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Police begin "green scare" in UK

The National Extremist Tactical Coordination Unit begin a "green scare" campaign. They appear to be deliberately misrepresenting many radical greens.

NETCU say "We have found statements that four-fifths of the human population has to die for other species in the world to survive". The article worryingly conflates primitivism with radical green direct action.

But they obviouslty didnt get the sharpest tool in the box to be the NETCU spokesperson: "They are doing research of possible targets, looking at shareholders and financiers. For example, they could research an airline and see how many of its aircraft are not environmentally friendly".

Guardian

Trump's shite golf course gets go ahead

Donald Trumps's shite plans for a £1bn golf resort for the wealthy near Aberdeen, has today won approval from the Scottish government, despite the fact that it will destroy eco-systems and result in a loss of biodiversity.

Guardian

Penniless man cons £1k from posh Embra hotels

A penniless man managed to con posh Edinburgh hotels out of over £1000, Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard today.

Pampreet Singh Pooni, 38, lost his job as a well-paid financial analyst in 2001. He had just been let out of jail for a different scam, and was on license (like parole) with another 224 days left of his sentence. He was refused help with accomodation by authorities, so understandably he decided to treat himself to 5 star luxury.

Unfortunately he was tracked down by police, and the high life was brought short. The Sheriff seems to have decided that, with so many people being made redundant from financial services, a strong example needs to be made - Mr Pooni will be jailed for a whopping 6 months on top of the 224 days left of his old sentence. Bastard!

Better luck next time Mr Pooni!

full story:
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/breaking-news/Fraudster-ran-up-1000-bi...

UPDATE: "Where is OUR Bailout?" Protest 24th Oct.

An act of mass public expression against the deepening economic crisis, dodgy bailout, and the severe lack of economic assistance for ordinary people, is set to happen in Edinburgh City Centre at 5pm on Friday 24th of October.

Updated Announcement | Original Call-out | Information about the crisis: 1, 2

UPDATE: Edinburgh Financial Crisis Protest: "Where is OUR bail-out?"

An act of mass public expression against the deepening economic crisis, dodgy bail-out, and the severe lack of economic assistance for ordinary people, is set to happen in the centre of Edinburgh on Friday the 24th.

What does this bail-out mean for us?

What is this bail-out all about? Firstly we need to summarise why the banks need bailing out to understand what the UK bailout is, then we can assess what the bailout might mean for ordinary people like ourselves.

Labour government pledges up to £500 billion for Britain’s banks

It is a measure of the depth of the crisis facing the British and world economy that a pledge by the Labour government to make £500 billion available to the high street banks, failed to stem continued losses on the stock markets.

Edinburgh Financial Crisis Protest: "We wont pay for your crisis!"

"We Wont Pay for Your Crisis!"

Edinburgh is set to have a demonstration against the government's criminal bank bailout, at the Corporate Headquarters of HBOS. 

Class gap in cancer survival

 Poorer people are more likely to die of breast cancer. Something most of us would have guessed, but at least its getting in the mainstream press. From the Edinburgh Evening News.

Strike rally to be held in Edinburgh

Unison, GMB and Unite are holding a march and rally in Edinburgh on Wednesday 24th as part of the Scotland-wide 24 hour strike.

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