Aberdeen Council

[dj_bollocks]

Thought I'd start a new thread so it didn't hijack the General Election thread...

 

Jeezo what's going on at the council ?

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-39940006

 

Labour has suspended nine councillors after they agreed a coalition deal with the Conservatives on Aberdeen City Council.

The Labour group signed a formal deal with Conservative and independent groups, leaving the SNP - the biggest party - in opposition.

Scottish Labour's executive committee ordered the councillors to stand down from the coalition before 17:00.

The councillors were suspended after the deadline passed.

As a result, there are currently no councillors in Aberdeen representing the Labour Party.

Jenny Laing was chosen as council leader for Labour on Wednesday.

The party's Barney Crockett had earlier been elected Lord Provost, with Conservative Tom Mason elected as deputy provost.

'Labour values'

Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said: "Labour values must always run through any deals in local government.

"The hundreds of thousands of Scots who vote for us have the absolute right to expect us to defend local services against cuts and properly fund the services that so many people rely on such as education and care for the elderly.

"Labour cannot do any deal with another party if it would result in further austerity being imposed on local communities.

"Tory austerity risks hurting so many families in Aberdeen, and the Labour Party simply will not stand for that."

Image copyrightABERDEEN CITY COUNCILImage captionJenny Laing was elected council leader

Ms Dugdale said the Labour group had put together a proposal to do a deal with the Tories and independents in Aberdeen.

"That deal was considered by a sub-group of the Scottish Executive Committee (SEC) last night and it was rejected.

"It was rejected because they didn't believe there was enough evidence within the proposals put forward that there would be no compulsory redundancies and there would be no end to austerity."

The councillors also now face disciplinary action, Ms Dugdale said.

Ahead of the suspensions, Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said: "Kezia Dugdale has shown her true colours.

"As soon as the SNP finally comes under pressure, she can't wait to help them out by propping them up in local government."

The SNP also criticised what it described as "absolutely shameful behaviour from Labour".

Image captionBarney Crockett is the new Lord Provost

Discussions among all political groups on the local authority have been continuing since the election results were declared on 5 May.

The SNP became the biggest party, but did not have enough councillors to form a majority administration.

A total of 19 SNP councillors were elected, up from 16 in 2012, as the Conservatives surged to 11 from three and Labour's total halved to nine. Two Independents were returned.

The Lib Dems were down one to four, but later announced they would not enter into a coalition to run Aberdeen City Council.

This meant a possible SNP/Lib Dem coalition could not happen.

Lib Dem councillor Jennifer Stewart has now left the party group to become an independent.

Analysis by BBC Scotland local government correspondent Jamie McIvor

The row over the new coalition in Aberdeen comes amid continuing uncertainty following the council elections.

There are no councils where one single party has an overall majority.

Only a handful of deals have been confirmed so far.

Labour did not completely rule out the possibility of local deals with the Conservatives to run councils before the election.

They strongly played down the notion - stressing their councillors would fight austerity, the difficulties of working with the Conservatives and the fact the party's National Executive Committee would need to approve any deals.

But the notion that local deals between Labour and the Conservatives were possible should not come as a complete shock.

[caledonia]

My betting is after the General Election they will be reinstated but that is only a guess

 

But blue and red tories joining forces who would believe that eh

 

Meanwhile did anyone hear the Scottish labour leader on GMS this morning what a car crash never heard so many contradictions

 

Shortened version is here well worth a read with audio before unionists say they dont believe wings

https://wingsoverscotland.com/kezia-gets-the-messages/

[spamspamspam]

What's going on is the few Labour councillors that were left couldnt bear to let go of power and didnt want to accept that they were completely trounced at the ballot box.

 

Instead of accepting the vote and taking the verdict that vote gives on how they have shafter the city over the last 4 years they cobble together a deal against the decree of their party with the Conservatives, a deal that sees both the council leader and the Provost coming from their council group.

 

The Conservatives have sold all those that voted for them up the river just to fuck over the SNP, they are at present passing all the Labour pledges they were campaigning against just so they can be part of the new administration.

 

Meanwhile Davidson is claiming its a great victory for her party and Dugdale is telling everyone she's ashamed of those people in her own party.

 

A ConLab coalition with one purpose, to keep the SNP out of power in the council, Aberdeen will suffer for it over the next 4 years and both parties will suffer for it in 4 years time. Just hope that its not too late for the city by then, 8 years with Crocket and co at the helm could finish it off.

[Big Man]

What's going on is the few Labour councillors that were left couldnt bear to let go of power and didnt want to accept that they were completely trounced at the ballot box.

 

Instead of accepting the vote and taking the verdict that vote gives on how they have shafter the city over the last 4 years they cobble together a deal against the decree of their party with the Conservatives, a deal that sees both the council leader and the Provost coming from their council group.

 

The Conservatives have sold all those that voted for them up the river just to fuck over the SNP, they are at present passing all the Labour pledges they were campaigning against just so they can be part of the new administration.

 

Meanwhile Davidson is claiming its a great victory for her party and Dugdale is telling everyone she's ashamed of those people in her own party.

 

A ConLab coalition with one purpose, to keep the SNP out of power in the council, Aberdeen will suffer for it over the next 4 years and both parties will suffer for it in 4 years time. Just hope that its not too late for the city by then, 8 years with Crocket and co at the helm could finish it off.

 

Ruth Davidson is really starting to piss me off with this whole ''Scottish Tory Revival'' bullshit. The recent upsurge in conservative support north of the border is everything to do with Theresa May and fuck all to do with anything the Scottish wing of the party has done - which is an utter shambles.

 

Any mammal with a head that doesn't droop to one side could be doing be doing Ruth Davidsons job. I don't know whether her recent smugness is because she is actually starting to believe or own hype (delusion) or the party spin doctors have been issuing her orders (illusion).

[Big Man]

P.s. Well done on starting a new thread. Far too many threads in here have been amalgamated and are far too big.

[BWG]

So with these cunts being more or less booted out of their party, does that mean their wards have to vote again?

[dave_min]

So with these cunts being more or less booted out of their party, does that mean their wards have to vote again?

We should, but they're spineless bastards who will refuse to resign.

[Dynamo]

The pro union/independence argument is null and void for local councils.

[beer gut]

A bunch of utter cunts. They don't give a shit about the City. They just care about staying in power at all costs. Unfortunately there is not much the people of Aberdeen can do apart from wait for 5 years and hopefully vote them out. properly next time.

[Jocky Balboa]

 

Ruth Davidson is really starting to piss me off with this whole ''Scottish Tory Revival'' bullshit. The recent upsurge in conservative support north of the border is everything to do with Theresa May and fuck all to do with anything the Scottish wing of the party has done - which is an utter shambles.

 

Any mammal with a head that doesn't droop to one side could be doing be doing Ruth Davidsons job. I don't know whether her recent smugness is because she is actually starting to believe or own hype (delusion) or the party spin doctors have been issuing her orders (illusion).

 

I wouldn't even credit Maggie May with this "revival". It's mainly a transfer of ultra-unionist votes from Labour to Tory (given the Blairites were Tory-lite to begin with, it's not much of a stretch) in a last-ditch bid to save their Union.

 

Shame on Butch Davidson and Turdo Fraser et al for playing the 1690/Nae Surrender cards, though. Horrid people. If they think trying to Ulsterise politics in Scotland is in any way a good thing, they are sadly deluded as well as bigoted.

[spamspamspam]

So with these cunts being more or less booted out of their party, does that mean their wards have to vote again?

 

No, they are now classed as independents.

[caledonia]

Their new slogan is vote labour get tory

[tutankamun]

Don't vote for Labour, get Labour...

[Robbie Winters]

ACC - Brass necked radges

[The Village Seagull]

Just let The Village Seagull know and he will sort them out.

[The Boofon]

Their own fault for voting for the cunts.

 

Get what you deserve.

[Poodler]

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