Thanks to Dottie for alerting me to this:
From BBC Scotland yesterday:
Edinburgh council reaches settlement after suing tram law firm – The City of Edinburgh Council has settled its multi-million pound damages claim against a law firm that advised it over the first tram project. The local authority was seeking more than £200m in compensation, claiming DLA Piper failed to give adequate warnings that the price of the tram line would escalate.
and way down the page:
The £13m inquiry concluded in 2023 that failings by the City of Edinburgh Council and its arms-length companies were to blame for the delays in the tram project. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1k2p30028vo
In the 520 word report does the Labour Party running the council get an a mention? Not one.
In the above-mentioned £13m inquiry report – ‘Litany of avoidable failures’ in Edinburgh tram project – does the Labour Party get a mention in the 850 plus words? Not one.
Does the SNP, the minority party of government at the time, 2007, and which was against the whole thing but outvoted by the opposition parties? Three times.
What’s the biggest party in Edinburgh City Council? SNP.
Which party runs the council and has done since the beginning of the tram project? Labour backed by Cons and Lib Dumbs.
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What else do we expect from this shower about time the SNP called them out otherwise its going to be another 5 years of the same unless we grow a pair and get our Independence. We should all send a complaint to this new boss in London.
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“Does the SNP, the minority party of government at the time, 2007, and which was against the whole thing but outvoted by the opposition parties? Three times“
Indeed and the BBC website had an article on 23 November 2017 in the Edinburgh Trams “Edinburgh Tram Inquiry: Costs reach £7.2m”
Included in that article was this:
“The tram project was first mooted in 2003 when the Labour-led Scottish executive proposed building a network of tram lines at a cost of £375m by 2009.
When the SNP minority government was elected in 2007, they planned to scrap the project.
But that decision was overturned when the other parties in the Scottish Parliament voted in favour of pressing ahead.
After that, the government said it would not provide additional funding beyond the £500m committed by MSPs.
By the time the first trams started running on the 8.7mile (14km) route in May 2014, the total cost of the project had reached £776m“.
So what has now changed where the BBC are now seemingly reluctant to name the main drivers of this project and also those who were against it but were outvoted by opposition parties that included the Labour party.
Omission is something the BBC are adept at , especially when in comes to their news reports that have a tendency to exclude pertinent details , that as details could convey just how culpable the Labour party (and other UK parties) either are or were .
Liz S
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Thanks for that Liz remember it well also put it to an ex Lib msp also about the money sent back to London but his mind seemed to go blank.
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