COUNCILLOR ANDREW BURNS' REALLY BAD BLOG

(ex) CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCILLOR, ANDREW BURNS; FOUNTAINBRIDGE/CRAIGLOCKHART WARD 'EDINBURGH LABOUR GROUP' LEADER; & 'THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL' LEADER.

--- just very brief comments (both work & personal), as often as possible, that's all :-)

Friday, August 31, 2007

St. Cuthbert's petition

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St. Cuthbert's Primary School has an online petition up and running on the 10 Downing Street website - it's here . I'd encourage...
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Thursday, August 30, 2007

Men divorcing at 43

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A general news-piece about divorce has created waves of expectation within the Really Bad Blog household :-) As you'll see from the lin...
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What would you have done?

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"What would you have done about the schools issue?" ... it's a question that numerous people have asked me over the last few w...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Targeted schools 'not half empty'

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This story has got some prominence on the BBC Scotland website at the moment. I really do think this is the tip of the ice-berg, as regards...
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Weekly Surgery

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Weekly surgery at Fountainbridge Library this evening fairly busy. ... I don't 'usually' get many enquiries about educational m...

Croc clothes?

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Now, my love of Crocs caused me untold problems when I last posted about them ... you simply would not believe the grief I received by the ...
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Bit of a shambles ...

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Well, it gets worse and worse ... at today's Education Committee , it transpired that the whole sequencing of the first round of consult...
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Monday, August 27, 2007

1st Education Committee tomorrow ...

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Sorry - the blog is becoming a bit of a constant 'education' experience at the moment ... it is hard to avoid though, with feelings ...
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St. Cuthbert's Primary School public meeting

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St. Cuthbert's Primary School public meeting this evening ... I would say well over 200 people attended, which in itself is a big statem...
Sunday, August 26, 2007

Survived

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Well, managed to survive the family gathering up at Auchterarder - only just. And even the weather remained fine for the barbecue :-)
Friday, August 24, 2007

Auchterarder tomorrow ...

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Off up to sunny Auchterarder tomorrow afternoon, where my brother lives, for a bit of a 'family barbecue/general gathering'. ... obv...

No, No, No

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Thinking of yesterday ... nearly forgot to mention that the Lord Provost didn't just use his casting vote twice, but three times! Yes i...
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Some more photos

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Some photos from this week's demonstrations about the schools closure programme are available here . Thought they may be of interest ...
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Farcical end to a serious day

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There's no doubting that yesterday, if not very democratic , was a pretty serious day. It did though, I'm afraid to report, have a d...

An affront to democracy

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It was indeed a very long day yesterday , with the meeting lasting from 10am to beyond 8pm ... and as you can see from the picture, a lot of...
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Thursday, August 23, 2007

Full Council Meeting

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August Full Council Meeting starts in a few hours - agenda here . Reckon it could be a very long meeting indeed ... not just due to the scho...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Fair play?

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I'm going to do something slightly unusual here and paste below the anonymised (from/to) text of an e-mail that I've just received a...
Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Stop the Cuts - but Ward life goes on ...

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Obviously, the threatened closure of St. Cuthbert's Primary School is focusing most of my attention at the moment ... ... but - as wel...
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