An amazing day at Council yesterday: ten hours of drama and serious mistakes by the Lib/Dem Coalition.
Mistake 1 - using the Lord Provost's casting vote to gag Edinburgh citizens - that will come back to haunt them
Mistake 2 - asking a totally inexperienced councillor to second the motion on school closures: he was weak, did not advance the Coalition's argument an iota and, given that not a single one of her front bench 'heavyweights' came in to support her, means Marilyne already looks isolated. At the very least Jenny Dawe should have seconded her
Mistake 3 - using the Lord Provost's casting vote to push through the closure consultation when the Children & Families Committee hasn't even met yet was premature and nervy and means the Council is split down the middle...in Marilyne's shoes I would be worried she couldn't get the Tories to back her
Mistake 4 - The Lord Provost moves to reinstate the robes & the SNP vote with him: hardly the actions of a modern, anti-unionist party when the robes are nothing less and nothing more than a symbol of the unelected power of Briitish Monarch
Mistake 5 - The Lib/Dem Leader says wearing robes would, 'if nothing else separate us (councillors) from the hoi polloi'- you couldn't make it up!!!
So there you have it - the new administration in its true colours - reactionary, elitist and unprepared to listen
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