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Published on Wednesday 19 November 2008 09:28

Tram workers are suffering abuse at he hands of the Edinburgh public, and there's anger about falling home values

Tram workers say they've been attacked with bricks and suffered abuse from pensioners as they dig up Edinburgh's roads.

Despicable behaviour, but no doubt provoked by the constant stream of anti-tram stories in this paper – every action has a consequence. I do hope the tram workers don't sue your paper for stirring up trouble.

PaulB

I can just imagine some old dearie popping over to the Co-op for a pint of milk, a can of cat food, oh and a couple of house bricks please . . . Aye right.

Geo_1875

Good to see Edinburgh's pensioners still have enough spirit. We need more of the same complaining (without the bad language perhaps) then these works may advance a lot faster. Nothing like a tongue lashing from yer granny is there.

subrosa

If this is such a wide scale problem, why have there been no official complaints to either TIE or the police? Don't get me wrong, if anyone is chucking stuff at tram workers, then they are idiots who deserve to be arrested. But is this really a wide scale problem? Somehow, I doubt it.

Skip McClendon

What I would like to see is the nice chaps from TIE to be put in good old fashioned stocks outside St Giles' and anyone that wanted could throw rotten tomatoes at them for 1 for four. This would be a great release for the frustrated public, also it would give a good gauge at the general public's attitude towards the trams and good public relations for TIE.

Hector the Red

What I find so sad about this is that in a democracy people who have a concern about the provision of public services should be able to express that by engagement with their representative Councillor. In the case of the trams our elected representatives seem to have lit the touch paper and retired to a safe distance.

KTCB41

Not many of us want this tram system as its a complete waste of money, but to take it out on the workers like this is out of order, at the end of the day they are just doing a job that they have been paid to do just like the rest of us.

Random

More than 20,000 has been wiped off the average value of an Edinburgh home in a year.

And here's me thinking that the Edinburgh housing market was recession proof!

Scottish Exile

Those that have done their research will have seen this coming for years. There is no argument, property is plummeting in value and will continue to do so for the next 2 years minimum and don't expect a swift recovery after the falls either.

Geed

The writing is on the wall for property as a surefire investment and like all bubbles it is bursting. What entertains me is that so many people just do not have the brains to realise.

Liz

Great news, this means I'll be increasing my buy-to-let portfolio vastly.

FC Barcelona

House prices are falling – and those with BTL's are cheering! You couldn't make this up. Your rentals are also falling. The value of your assets are falling. But I imagine you will tell us you are in it for the 'long term'. I hope you realise that's likely to be 5-10 years. At least.

ccc

Prices which depended on credit to bid them up must inevitably fall.

A Friend of Fernando Poo