<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029931364697931101</id><updated>2024-11-01T10:34:36.606+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Merrylee Matters Community Association</title><subtitle type='html'>Is a voluntary social welfare campaign group based in the South-side of Glasgow.  We have been established for over a decade, and in that time our activists have dedicated there efforts in the fight for social equality and inclusion, not only for our own Community but for all the disenfranchised across the City.&#xa;&#xa;Please take the time to read our past victories and support us in our continuing struggle.&#xa;&#xa;“Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere”- Martin Luther King, Jr.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://merryleematterscommunityassociation.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2029931364697931101/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://merryleematterscommunityassociation.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029931364697931101.post-3976327897907462882</id><published>2012-04-18T19:43:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-11-13T09:10:19.801+00:00</updated><title type='text'>The Unethical Standards of the Coward!!!</title><summary type="text">

Haven&#39;t&amp;nbsp;posted for a while due to the unhealthy
borderline,&amp;nbsp;obsessive&amp;nbsp;attention we have been receiving from
certain&amp;nbsp;members of the public, wanted to see how far they
would stoop and it appears that they can go virtually subterranean.&amp;nbsp;



You know who you are and if the only way to undermine a long
established, highly regarded social&amp;nbsp;campaign&amp;nbsp;organisation, by
</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://merryleematterscommunityassociation.blogspot.com/feeds/3976327897907462882/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://merryleematterscommunityassociation.blogspot.com/2012/04/unethical-standards-of-coward.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2029931364697931101/posts/default/3976327897907462882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2029931364697931101/posts/default/3976327897907462882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://merryleematterscommunityassociation.blogspot.com/2012/04/unethical-standards-of-coward.html' title='The Unethical Standards of the Coward!!!'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029931364697931101.post-3873645250607179954</id><published>2012-01-06T14:02:00.000+00:00</published><updated>2012-04-18T09:13:36.426+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Atos at it Again!</title><summary type="text">



A
New Year, &amp;nbsp;but no good cheer if you are
one of the 1.5 million disabled and long term ill who are being forced to face degradation
and hardship at the hands of Atos, who carry out Medical Assessments, as the
Government funded henchmen of the DWP.&amp;nbsp; Surely
no one can deny that these Assessments are deeply flawed and in most cases, it would
appear inaccurate information is being </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://merryleematterscommunityassociation.blogspot.com/feeds/3873645250607179954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://merryleematterscommunityassociation.blogspot.com/2012/01/atos-at-it-again.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2029931364697931101/posts/default/3873645250607179954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2029931364697931101/posts/default/3873645250607179954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://merryleematterscommunityassociation.blogspot.com/2012/01/atos-at-it-again.html' title='Atos at it Again!'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029931364697931101.post-4790630001225509221</id><published>2011-12-15T00:35:00.001+00:00</published><updated>2012-01-06T16:36:26.998+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Who Gives an Atos !</title><summary type="text">

So
unemployment has reached a 17 year high, the Government has plans to introduce
a piece of nonsense called the Welfare Reform Bill along with changes to the
Housing Benefit system you can only wonder how it will end.



Presently,
all Income Support and Incapacity claims are being replaced by Employment
Support Allowance which require all those who are classified &amp;nbsp;as Disabled or suffer </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://merryleematterscommunityassociation.blogspot.com/feeds/4790630001225509221/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://merryleematterscommunityassociation.blogspot.com/2011/12/who-gives-atos-so-unemployment-has.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2029931364697931101/posts/default/4790630001225509221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2029931364697931101/posts/default/4790630001225509221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://merryleematterscommunityassociation.blogspot.com/2011/12/who-gives-atos-so-unemployment-has.html' title='Who Gives an Atos !'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029931364697931101.post-2976868396111689552</id><published>2011-11-21T20:06:00.001+00:00</published><updated>2011-11-21T20:06:53.048+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Gone but not Forgotten – John MacLean!</title><summary type="text">&amp;nbsp; On the 27 November there will be held in Glasgow a Rally in memory of John MacLean who’s commitment to Socialism in Scotland should not be forgotten.  SRSM Annual John MacLean Rally  March starts at 1.30PM  Speakers and Social afterwards  Here&#39;s hoping for a great turnout, a chance for us all to remember our heritage!  See you there…  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://merryleematterscommunityassociation.blogspot.com/feeds/2976868396111689552/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://merryleematterscommunityassociation.blogspot.com/2011/11/on-27-november-there-will-be-held-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2029931364697931101/posts/default/2976868396111689552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2029931364697931101/posts/default/2976868396111689552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://merryleematterscommunityassociation.blogspot.com/2011/11/on-27-november-there-will-be-held-in.html' title='Gone but not Forgotten – John MacLean!'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029931364697931101.post-8477787749953019733</id><published>2011-11-06T18:07:00.001+00:00</published><updated>2011-11-06T18:07:48.728+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Politics of Ignorance!</title><summary type="text">Whilst catching up on new developments at the Occupy London Protest, I was deeply saddened to view a comment left by another reader. They stated “I&#39;m not a fan of bankers. My pension schemes have suffered by them. However as far as the protesters go I&#39;m hearing the same old envy based politics which has been proved to be unworkable”. Envy based Politics, what an insulting, ignorant statement, and</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://merryleematterscommunityassociation.blogspot.com/feeds/8477787749953019733/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://merryleematterscommunityassociation.blogspot.com/2011/11/politics-of-ignorance.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2029931364697931101/posts/default/8477787749953019733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2029931364697931101/posts/default/8477787749953019733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://merryleematterscommunityassociation.blogspot.com/2011/11/politics-of-ignorance.html' title='Politics of Ignorance!'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029931364697931101.post-6192752736219157382</id><published>2011-11-05T12:41:00.001+00:00</published><updated>2011-11-07T13:24:23.034+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Scottish Labours Six Top Shots!</title><summary type="text">
So six candidates have been confirmed in the race to become Leader and Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour party. Tom Harris MP and MSPs Johann Lamont and Ken Macintosh. Deputy Leadership contenders are MPs Ian Davidson and Anas Sarwar, as well as MSP Lewis Macdonald.


One for the watching is Glasgow South’s own little cowboy, Tom Harris MP.&amp;nbsp;Labour Party rule changes allowed Westminster </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://merryleematterscommunityassociation.blogspot.com/feeds/6192752736219157382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://merryleematterscommunityassociation.blogspot.com/2011/11/scottish-labours-six-top-shots.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2029931364697931101/posts/default/6192752736219157382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2029931364697931101/posts/default/6192752736219157382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://merryleematterscommunityassociation.blogspot.com/2011/11/scottish-labours-six-top-shots.html' title='Scottish Labours Six Top Shots!'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029931364697931101.post-4651688622784151078</id><published>2011-11-05T11:44:00.001+00:00</published><updated>2011-11-05T19:16:30.395+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Parklife!!!</title><summary type="text">
The Anti-Capitalist Demonstrators will relocate from George Square to Kelvingrove Park after reaching an agreement with Glasgow City Council.&amp;nbsp; 


Aamer Anwar, representing the protesters, said: &quot;It&#39;s a victory because, as I understand it, it&#39;s the first time the council have offered an alternative location for an occupation that&#39;s taking place on city council property.  


&quot;One view of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://merryleematterscommunityassociation.blogspot.com/feeds/4651688622784151078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://merryleematterscommunityassociation.blogspot.com/2011/11/parklife.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2029931364697931101/posts/default/4651688622784151078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2029931364697931101/posts/default/4651688622784151078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://merryleematterscommunityassociation.blogspot.com/2011/11/parklife.html' title='Parklife!!!'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029931364697931101.post-5516888301621306135</id><published>2011-10-17T01:31:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-05T19:16:21.255+00:00</updated><title type='text'>APPARENT SURPLUS OF SOCIAL HOUSING STOCK!!!</title><summary type="text">
I recently read an small but thought provoking
article that appeared in the South Glasgow News.




The article in question had revealed that Glasgow Housing
Association proposes a £7 million transformation of one of three multi-storeys,
earmarked for demolition, in order to offer key worker and young professionals,
local to the new Southern General Hospital and Digital Media Quarter at Pacific
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