Strong rumours are circulating the Council that SNP Councillor Jim Grieve - who has been off sick for nearly a year - is to be wheeled in - literally - by his SNP colleagues for next Thursday's crucial vote on the new Council Leader.
Being aware that my Labour colleague Robert Moran is currently in hospital recovering from a major operation the SNP Group and their Lib Dem allies clearly see an opportunity and will go to any lengths to seize power.
These are of course the same SNP councillors who assured Robert a week before the recent budget meeting that they would not be moving an alternative budget and therefore it was OK for him to attend hospital for a scan on the afternoon of the meeting. Low and behold the following week the SNP came to an agreement with the Lib Dems and moved an alternative budget.
What Councillor Grieve and his SNP colleagues have conveniently forgotten is that if the Administration had wanted to we could have forced Councillor Grieve to quit last year when he had missed meetings for six months. This would have led to a by-election in Ward 2, which Labour would have almost certainly won.
Instead we agreed to extend Councillor Grieve's sick leave so that he could continue as a councillor - and continue to get paid.
Look how they repay us for showing sympathy for a sick 'colleague'.
Politics really is a dirty game!
The gloves are now well and truly off.
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