25th March 2004
Lock
Up Cons’ Union Plans and Throw Away the Key – McNeil
Plans
to set up a trade union for Scotland’s prisoners – a Confederation Of
Nefarious Scoundrels, or CONS for short – should be locked up and the key
thrown away, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, has said.
He
branded the bid, made by Green MSP, Patrick Harvie, during Question Time in the
Scottish Parliament today, “deeply offensive”, saying:
“Mr Harvie has already seen
fit to detain the Parliament with such weighty matters as a wedding for Elton
John in Alloa and Kenyan sex advice, so I suppose we shouldn’t really be
surprised.
“The ravings of the more
extreme fringes of our rainbow Parliament are usually good for a laugh, if
little else, but this time they have gone too far.
“A trade union for
murderers, rapists and drug dealers is a deeply offensive idea.
Not only is it a slap in the face for victims, their families and our
communities, it is a slur on all genuine trade unions.”
During
Question Time, Mr McNeil has asked Justice Minister, Cathy Jamieson, for an
assurance that “murderers and drug dealers will not be allowed out of
jail to attend trade union meetings across the country.”
The
Minister responded that she was happy to give this assurance and underlined her
total rejection of Mr Harvie’s plan.
ENDS
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