Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Happy Christmas!

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I am in Edinburgh for most of the festive period, but blogging may be fairly light from today! If any constituents, colleagues or other con...
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Monday, December 22, 2008

Teacher numbers down (again)

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Just a few weeks ago , the GTC had a pretty damning News Release which showed very real problems with the number of employed teachers in Sc...

Birthday Boy :-)

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Birthday today - 45 ... seems like a slightly significant age; although when I consider my Dad is 81 next month puts it all into perspectiv...
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Sunday, December 21, 2008

Glasgow-day

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Spent the day over in a not-so-sunny Glasgow last night and this morning ... ... bit of a treat for the big day tomorrow! Batteries definit...
Saturday, December 20, 2008

Xmas Party

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Labour Group Xmas party in the City Chambers last night - very good atmosphere and a healthy crowd of attendees ... ... I left about 11pm an...
Friday, December 19, 2008

Council responsibility

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Yesterday's meeting was mercifully, slightly shorter than last month ... ... and it has to be said, that there was a little more '...
Thursday, December 18, 2008

Full Council meeting today

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Full Council meeting today ... lots of deputations; probably quite a few political divisions; it is not going to be a short day :-( ... mind...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Tram communications

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As regular blog readers will know, I'm pretty supportive of the tram project - a view that's not held by every political party in ...

Too much to ask

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One or two colleagues have asked why-on-earth yesterday's Scotsman was making such ridiculous claims regarding my likely impact on the S...
Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Warning: slow-moving policy development

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Noticed yet more depressing news on road safety being reported via the Scottish Government website today ... I blogged about all of this ne...

Elections change nothing?

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As the eternal-optimist, I don't really subscribe to the view that 'its a bad time to be a politician' ... political scepticism ...
Monday, December 15, 2008

School meals back on the menu

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Remember the outcry ( earlier this summer ) over the SNP/Lib-Dem Administration's removal of a whole range of hot school meals from the ...
Sunday, December 14, 2008

Unfair funding

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Fairer Scotland Fund again I'm afraid ... ... the Policy and Strategy report (which I mentioned earlier ) is now coming up to the Full C...

Wallander

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Congestion charging , electoral reform ... no-one will be reading this blog shortly the way things are going ;-) ... so, on a much more se...
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ERS Chair

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Mentioned a couple of days ago that I was down in London for the weekend - and an ERS Council Meeting ... what I haven't bored you all...
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Friday, December 12, 2008

London alone :-(

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I am in London , but not lonely ... referring to the news from Manchester today :-( I well remember the endless arguments, in Edinburgh, ba...
Thursday, December 11, 2008

ERS Council meeting

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Electoral Reform Society ( ERS ) Council meeting in London this Saturday ... off down to the metropolis later today, and not back up until...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Tollcross Community Council

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Attended Tollcross Community Council this evening ... was the only elected-Member present, which is an extremely rare occurrence in these ...