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In Your Name 108

Posted on May 04, 2023 by

Alert Wings readers will have noticed recent press coverage of events surrounding North Lanarkshire Council, centred around a scandal of sexual harassment by former council leader Jordan Linden.

Here we present the full story, directly from one of the SNP councillors involved.

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    • Sven on Looking up at the stars: “Off Topic (apologies). After Northy prompted my memory regarding one of my favourite poets, Lord Byron, it encouraged me to…” Mar 12, 12:23
    • factchecker on Looking up at the stars: “You’re welcome to dispute, NC. So you assert that there was “a reluctant mass migration of Scots away from their…” Mar 12, 12:02
    • TURABDIN on Looking up at the stars: “Before King Donald there was King Andrew, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Andrew_the_First Scottish, presbyterian, ruthless and self interested. .” Mar 12, 11:56
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    • Alf Baird on Looking up at the stars: “As Geri implies, yer in the wrang place, culturally, Hatey. But yer weel-named: as Jean-Paul Sartre wrote, colonial “oppression means,…” Mar 12, 10:58
    • Northcode on Looking up at the stars: “Nice choice of quote, Sven. I like it, apposite. I am a fan of Shelley… pity he died so young.…” Mar 12, 10:52
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    • Geri on Looking up at the stars: “That’s not Colonialism, ya eejit. Tho speaking of place names. Issy USA targeted a public park called Police park. That’ll…” Mar 12, 09:05
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    • Hatey McHateface on Looking up at the stars: “The signposts, Geri. They’re flat pieces of wood or metal. Labelled with the names of places. Names like Inverness, Glasgow…” Mar 12, 08:37
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