Saturday, July 31, 2010

Campaigning day!

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Not only have we got the imminent By-Election in the Liberton / Gilmerton Ward ... ... but the re-elect Sarah Boyack campaign is already ...
Friday, July 30, 2010

Neighbourhood Partnership event

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Attended a Neighbourhood Partnership event this morning - focusing on the role of the various Sub-Groups (I currently Chair the Transport...
Thursday, July 29, 2010

Over development?

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As many local residents in Shandon will know, a proposed development near the Colony Buildings (off of Slateford Road) has generated a hug...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Back to work; elections and referendums

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Down in London yesterday for ERS meetings in the afternoon; and back into the (Edinburgh) City Chambers later this morning to the undoubte...
Sunday, July 25, 2010

Allotment bumper-harvest

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After that nomination meeting earlier this afternoon, we desperately needed some rest & recuperation ... ... so headed straight off dow...

Labour Leadership nomination

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First Sunday afternoon after a fortnight away - and the first meeting I have to attend is a constituency nomination event for the Labour L...

Back in Edinburgh

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Back from the South West of England ... - first week spent in Bristol, with the undoubted highlight (for junior!) being the animation exhib...
Friday, July 09, 2010

Temporary halt in transmission :-(

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That's it - as threatened , there now follows a short break in transmission whilst I re-charge my batteries for the challenges ahead in ...

Rudderless OBR

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This morning's Financial Times is reporting yet further evidence of serious problems at the supposed Office for Budget Responsibility...
Thursday, July 08, 2010

It's Holland for me ...

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Country of my father and my upbringing didn't even get there ; country of my mother and my wife got thrashed in the last 16 ; and now th...
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Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Council recess begins

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Not many formal Council Meetings for the next few weeks ... still have a week to go before my annual-leave though and the usual mad-rush to...
Tuesday, July 06, 2010

London weekend ...

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Apologies for the slight lack of posting over the weekend ... down in London from Saturday through to Monday night and weather was just too ...
Friday, July 02, 2010

Thursday May 5th 2011 it is ...

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No, not for the next Scottish Parliament elections (well, they are also on that date!) ... ... but Thursday May 5 th 2011 looks nigh-on c...
Thursday, July 01, 2010

Not one single brick!

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For sheer political bravado (if not, outright comedy value) you really must have a look at this News Release from the Scottish Government re...
Wednesday, June 30, 2010

The third depression is upon us?

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Just spotted a really interesting economics/politics article (you can see it here ) from the New York Times a few days ago ... ... clearly, ...

All eyes on Edinburgh?

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Those Labour Leadership candidates just can't keep away from Edinburgh ;-) Ed Miliband was up again this morning. Actually, I don'...

Blogging about blogging

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Here's a blog post about blogging! A few months ago I was interviewed by the ' Improvement Service ' who have subsequently pro...
Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Heading in the wrong direction?

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Since the General Election , I've been trying to slowly break my addiction to endlessly studying polling-data ... ... I was doing quite ...