Read Colin Fox's clash with First Minister Jack McConnell during First Ministers Questions at the Scottish Parliament.
The Scotsman Jack McConnell, the First Minister, and other supporters of the transfer blamed yesterday's No vote on "scaremongering" and "misinformation" by campaigners, including Colin Fox, leader of the Scottish Socialists.
Mr Fox described the result as a "hammer blow" to privatising Scotland's housing stock.
The Times Edinburgh Against Stock Transfer, the campaign group, said it was pleased with the result of the vote. Johnny Gailey, a tenant from the Dumbiedykes area, said: “Finally, after all the council’s hot air, the tenants have had their say. I am pleased that the tenants of Edinburgh have seen through the council’s plans to abandon their tenants and privatise their homes.
“I trust the council will now represent their tenants’ wishes and work on their behalf to pressurise central government to release the money which was there on the table as a sweetener for the private sector. If the money was there for a private organisation, it should now be there for the council, too.”
