Thursday, March 31, 2011

Edinburgh Labour 2011 team

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Think this is the first picture I've seen, in this election at least, of all six Edinburgh Labour Holyrood candidates together ;-) ......
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Tory Councillor defects to Labour

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No, not here in Edinburgh --- but over in Renfrewshire: STV News have the details here  ... ... really hasn't been the best of starts ...

Audit Committee tomorrow

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Councils Audit Committee tomorrow - with the main agenda here and individual reports here ... ... I strongly suspect that most interest ...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Committee, Surgery, Community Meetings

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Finance Committee as scintillating as predicted :-( ... there was though one very interesting debate about the level of Council debt wher...

Finance and Resources Committee today

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No dissolution for us lowly Councillors ... no, 10am this morning and it's a meeting of the Council's Finance and Resources Committ...
Monday, March 28, 2011

Another one bites the dust?

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One , two , now three Tory candidates  all standing down ... ... and a Lib-Dem gone last week as well :-( I know I'm possibly tempt...
Sunday, March 27, 2011

Out-and-about in Edinburgh Central

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Here's somebody much more famous , out-and-about with the candidate in Edinburgh Central earlier this morning ;-) Actually, weekends a...
Saturday, March 26, 2011

Gardners Crescent

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Don't take too many pictures of the candidate with me - don't won't to completely ruin her chances ... ... but here's one...
Friday, March 25, 2011

3DS!

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Junior is in a state of near implosion today - for those of you 'down with the kids' (and that doesn't include me, by the way!) ...
Thursday, March 24, 2011

East Lothian Fabian Society

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Over in Prestonpans this evening for an AV (or not to AV!) debate with Tom Harris MP , at the East Lothian Fabian Society ... ... enjoyabl...

Election expenditure?

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Mentioned the imminence of dissolution the other day - well, it is now upon us ... ... and I'm slightly surprised to see so much (obv...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Candidate nominated :-)

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Forgot to mention that I managed to get Sarah Boyack successfully nominated as Scottish Labour candidate for the Edinburgh Central constitu...
Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Policy and Strategy Committee today

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Policy and Strategy Committee meeting this morning - main agenda can be found here , and the individual papers here ... ... pleased to rep...
Saturday, March 19, 2011

Back in London

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Now, I know it seems slightly crazy - but I was back in London today :-( Don't usually make 2 such journeys in a single week, but cir...
Friday, March 18, 2011

Life expentancy on the increase

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Was interested to see this story covered on the BBC today ... ... not because I'm verging on the obese, I hasten to add, but simply be...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

London bound

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Down in London all day today for two events. This afternoon I was speaking at a McDougall Trust workshop  - a very good debate ensued afte...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Education Committee today

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Education Committee today - I don't sit on it anymore, but thought it was of interest that an emergency motion tabled by my colleague P...
Monday, March 14, 2011

Rain, Surgery, Community Council

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Out on the doors this afternoon in extremely heavy rain - was so bad, the canvass sheets had to be very carefully separated and laid out on ...