Moffat and Gray won't speak but voters show MP support
SO what now for the county's under-pressure Westminster MP?
View ArticleParty members barred from Labour Club
AT least three ardent Labour party supporters - allegedly including Anne Moffat's husband Lawrence McCran - have been banned from Prestonpans Labour Club following last Friday's events.
View ArticleBruised... but not yet beaten
The future of East Lothian MP Anne Moffat remains, nevertheless, at risk following last week's rebellion from her local party - but she remains Labour's candidate for the coming General Election.
View ArticleLabour chief writes to party members following 'rammy'
THE chairman of East Lothian Constituency Labour Party has sent letters to all 500 county members to explain matters surrounding the explosive January 22 meeting where an attempt was made to oust...
View Article'Pupils can pay up... or pedal'
SECONDARY pupils affected by plans to withdraw free transport for children living less than three miles from school should 'hop on their bikes' to get to class, council leader David Berry declared this...
View ArticleMPs future to be decided on Monday
UNDER-PRESSURE county MP Anne Moffat's political future could be decided next week.
View Article'We're sorry'
THE county's home help service, free transport for pupils living three miles from school, a community council funding pot and floral hanging baskets are among the casualties as East Lothian Council...
View ArticleResign now, MP Anne told
East Lothian Constituency Labour Party has called for county MP Anne Moffat to resign following the party's NEC decision to give the go-ahead for a local all-member meeting to decide her political future.
View Article'We've not bullied MP Anne'
OFFICIALS from East Lothian Constituency Labour Party have strongly denied any allegations of "bullying, intimidation or harassment" of county MP Anne Moffat as members prepared to gather this week and...
View ArticleCandidates lock horns at hustings
ABORTION, nuclear weapons, renewable energy and human rights were some of the hot topics put before the East Lothian Westminster candidates as they battled for the hearts and minds of voters at a...
View ArticleWhy you should make me your Member of Parliament
ON MAY 7, East Lothian will wake up to a new Member of Parliament. Here, the six candidates outline why they believe they deserve your vote.
View ArticleLabour romps home in the county
RED may be the colour of war, but the battle for political supremacy in East Lothian's Westminster constituency was effectively over before midnight of last Thursday's General Election, as Labour...
View ArticleNew MP:my county jobs fears with the Tories in charge
NEWLY-ELECTED East Lothian MP Fiona O'Donnell has admitted she has been "overwhelmed" by the support she has received from the county public following her landslide victory at last week's General...
View ArticleThe incredible rise of county's new MP
WHEN she was announced as East Lothian Labour Party's Westminster candidate, just one month before the General Election, Fiona O'Donnell vowed to "wipe the slate clean" following the very public...
View ArticleNew council leader at the helm
DUNBAR and East Linton councillor Paul McLennan was officially installed as the new leader of East Lothian Council on Tuesday - though not before his cabinet took an ear-bashing from opposition...
View ArticleEx-MP's £30k pay-off
EX-COUNTY MP Anne Moffat is to be given a £30,000 'golden goodbye' payment, it has been claimed - despite being ditched by the local Labour party before the General Election.
View ArticleMP delivers maiden speech
THE county's new MP was full of praise for her predecessor Anne Moffat in her House of Commons maiden speech - telling Parliament that Ms Moffat had "paved the way for women to represent East Lothian".
View ArticleAll the runners in the race for Scots Parliament
NEXT Thursday (May 5), the East Lothian constituency goes to the polls to elect an MSP. Here, the four candidates explain why they deserve your vote.
View ArticleNarrow win secures Iain Gray a second term as county MSP
IT WAS the narrowest of victories... but a victory nonetheless for Scottish Labour Leader Iain Gray as he retained his hold on the East Lothian constituency in the Scottish Parliament elections - by...
View ArticleNew MSP will 'work hard' for Honest Toun
IT WAS a scene repeated in many of Scotland's Holyrood constituencies: SNP take advantage of Lib Dem vote collapse.
View ArticleLib Dem collapse sucks Labour into votes black hole
HE'D spent the previous 40 hours travelling the length and breadth of Scotland in a last-ditch attempt to persuade the people to throw their lot in with Labour at last Thursday's Scottish Parliament...
View ArticleGray: my future
HIS tenure as Scottish Labour leader saw his party humbled at the polls yet Iain Gray hopes he can still achieve enough in East Lothian to not be remembered solely for Election 2011.
View ArticleMaking drama out of a crisis
THE global economic crisis now threatening Europe is clearly bad news, but for one man it has offered a golden opportunity.
View ArticleMerry Christmas to all our followers from everyone at East Lothian Courier
We hope you have a great time over the holiday season and we're looking forward to bringing you the latest local news throughout 2012.
View ArticleGray's long goodbye is finally at an end
His time as Scottish Labour leader will forever be remembered for a thumping SNP election victory, but East Lothian MSP Iain Gray says he is determined that his loss of the party's top job North of the...
View ArticleWar of words over charity cash
Labour politicians have branded a decision by East Lothian Council not to take up an offer of funding to help provide support to cancer patients as "disgraceful".
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