Scotland's first Muslim MSP dies

[jonren]

"First Minister Alex Salmond paid tribute saying he was the kindest most decent human being he had ever met"


news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7876038.stm

[Scooby Do]

"And lastly, although he would have considered it to be first, he was the most patriotic of Scotsmen.





Not sure what that means though.

[lala]

All Scots in Scot land are hyper-patriots. You have to be. Choosing to live in Scotland is like choosing to have your figernails pulled out. You have to really want it.

[lala]

Top sounding bloke. Even if you don't agree with his ideas, his patriotism and involvement are impressive. Makes me feel a bit ashamed of the quip I posted above:

He came to Scotland aged 21 and worked as a bus conductor and bus driver before buying his own shop.

He subsequently owned shops, restaurants and a hotel before retiring from business.

He was elected five times as president of the Pakistan Welfare Association.

In 1995 he founded Scots Asians for Independence, and he had been a member of the SNP's national executive committee since 1998.

In 2003 he was elected as councillor for the Pollokshields East ward of Glasgow City Council.

He was elected as an SNP member of the Scottish Parliament for the Glasgow region and Scotland's first and only Asian MSP at the 2007 election.

He served on Cross Party Groups for Carers, Human Rights and Civil Liberties, Older People, Age and Ageing, Palestine and Tartan Day.

He was also a member of the Public Petitions Committee.

As well as his political interests Bashir was an active member of the Asian and Muslim communities in Glasgow attending a number of the committees of various mosques in the city.

I suggest Scotland would be a great place if more Scots followed his example and did stuff to help make the country better, instead of lolling about watching Sky, say, or pissing off to New Zealand.

[jonren]

Well recovered, La-la. Take a tip for the future. Don't operate the mouth until the brain is engaged.

[fastkat]

jonren, kettle pot black springs to mind, old man....

[jonren]

Oh dear, another one hiding behind a new nic. How tiresome. I've been jonren for nine years and will remain so. Coward is not in my vocabulary. You come across more of a pussy than a kitty.

[watchman]

Feb 7, 2009 8:53:09 GMT lala said:

All Scots in Scot land are hyper-patriots. You have to be. Choosing to live in Scotland is like choosing to have your figernails pulled out. You have to really want it.

Is that because of the weather or because it's full of Scots (of the sort who have never left the country)?

[sweet soul]

Wow the guy was into everything!
Could he fly planes?
Just wonderd ;-)

[watchman]

Feb 7, 2009 15:13:58 GMT sweet soul said:

Wow the guy was into everything!
Could he fly planes?
Just wonderd ;-)

Take-off and landing were a bit iffy, but he could do some neat swerves.

[radge]

Hey the Highlands of Scotland are the most beautiful place in the UK. Weather sucks but scenery is top notch. Easy to live here if you appreciate mother nature

I reckon this dude was assasinated.

[lala]

is that because of the weather or because it's full of Scots (of the sort who have never left the country)?

Robbie Burns, had he seen modern Scots womanhood would have written, "For my love is like an o'er weight, sour faced cow, crammed into a lycra boob-tube too small for her and baggy track pants that don't concel her flabby arse, belly wobbling and glowing orange like she was frae Chernobyl and nae Cowcaddens, and an' if yer fool enough to climb aboard for five minutes o' the act of' love, ye'll come awf orange yersel'."

[sweet soul]

And thats just lala ! :-)

[lala]

Well recovered, La-la. Take a tip for the future. Don't operate the mouth until the brain is engaged.[/i]

Ah, sanctimonious disapproval from Jonren, which proves my quip was, in fact, witty and well judged. So I'll say it again, even more forcefully:

All Scots in Scotland are hyper-patriots. You have to be. Choosing to live in Scotland is like choosing to have your figernails pulled out. You have to really want it.

[cobblers]

Feb 7, 2009 8:57:05 GMT lala said:

Top sounding bloke. Even if you don't agree with his ideas, his patriotism and involvement are impressive. Makes me feel a bit ashamed of the quip I posted above:

He came to Scotland aged 21 and worked as a bus conductor and bus driver before buying his own shop.

He subsequently owned shops, restaurants and a hotel before retiring from business.

He was elected five times as president of the Pakistan Welfare Association.

In 1995 he founded Scots Asians for Independence, and he had been a member of the SNP's national executive committee since 1998.

In 2003 he was elected as councillor for the Pollokshields East ward of Glasgow City Council.

He was elected as an SNP member of the Scottish Parliament for the Glasgow region and Scotland's first and only Asian MSP at the 2007 election.

He served on Cross Party Groups for Carers, Human Rights and Civil Liberties, Older People, Age and Ageing, Palestine and Tartan Day.

He was also a member of the Public Petitions Committee.

As well as his political interests Bashir was an active member of the Asian and Muslim communities in Glasgow attending a number of the committees of various mosques in the city.

I suggest Scotland would be a great place if more Scots followed his example and did stuff to help make the country better, instead of lolling about watching Sky, say, or pissing off to New Zealand.

'Top sounding bloke'? Pass the sick bag! And this is the first time (and probably last) I will hear Lala pay tribute to someone's patriotism, of all things. Is it cos he's a muslim?

[limeylily]

Feb 8, 2009 19:43:13 GMT lala said:

is that because of the weather or because it's full of Scots (of the sort who have never left the country)?

Robbie Burns, had he seen modern Scots womanhood would have written, "For my love is like an o'er weight, sour faced cow, crammed into a lycra boob-tube too small for her and baggy track pants that don't concel her flabby arse, belly wobbling and glowing orange like she was frae Chernobyl and nae Cowcaddens, and an' if yer fool enough to climb aboard for five minutes o' the act of' love, ye'll come awf orange yersel'."

Surely not a description of Mrs Lala.

[evenstar]

Firslly, Burns is overateed shite and secondly I'm not hyper-anything, I'd wager there are more English hyper patriots than Scots, the BNP being a good example they should really be the ENP.
Most Scots patrotics stuff is kept to sports events and Hogmanay.
So up yer kilt :-P

[sweet soul]

"Surely not a description of Mrs Lala. " - Limey



nah, its lala himself! : )

[Gort]

I for one wont miss him as he wanted to create muslim schools in scotland. Alex salmond is nothing but a prick,,, and lala,,you picked the perfict name for yourself, as for people wanting to live in Scotland, the english are flooding into scotland at unpresidented rates obviously fleeing the imigrant onslought that is taking over england,,,(are you jerremy clark in disguise)

[radge]

Apparently something like 20% of all property on the Isle of Skye (or for the supposidly proper name for it now)...ahem...Eilean a' Cheo is owned by someone from down south. Great place to live even if it is for just a month or two a year