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 :-)

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Independence coming soon?

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Very interesting results in a ' 10 th -year of devolution ' poll out today ... ... now, you can't deny there are many positives ...

The end of an era

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Junior had his end-Primary-School dance at Craiglockhart this evening - high excitement indeed ;-) ... the most enormous pink limousine ca...
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Edinburgh Award 2009

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Went to the presentation for the Edinburgh Award this afternoon ... Chris Hoy was the recipient this year ; following in the footsteps of ...
Saturday, June 27, 2009

Edinburgh-bound ;-)

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On my way back from that ERS AGM now - Notebook seems to be working fine ;-) ... pleased to say that I've been re-elected Chair, and...
Friday, June 26, 2009

Off to London

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Off to London this evening (on the sleeper) for the Electoral Reform Society AGM ... ... I'll take that new Notebook , and let you kn...

More important than Party Politics

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Obviously been reflecting a bit about getting 'chucked out' of the Council yesterday - not a pleasant experience. Especially not o...

COSLA meeting in Clydebank

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Had the unbridled-joy of attending a COSLA Convention meeting over in Clydebank today ... ... all the main agenda details can be found he...
Thursday, June 25, 2009

Evicted from Full Council :-(

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No - that headline isn't a joke ... I really have just been evicted from the Full Council meeting (around 1pm) for apparently behaving o...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

1st day at Tynecastle!

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Junior's first full day at Tynecastle High School today! ... he's visiting this Wednesday/Thursday/Friday, before starting-proper...

Abject confusion at EDI

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Strange goings-on at EDI today --- literally a few months ago , we were being told all was well and the Chair publicly stated: “The last pe...

Tram-TV

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Tram-TV is here! Really, it is: you can check out some of the videos from here ... ... surprisingly, there is no sign of our local 'Tra...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

ERS Council 2009-20011

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Found out this afternoon that I've successfully managed to get re-elected onto the 'Council' of the Electoral Reform Society --...

Full Council this week ...

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Full Council meeting this week in Edinburgh ... the main agenda can be found here , and all the papers are up on CPOL: you can search for th...
Monday, June 22, 2009

No change in Aberdeen?

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I see that the Lib-Dem Leader of the Aberdeen Administration has been forced out of office this evening ... not certain that it will really...
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Sunday, June 21, 2009

Allotment and 'running for life'!

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Managed to get over to the allotment late this afternoon ... it really is a blaze of colour at the moment: as you can see! Click on the phot...
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West-coast weekend

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Stayed over on the West-coast Friday/Saturday, and went to a 'Scottish Association of Labour Councillors' ( SALC ) event in Glasgow...
Friday, June 19, 2009

Ten years of devolution ...

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Over in Glasgow this evening to hear Iain Gray give a 'tenth anniversary of devolution' speech ... thoroughly enjoyed the event, an...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

No new schools for Edinburgh?

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Sad I know, but I've just listened to the statement from the Education Secretary --- pretty thin gruel; but much, much worse was her re...
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