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'Two pills short of flipping!' John Swinburne MSP's comments on the proposed siting of a secure psychiatric unit near Bothwell. |
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'Two pills short of flipping!' John Swinburne MSP's comments on the proposed siting of a secure psychiatric unit near Bothwell. |
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1. Cllr Ian Borthwick |  |
| Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party | ||
| Iain Borthwick is a veteran independent Labour Cllr and a former leader of Dundee Council. In 2003 he contested Dundee West as an Independent, coming third with almost 19 % of the vote. He was an officer of Age Concern Scotland for 30 years and has a closeunderstanding of issues affecting older people and has campaigned for and promoted the rights of older people. He is married and has a grown up family. As an Independent Councillor on Dundee City Council he has long experience in local government and, in addition, was a member of Health Authorities in Tayside for 15 years. He has also gained extensive experience as a Magistrate in Dundee. "It is vital that we strive to make the lives of older people more secure, comfortable,dignified and enjoyable.Poor health and poverty damage the lives of too many older people. Many cannot afford to adequately heat their homes and hundreds end up in hospital every year suffering from cold related illnesses. Fuel poverty is an affront to society and we must end this scandal. About half the state pension is needed to cover things like council tax, fuel bills and water charges before you even start to live.The cost of living is soaring for the over 75's. Our aging population faces important questions which matter to today's pensioners just as much as they matter to tomorrows. We must work harder to end the scandal of older people living in poverty, poor housing and poor health. Older people must be fully included in society, free from prejudice and abuse. Today's pensioners have contributed throughout their lives to the health, wealth andsecurity of our country and the security and success of our communities and families.But they are not sharing fairly in the growing prosperity of the nation. Half of all pensioners live on an income that is inadequate.The challenge for society and any Government is to ensure an adequate income for all pensioners to enable them to lead a full and fulfilling life.Ê The world we know today is one we have built from past choices, and so the choices we make today will create the world we live in tomorrow. I am determined to campaign on two core areas. Firstly - the need to abolish poverty for Scottish pensioners and secondly - the promotion of the interests of ordinary working people against divisive, sectional agendas. We have a simple message. abolish pensioner poverty by increasing the basic pension to at least £160 per week; end the meanness of means testing of older people; and replace the council tax with a fair, local income tax."
Recent electoral experience As an Independent candidate 2003 Scottish Parliament election, Dundee West, 4,715 votes (18.86 %) 2003 Dundee City Council election, Brackens, 1,306 votes (63.55 %) (elected) As an Independent Labour candidate 1999 Dundee City Council election, Brackens, 1,263 votes (59.49 %) (elected) As an Independent Labour candidate 1995 Dundee City Council election, St Mary West, 1,354 votes (81.86 %) (elected) | ||
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2. Tom McMorland | |
| Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party | ||
| Tom McMorland was born in 1939. He attended schools in Paisley and worked as an auditor in Local Government from 1955 to 1960. He went to work in industry with Rolls Royce in Production Control/Purchasing from 1960 to 1969.
He moved into the Computer/Electronics Industry in Purchasing Management and Production Control between 1970 and 2004, after which he retired.He is married with three children, a son and two daughters. He has three grandchildren, two boys, who live in Houston, Texas and a grandaughter of 7 months who lives in Inverurie. After retiral he moved from Ayr to Inverurie with his wife.His hobbies include DIY, Reading and Sudoko. Recent electoral experience | ||
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3. Ronald Neave | |
| Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party | ||
| Ronald Neave is a member of the SSCUP's Dundee branch.
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4. Andy Anderson | |
| Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party | ||
| Andy Anderson is a member of the SSCUP's Forres branch.
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5. Patricia McMorland | |
| Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party | ||
| Patricia McMorland was born in 1942 and was brought up and educated in Dumbarton. Her early working life was clerical/administrative, before moving into the Finance department of Polaroid in Vale of Leven, Alexandria in 1977. Her husband Tom also worked in Polaroid, and when he changed jobs in 1983, Pat moved with him to Ayr.She worked in the computer industrey until 2000, when she took early retirement.After 6 months of leisure, she decided that she had to do something and went to work part time for Rathbones, a training company for the disadvantaged, in an administrative role.She then worked as a Support assistant in the SCRA (Scottish Childrens Reporter Administration) in Ayr unril 2006, when she finally retired She and Tom moved to Inverurie at the end of 2006, to be nearer her daughter and grandaughter. (Her other grandchildren, two boys, live in Houston, Texas.Her hobbies include gardening and reading.
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