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

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Friday, July 25, 2008

Going North ...

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That's it folks ... ... 'Going North' for a while, from tomorrow morning ;-) Blogging will thus be light, to virtually non-exist...

Back (quickly!) to some local politics ;-)

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Okay - enough (if only!) of all this Glasgow East depression ... ... remember that set of Lib-Dem/ SNP local parking proposals that I pos...

Thoughts on a roller coaster ride ...

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It was indeed a real roller coaster ride last night (earlier this morning!) ... definite echoes of the 4 th May last year :-( ... and I d...
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Congratulations due to John Mason

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Result now in - I'll put a link up here in a few minutes, once I've listened to the speeches :-( And, first things first, congratul...
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Looks like a re-count :-(

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Looks like a re-count in Glasgow East :-( The BBC have just reported an SNP majority of 354 on the first-count ... if true, that IS pretty ...
Thursday, July 24, 2008

Exit polls?

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Just after 10pm, the polls have closed , and - guess what - early indications are it will be very, very close ! No exit polls - as far as I ...
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He's nearly there ...

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No - hopefully not John Mason ;-) ... but Barack Obama does appear to be dominating the news agenda again , almost as if HE IS the Presi...

What do you REALLY make of this?

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I've just caught up with yesterday's local press coverage of those parking proposals I posted about a couple days ago ... ... and,...
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Sunshine on Glasgow

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By-election Day - and the sun is shining ;-) ... has to be good for a higher turnout, but who will it benefit most?? We'll know soon en...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Pond life!

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No - the post title has nothing whatsoever to do with by-election candidates some 50-miles to the West ;-) ... enough (for now) of all thing...
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NP website now live!

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The Neighbourhood Partnership website, whose lack of existence I was bemoaning a few weeks ago , is now up and running! It can be found by g...
Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Tribalism running riot

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The Glasgow East by-election appears to be getting more and more partisan by the second - frankly, tribalism is now running riot across the ...

Information-void

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Well, its after 3pm now and still no sign of any Transport Committee papers ? ... bizarrely, some 'background papers' for the Commit...

Unacceptable ...

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My last post mentioned that there has clearly been political briefing of the press , before a report has been made public. As at typing thi...
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Tax parked cars to improve air quality?

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A fairly significant report has been leaked (on purpose I have to presume?) to the Scotsman this morning ... it concerns the potential use o...
Monday, July 21, 2008

Labour support grows in latest opinion poll

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No - not yet another rise in Labour support in the last few days of the Glasgow East by-election. If only, if only :-( ... but from the la...
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Sunday, July 20, 2008

... back from Glasgow (2)

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Back from Glasgow (2) ... gloriously sunny 'morning/afternoon' and one can only hope its like that on Thursday , as it does seem a ...
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Vanishing poll lead?

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Don't get too excited ... all you SNP blog-fans ;-) ... I'm just referring to some strange goings-on at the BBC Scotland web-site i...
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