Mark Irvine - Blogger, Campaigner, Organiser

I have now written to Scotland's First Minister to alert Nicola Sturgeon to the latest foot-dragging antics of Labour-run North Lanarkshire Council in relation to equal pay. As regular readers know the elected politicians and senior officials in charge of North Lanarkshire Council have been making a terrible mess of equal pay for years. The latest debacle over the Council's job evaluation (JE) review goes back to 1 April 2015, yet after all this time NLC is still not in a position to release the backpay that its long-suffering Home Support workers are due. I think it's fair to say that if this 'cockamamy' Labour-run council were operating in the private sector, heads would have rolled long before now.   Cockamamy Council  (30/09/16) Here's a copy of an email I have circulated to all MSPs and MPs who have local constituencies within the boundaries of Labour-run North Lanarkshire Council. As ever, in the fight for equal pay &#

Here's a copy of an email I have circulated to all MSPs and MPs who have local constituencies within the boundaries of Labour-run North Lanarkshire Council. As ever, in the fight for equal pay 'many hands make light work' and the more people who help turn up the heat on this cockamamy Labour council - the sooner we will get this issue resolved. I have also sent the email and blog post to Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, albeit for information only at this stage.   Dear MSP/MP North Lanarkshire and Equal Pay I enclose for your information a copy of the latest post to my blog site regarding Labour-run North Lanarkshire Council and the fight for equal pay. I am sure that local constituents will be in touch to ask for your assistance in persuading North Lanarkshire Council to 'get its finger out' as this is a very big issue for the many hundreds of employees involved. Kind regards Mark Irvine CC - Nicola Sturgeon, Firs

Glasgow Celtic went some way to restoring the reputation of Scottish football last night with a magnificent performance against Manchester City which kept the club's Euro dreams alive. But amidst the drama of a great sporting contest at Parched came the news that Celtic have earned another €10,000 (Euro) fine for the behaviour of their Green Brigade fans at a previous match involving the Israeli club Hapoel Beer Sheva. The same morons went on to repeat their performance at a subsequent Celtic versus Rangers game  at Parkhead although looking on the bright side a number of  individuals are now helping Police Scotland with their enquiries.   No Protestants At All (22/09/16) The arrogant numpties who style themselves as Parkhead's 'Green Brigade' will be banging their drums again today as Celtic get fined yet again by UEFA over the anti-social behaviour of a small minority of the club's supporters. I was at the Celtic versus Hapoel Beer Sheva game