David Maddox: Dad's Army routs the Nats in new Battle of Stirling
If there is one group that seems to have the beating of Alex Salmond and the SNP it is Scotland's pensioners.
In November, furious over the increased charges on home care by the SNP led Fife Council, pensioners turned out in their thousands to stop the Nationalists from taking the Glenrothes by-election and dealt Mr Salmond is most humiliating defeat since coming to power in Holyrood in 2007. It perhaps did not help that the SNP candidate, Peter Grant, was the council leader responsible for the unpopular policy.
Now another one of the SNP select - Stirling Council leader Graham Houston (recently appointed by his party colleagues in the Scottish Government to a plum post in charge of the Scottish Qualifications Authority) - has also been done in by the grey army.
It appears his administration wanted to close down some care homes which provoked a bit of a stooshie, so much so that the Mr Houston and his colleagues backed down.
But to mark the triumph Stirling own version of Dad's Army -called Stirling's Homes Guard - made a montage of the bungling councillors on a picture of the original sitcom's cast (above) and recorded a song which can be listened to on their website or by clicking on their new words provided below - Who do you think you're kidding, Mr Houston?
Words - The Band of Stirling's Homes Guard
Performed by The Band of Stirling's Homes Guard
Labels: David Maddox, Glenrothes, Graham Houston, pensioners, Peter Grant, SNP, Stirling
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4 Comments:
good post
but it's called democracy. Whit's age got to do with it?
Th plan was pish no matter your age
"pensioners turned out in their thousands to stop the Nationalists from taking the Glenrothes by-election"
If only we had the marked register to make your fable believable...
The SNP administration in Stirling were always aware that there would be a backlash in attempting to close two care homes. Rather than bury their heads in the sand as previous administrations have done they did what they were paid to do - make decisions. The right decisions are often unpopular but a committed and dedicated council has to make them nevertheless. Choosing to have done nothing would have been the easy choice but also the wrong choice. Finally the people of Stirling can see they have an administration that is serious about change and not frightened to implement it. That's a vote winner in my book.
With this SNP administration we are starting to see the right decisions being made as they attempt to bring Stirling Council into the 21st Century and be fit for purpose. Under Labour Stirling Council was not fit for purpose. The two care homes in question should have been closed years ago. They make a loss and this is at the taxpayers expense. It's a fairly simple business decision. After all you wouldn't keep filling your petrol tank if it had a big hole in it would you? What about social responsibility I hear you cry? A fine ideology as long as your not asked to pay for it. A surefire way to ideological wipeout.
Thankfully all is not lost. Anyone with a degree of common sense will see that this topic has been hijacked by every politically motivated anti-snp bufoon out there. Fortunately though, we are no longer at the mercy of the Labour-voting luddites whose contribution to grown up politics is to hark on about the Thatcher days whilst blindly voting for a Labour party which has little respect for them or the beliefs their fathers indoctrinated into them as young men. For them I suspect it's little to do with being objective and voting for a party on its own merits and more to do with the misplaced belief that somehow their family loyalties are in question and they find themselves social outcasts should their Labour resolve waiver. For them there is no hope.
Willie Bundy - interesting comments. The SNP's efforts to haul Stirling into the 21st century are being ruined by the pesky citizens and their ridiculous demands.
As a long suffering Stirling taxpayer I look forward to our committed and dedicated SNP administration taking more bold steps. Why stop at old folks' homes?
Schools, for instance, invariably run at a 'loss'. I for one have had enough of leeching pupils, suckling on the taxpayer teet with never a thought to revenue-generation.
And here's another one - for too long my money has been funding recovery and support programmes for the victims of domestic violence with no thought to the loss-making nature of this service.
Don't even get my started on secondary care for the disabled or chronically ill, another service which undoubtedly fails to wash its face commercially.
Business is business, after all, eh Willie?
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