- That’s exactly one month.
- That’s far fewer than the number of times the Labour opposition on ELC voted against the interests of residents: not to freeze council tax; not to build >1,000 houses; not to put more teachers in P1-P3; not to review ASC services; not to boost recycling; not to provide extra police; not to provide wardens; not to investigate the CE’s £149,000 payoff.
- That’s the size of most primary school classes we inherited from Labour
- That’s just a bit larger than the drop in East Lothian crime rates (actually 26%)
- That’s barely twice the size of extra police (6) and wardens (7) provided in the county to achieve that.
- That’s half of the cumulative council tax rise while Labour was in power (60%).
- That used to be the number of ‘blocked beds’ for discharge from NHS hospitals; the number now is zero.
- That’s twice the number of council houses completed across Scotland by Labour (and one tenth of what the SNP is on track to deliver in ELC alone by this year).
- That’s the average monthly reduction in ELC employee numbers since 2009, so far without any forced redundancies.
- That’s the miles of unspoiled coastline we have to offer our many tourists
- It’s also the furthest they need travel from Edinburgh to enjoy any of it.
- That used to be the recycling rate when the SNP took over ELC. Now it’s 42%.
Rainbow over Bass Rock
