Comment posted Council Elections: the tally in Argyll and Bute by Hughie.
But you can’t be both a Conservative and Argyll First as Donald chooses. Well you can but why do represent a political party if you don’t intend to stand shoulder to shoulder with your fellow party councillors? Saying that Donald is a fine Councillor, arguably the best in Argyll!
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- SSE’s record breaking efforts for Kintyre and Arran
Sorry perhaps I’m missing something here but isn’t that exactly what SSE did? The Council handed out updates on Tuesday with regards the restoration etc and part of that involved hooking up to the Lussa etc? - Another face of the Kintyre peninsula
Come on Newsroom – were you or I wrong? - Another face of the Kintyre peninsula
So is Fort William in North Argyll now? 
Sorry Newsroom, you’ve got this one CLEARLY wrong and should admit it. Crinan is in Knapdale. You could perhaps say at the north west corner of the Knapdale and Kintyre peninsula but not at the north western head of Kintyre that is for sure. The physical peninsula quite clearly begins in Tarbert at the East Loch. (as Robert confirms) For some reason it appears to have been extended into a small part of Knapdale but that appears to be derived through the tourism sector and not actual fact.
I’ve never heard that Crinan is part of Kintyre. In fact if you are adamant that this is correct then by your own admission Ardrishaig is now the north eastern head of the Kintyre peninsula!
- Another face of the Kintyre peninsula
“These photographs were taken today at Crinan in Knapdale – at the north end of the Kintyre peninsula. ”“Kintyre is having tough times just now but this northern end of the peninsula today was a reminder of the enduring positive of living in a place like this.”
Maybe it is me but since when did Crinan be in Kintyre? :-/
- Reports of SSE giving out false information on Campbeltown ‘reconnection’
Your really nit-picking“engineers have effectively established the equivalent of two new power stations to connect homes while they repair our distribution and transmission networks”
It reads correct either way. This is what they have done. Take a trip down and see for yourself what is going on. It’s like a military operation down here. Feel sorry for those without power still but looks to me SSE have been working their butts off.
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Just a query.
You say that the Conservatives and Unionists have got two seats, as before. The Argyll & Bute website lists four Con&Un councillors: David Kinniburgh, Gary Mulvaney, Maurice Corry & Donald Kelly.
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But Donald Kelly is not a real Tory, is he?
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Unless he did a last minute U turn I thought that Corry, of Lomond North altho’ he lives in Helensburgh, stood as a Conservative.
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He did indeed. This was our mistake entirely. All the necessary connections have been made and we apologise to Mr Corry, to the Scottish Conservatives and to readers for the error.
Mr Corry’s win takes the membership of the Conservative group within the council to 3.
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It is a matter of public record that Donald Kelly declares himself to be a member of the Conservative party but does not join the COnservatove grop in the council.
He is one of the three founding members of the Argyll First group that really have brought change to the way many voters in Argyll now see local politics.
His local constituency have nothing withheld from them and have enthusiastically endorsed his position in a triumphant fist place .
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And Maurice Corry – whom you list as an independent?
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He was wearing a blue rosette at the count and looked and sounded like the genuine article to me.
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newsroom – I think BFOandC’s point was that Maurice Corry was on the slate as Conservative & Unionist, not independent as you have shown above. There are three Conservatives plus Donald Kelly elected.
Congratulations to Iain MacDonald in Ward 5 – evidently his driving policy of bringing some ‘glasnost’ to Kilmorograd has struck a chord with the electorate.
NB Neil MacKay was in Oban North & Lorn, not Oban South & Isles.
Interesting result overall – if Dunoon returns the same 3 (2 Alliance + 1 SNP) as last time, Alliance+LibDem+Tory will still be unable to form a majority administration, even if both MacDougall & R G Macintyre join them. But then neither would SNP+Argyll First+genuine independents… there will need to be some musical chairs amongst the party groups it would seem.
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Has anyone heard the rumour that Robin Currie, Donnie McMillan and Rory Colville are forming a breakaway independent group of councillors, ‘Argyll Worst’, with the primary intention of aligning themslves with whatever group can offer them extra perks in the form of financial benefit for chairing committees etc, of nodding when told to, of conveniently forgetting whatever promises they’ve made their electorates, and of formation flipflopping at their leader’s command?
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Obviously 1300 people in Argyll disagree! Power to the People!
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Possibly the funniest post I’ve read this year. Thanks Robert, for raising a smile on this frosty morning!
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Heaven forbid we get the same ruling group. Another few years of that lot would be a disaster.
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the snp have chosen today of all days to award the northern isles ferry contract to serco , i fear a political stitch up
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And the wonder is that at the same time that Keith Brown is trumpeting the benefits of Serco as northern isles ferry operator he’s silent on the shambles that is SPT’s Kilcreggan ferry service. It’s obviously the big picture that counts, the small communities can go to hell.
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But you can’t be both a Conservative and Argyll First as Donald chooses. Well you can but why do represent a political party if you don’t intend to stand shoulder to shoulder with your fellow party councillors? Saying that Donald is a fine Councillor, arguably the best in Argyll!
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Maybe Donald’s not so much representing the Conservative party as just stating that he’s a Conservative voter in national politics – after all, presumably the vast majority of independent local politicians vote for one of the main parties at national level, but think that national party policies might be unnecessarily constricting – or inappropriate – when dealing with local issues at local level. I know this will be interpreted by some as just ducking the issue of committing to specific policies, and that this has been the core problem with the behaviour of Walsh & Co, but it’s surely a valid viewpoint for those local politicians who do have integrity.
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Sandy Taylor , the successful first time candidate in Mid Argyll, is an SNP member
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