Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Open and shut case?

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Given the problems during the last cold-snap , I'm not at all surprised to have been bombarded, from the Council, with a wide variety of...

Hallway cleared!

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Well, haven't managed to shift as many newspapers as we'd hoped - given the wonderful Scottish Spring weather! But a truly huge num...
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Campaigning overdrive

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Bit of a localised campaigning overdrive for the next couple of days as we try and clear one series of leaflets and letters ... ... only, of...

Standing up for Edinburgh

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So many reductions in local services, that Edinburgh Council is even being featured as a (bad) case-study on YouTube now :-(
Monday, March 29, 2010

Ask the Chancellors?

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Channel 4 had the first of the key election debates tonight - most important one of course , not that I'm biased ;-) ... so rather than...
Sunday, March 28, 2010

Potatoes planted!

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A week or two earlier than last year - but not that many spare hours in the upcoming weeks! - so managed a few hours down at the allotment ...
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Truly depressing

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You really should have a look at this post ; from the relatively new ' guardianlocal ' Edinburgh blog ... ... I find the map within...
Saturday, March 27, 2010

Scottish Labour conference

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Over in Glasgow today for the Scottish Labour conference - a host of excellent speeches and debates, but Gordon Brown certainly stole the s...
Friday, March 26, 2010

Campaigning day

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What else can I say - as if Alistair Darling's face wasn't in the press and on the TV enough, I have to look at it on thousands of ...
Thursday, March 25, 2010

Canal path improvements

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Hooray! The canal tow path that I use on my daily cycle to work is now hard-surfaced all the way to the Leamington lift-bridge ... ... wha...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

LEAP

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Spent a few hours earlier this morning visiting a couple of Council/ NHS facilities for those trying to combat alcohol and drug addiction -...

Keep calm and carry on

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Budget Day at Westminster ... of course, I'm openly biased , but really - would George Osborne have enacted half (if any?) of these meas...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

SNP car park?

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Now, the only car you can see in this picture - of the City Chambers quadrangle - may well be that of the Lord Provost ... ... but I'm h...
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Monday, March 22, 2010

A record to be proud of?

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Another new hotel for Edinburgh, according to today's local paper - you can see it all here .. ... mind you, when you read it you reali...
Sunday, March 21, 2010

Unique amongst men

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I caught, totally by chance, the BBC1 screening tonight of the Eddie Izzard round-Britain marathon challenge (its currently on iPlayer if y...
Friday, March 19, 2010

London-bound

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Off to London tonight ( by train , of course) - for an ERS Council Meeting tomorrow ... ... didn't prevent several hours of leafleting...
Thursday, March 18, 2010

P&S Committee - will anyone be left?

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Policy and Strategy (P&S) Committee meeting next Tuesday (23rd March) - main agenda can be found here ; and individual reports via CPOL ...
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

21% collapse in satisfaction rates

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I'll bet you remember those Council satisfaction rates from last year - you don't, well here's a little reminder: "satisfa...