains employment okay but where does the rest go and who gets it.The deprived communities of Edinburgh see little or none of it as most of it stays in the city centre and in the hands of those greedy big businesses who employ cheap foreign labour and keep the rest,arent they good to us and we do not even apreciate it.

So the next time you read or hear how many millions this city receives from the various shindigs it puts on,ask why we still have high unemployment in the poor communities of Edinburgh why we have post code education,why the streets and pavements are so bad,why is there still bad housing,why with all this money coming in and all the taxes on top that we have to pay,why oh why is communities like Greater Pilton still living from hand to mouth. Dosent make sense does it,until you realise the missing millions reaches only a few and the rest can lump it.

Maybe all these jobs Dave fatboy Hewitt gets needs public funding and so thats where some of the missing cash goes,the rest well it might get recycled into private pockets certainly not public necessity. It really is a farce that we fall for the same old lies when the truth is stareing us in the face. We are just the also rans the moaners who complain about their lot. The thing is we do not moan enough and demand answers. So if you attend one of these xmas shindigs beware any money you spend will go right into some fat cats pocket.

By the looks of things Labour is in melt down,and that is before they have their selection meeting for Edinburgh Central[we would like to be a fly on the wall there]. Eight Labour councillors are standing down,an unprecedented number to jump from the sinking ship.

One or two are taking retirement with the cash settlement of course the rest have given dubious excuses for standing down. Pilton Sucks were hoping Messers Mcginnis and Fitzpatrick would do the same but no luck there. So why the sudden dash for the exit sign,could it be they see the writing on the wall,and realise Labour are in for an overdue hiding at the polls.

Yes that is probably the reason so jump before you are pushed and leave the rest to fight over the scrapes.With the change in the election system it is probable that there will be no overall majority for any party and coalitions may well have to be formed,this in theory will leave the running of the city in the hands of unelected officials,if it not already is. This is the worst possible option,having these overpaid fat cats lording over us in the name of democracy,what a thought.

The likes of Mike Rosendale making policy is a living nightmare,as it seems he has been promised a directorship for services to the Labour group,pays better than a gong dosent it. But it is the deprived communities of Edinburgh who have the opportunity to make a change,and change they must,and take back the power which has been stolen from them bit by bit,till we are nothing more than voting foder for the Labour Party. We hear on the grapevine there is a new political group being formed to challenge the status quo,and we will let you know more as we hear it.

So A lame duck administration hobbles on destined for the political dustbin with only echos of the past ringing in their ears. Oh how the mighty fall and fall they will. The only thought that is left is how it has taken so long. 

Once again the ultra secretive Waterfront Edinburgh is in a bit of bother. It would seem that ex estates manager Nicholas Whewell is taking his former employers to an industrial tribunal.Would someone like to tell us what the hell is going on with this lot and why staff member after staff member is leaving under,it has to be said a dark cloud.

Surely it is in the public interest to be informed about this travesty of an organisation and what it is getting up to. Empress Mcginnis and nowght to do with me Fitzpatrick have an obligation to keep the people of Greater Pilton  informed of happenings down Waterfront way.

But of course there is no chance of that,for if they did,the voters would surely throw them out on their ears.Such complacency from our elected members is blatent in the extreme,and serious questions have to be asked regarding their competence within Waterfront Edinburgh. The community,after all voted these people in to work in their interests,but that is certainly not happening and this mess of an organisation and all the drama surrounding it is being played out before our eyes.

Of course our rulers would rather we did not know, but fortuatly dis-enchanted members of staff have come forward to tell of the misery of working for this organisation.Yet we have the peoples party in charge,and this sort of behaviour is allowed to go on. We might as well have the Torries running the show,there seems to be no difference between them and our socialist buddies when dealing with staff moral. We should have expected more from Labour,but our two erstwhile representatives are just not at the races,empress Mcginnis is to busy with other private interests and nowght to do with me Fitzpatrick,just seems to let it all go over his head.

This whole shambles of a development has been riddled with holes right from the start and it seems no better now,in fact it continues to get worse,and what is their answer,shut up shop and tell the people nothing,just patronise them from time to time to shut them up,and keep their noses out of private business,which is of course above their limited understanding.

Well we have news for you. We understand more than you think,and the community or at least those who are not in the pockets of our local rulers realise all is not right and who is to blame. The  blame for this debacle lies firmly at the door of our elected representatives who have encouraged secrecy and the with holding of information.

Not all of us are fools to be led by the nose and fed on mis-information,or in most cases non-information. So much for Telford College supremo Ray Harris with his bold bland statement that he was ready to join it all together immediatly. It seems our good friend Mr. Harris is much more interested in seeing his name in lights and whether he can secure a. gong or some other kind of sweetner,for his limited contribution to the community.

But we can let Mr. joined up Harris into a little but well known secret.If you dig deep into your pockets and come up with some of your hard earned dosh,and by chance it was to end up as - shall we say-a donation to the peoples party,you may find an honour winging its way to you,for services to the community.

It is not impossible,if Betty lapdog Stevenson can get citizen of the year for her services to Provest Hinds anything is possible.

But we have some constructive advice for the Telford supremo,if you really want to get your hands dirty why dont you ask for a substantial contribution from Waterfront Edinburgh so you can run real courses to help the community. If Waterfront Edinburgh and their friends offer real jobs to the community then your college can train them in the theory end of things. Let us make it even simpler for you. If Waterfront Edinburgh and associates were to employ just one unemployed person from the Greater Pilton community,say for example as an apprentice joiner you could offer the theoretical side and in your own words join it up.

So there you are joined up at last. but remember Ray you have to get your hands dirty first and cross swords with opponents of such a scheme,the same people who might find that you do not fit the neccessary criteria to receive a trinket,and you might be condemed to live as just plain old Ray joined up Harris         

If you are looking for Councillor Mcginnis this wekend,do not bother she is off globe trotting again,this time with Eric the teeth Milligan to New York. While this grusome twosome hobnob on the East Coast no doubt gloating over auntie lesleys cuffing at the jewel and ploting their own next move the local punters must be wondering where she gets the time to jetset.

No doubt she needs the break after shafting another local project,the Lighthouse complex. Nowght to do with me Fitzpatrick has yet to comment on this situation but needless to say he will tow the line and support lizzie. What he should do is get some backbone and argue against this nonsence. Perhaps he could visit the wizard of oz and get some courage to do just that,hope springs eternal. 

But we hope empress Mcginnis enjoys her break and comes back refreshed and renewed,or maybe better still she stays there and pesters the Americans,maybe she could get them to sell off the statue of liberty.