LABOUR HAVE FAILED IN EAST LOTHIAN
March 22, 2010 12:06 PM
Jim Hume MSP, Liberal Democrat MSP for the South of Scotland, has accused the Labour party in East Lothian as 'floundering in disarray' after the fallout of Anne Moffat's de-selection.
Jim Hume said: "The East Lothian Labour party have been so concerned with infighting and so preoccupied with discrediting one another, that they've forgotten what the real issues are in their own back yard.
"The people of East Lothian want to know that their elected representatives are spending their time fighting for local issues rather than fighting with each other.
"My postbag is filled with letters from people worried about losing the cadet force at Knox Academy, about the prospect of losing town centre economic viability and about the struggle to get by in such cash strapped times.
"I'm afraid that the Labour party has failed to represent the people and the issues of East Lothian."
Liberal Democrat candidate for East Lothian, Stuart Ritchie, added: "Labour are going to parachute in a candidate, who probably won't know or understand the issues the people of East Lothian face every day.
"Iain Gray, Anne Moffat and the local Labour party should have been concerned with the proposed closure of the Cadet school in Haddington, the state of East Lothian Town Centres, and potential ward closures in East Lothian hospitals. Instead for the last three years, all they have been interested in is their own personal feuds and egos.
"It's a shame East Lothian will have to wait another seven weeks to get rid of Labour and elect an MP who will fight for their constituents and properly represent them in Parliament."
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