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MP Devine may have received constituency backing – but where is ‘credible’ evidence?

I NOTE that my MP Jim Devine received the backing of his constituency association yesterday in respect of his peculiar use of his expenses in the pursuit of electrical and joinery work to his various premises.Read

Don’t hold your breath in expectation of prosecutions over expenses

FURTHER to the relentless reports of daylight robbery committed by those who are undoubtedly above the law and bereft of the slightest modicum of decency and respect for the taxpayer, they who are no better than the slimy pickpocket who creeps through the unsuspecting crowd filling their pockets and sneaking off, hopefully, undetected.Read

Is it time for Jim Devine to go?

THE Sunday and local papers have carried various revelations about local Livingston Labour MP Jim Devine.Read

Responses to MPs’ expenses claims beg more questions than answers

I WRITE in reference to the article in the West Lothian Courier of May 28, 2009, “MP defends his claim for electronic items”.Read

More honour among thieves than there is among MPs in Parliament

TAM Dalyell registered a claim for £18,000 for a bookcase to hold all the books and papers he had collected over the years as an MP for West Lothian – just two months before he retired.Read

Susan made me proud of my Blackburn roots

JUST those simple words “from Blackburn, near Bathgate, West Lothian” saying them as she did made my ears prick up.Read

Livingston MP should do the honourable thing – resign

GIVEN the number of MPs making dubious claims for their expenses, it was odds on that two local MPs would also be involved.Read

Does someone need to die before action will be taken to deter speeding drivers?

OVER the past 10 years I have constantly telephoned and written to local councillors, MPs and MSPs regarding the speed of the traffic on East Main Street, Broxburn.Read

Susan Boyle is an inspiration for everyone to follow

SUSAN Boyle is an inspiration, a bright star of hope and a fantastic singer!Read

Spin machine is laying all blame down south and shows double standards

FIONA Hyslop's recent reply dated Thursday, April 16 was poorly lacking substance and the support from R. Ritchie who clearly has tinted SNP spectacles maybe needs to reflect on the following facts.Read

Putting facts right as far as school building programme in county

HOW many faces does Mary Mulligan have?Read

Don’t believe everything you read about falling crime figures

ON Sunday, April 26,for the first time in months, there were two police officers on foot patrol in Murrayfield Estate in Blackburn.Read

Is there a point to the environmental wardens?

IF a competition were held to find a word that adequately illustrates the unwarranted degree of self-importance which our local councillors apparently attach to themselves, anyone submitting ‘portfolio’ would surely be runner-up if not the outright winner.Read