Talk:George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock

message: The article currently states that 'as the most time-served politician currently serving in Holyrood, Foulkes has been responsible for Labour's opposition to the minority SNP Government'. What is this supposed to mean? To me, it either implies that Foulkes is the leader of Scottish Labour, which he isn't, or that he was instrumental in convincing Labour to go into opposition after the 2007 election, which he wasn't (what else could they have done?). He's a Labour backbencher in opposition to the SNP government, but I don't see how he is 'responsible' for Labour's opposition in general.
Equally, I've changed 'Operation Iraqi Freedom' to 'the Iraq war'. The former is rarely used (now) and is POV.Benjaminkje (talk) 19:56, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with you and the changes you have made. I've deleted the final paragraph of the Controversy section, as it was poorly formatted and without sources. Exok (talk) 10:58, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The material you're now trying to add appears to be your own view of what may be the likely impact of Foulkes' proposals. You need to find a source for this, which should be easy. Until  it's sourced, it shouldn't be added.See WP:V Exok (talk) 11:19, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Responsible for Labour's opposition'? 

message: The fist paragraph cites the subject's support for devolution, but does not mention his opposition to Scottish independence. This is an important omission, if readers are not already somewhat familiar with Scottish politics. 109.144.203.132 (talk) 15:52, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Position on independence' 

message: I've removed an old neutrality tag from this page that appears to have no active discussion per the instructions at Template:POV:
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