Talk:Jack McConnell

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Contents 1 Rt Hon 2 "Joke McConnell" 3 Policies 4 Expansion 5 President of Student Association

[edit] Rt Hon

He's a Rt Hon - see his bio on the Scottish Parliament website [1]. fabiform | talk 17:55, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)

[edit] "Joke McConnell"

"Joke McConnell" was removed as vandalism, but it does have some currency: googles 371 times. Still don't think it should be added to article (lots of people have received lots of childish insults, but hardly notable), but it is perhaps not fair to call its insertion "vandalism". --Mais oui! 12:15, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

The reason I marked it as such is because it has been the latest in a series of edits to add precisely that insult at various places in the text. Perhaps the comment is valid and could be under the controversy heading, but not where I believe it has been inserted merely to compromise the page, like ten or so edits in the last week have been equally so. Erath 16:27, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Oh... did not realise part of a "campaign". Perhaps if the campaigner would like to explain their rationale?... but if they have only come here to slander political opponents then they are not welcome. Slander cuts both ways: the Plaid Cymru article has been the target of some unpleasant, transparent "campaigners" recently, much to the discredit of the whole Wikipedia project. If you are a fan of a political party you are far better working to improve the articles related to that party: do not troll around trying to defame opponents - it just makes you look like an idiot, not the target of your campaign. --Mais oui! 17:26, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Policies

Since the most important thing about a politician might be their actual policies, I find it a shame when such information is lacking. Please develop on First Minister McConnell's political beliefs and government accomplishments. --Liberlogos 22:28, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunatley, Jack McConnell's political beliefs are a little hard to pin down - while being a man of the left, he is known to have a little conservative streak. He has been criticised, in the wikipedia article and elsewhere, in a similar way to Tony Blair for not being able to state concisely what he stands for when asked, and for having little vision or stomach for change. While I am myself a member of the SNP, I'm sure even Labour party members would agree that he is more of an elected civil servant than anything else.AlenWatters 10:45, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Expansion

I've begun an expansion of this article. We need some more info on his time as Finance and Education Ministers, and his 1st term as FM. Thunderwing 16:45, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] President of Student Association

It was stated that he ran 3 times for this post unsuccessfully, but I couldn't find any sources to back this up- so I've removed it. Please add back if a reliable source can be found. Thunderwing 20:31, 3 April 2007 (UTC)