Saturday, April 30, 2011

Lamp-post mania ;-)

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Every activists favourite job today - those lamp-post posters :-( At least the sun was shining ... ... and I'm extremely grateful ...
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Friday, April 29, 2011

Wedding-fever ... not

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Been hard to avoid the wall-to-wall coverage of the Royal Wedding today ... but I've tried my best ;-) Leaflet-folding and counting, l...

Council Meeting yesterday ...

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Council Meeting yesterday finished promptly (for Edinburgh that means < 2pm!) with the plans for Inverleith Park actually being the mai...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

UK economy flat-lining

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Personally, I'm delighted to see the economy back in growth and pleased that the country has avoided a double-dip recession (just!) ......
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Elections Consultative Group meeting

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Last meeting of the Elections Consultative Group (later this morning) prior to the actual Elections on Thursday 5th May ... ... I do sense...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Rubbish Collection

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Or, I should say, lack of rubbish collection :-( Unbelievably, the refuse work-to-rule is coming up for its second anniversary  and I am -...
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Monday, April 25, 2011

Easter Monday

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Well - a restful couple of days , despite the weather being pretty poor on Saturday! - but back to the campaign trail today, despite it bein...
Friday, April 22, 2011

Easter Weekend :-)

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Easter weekend here - I'm going to try and take a couple of days off (Saturday/Sunday) so no further updates until Monday I'm afraid...
Thursday, April 21, 2011

Full Council Meeting next Thursday!

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Believe it or not - Scottish General Election in 2-weeks there may well be - but there's a Full Council Meeting next Thursday :-( ... ...
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

London today

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Down in London all day today - for a series of Electoral Reform Society (ERS) meetings ... crucial 2-weeks coming up obviously! London wa...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011

+£400,000 down the pan ...

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This might seem like a relatively trivial matter compared to the backdrop of an imminent Holyrood election and the first UK-referendum for a...
Monday, April 18, 2011

Consultation blunder

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Well, well, well ... current Council Administration can't even close a Nursery School without failing to stick to legislative requireme...

The Right Alternative

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Interesting report on AV published by IPPR this morning - you can see the full text here ... The conclusion is fairly clear: "The ...
Sunday, April 17, 2011

5-Generations on a bench!

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I hope Sarah doesn't take this the wrong way - but the highlight of my day today, wasn't anything to do with the truly endless cam...
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Day of rest - not!

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No rest for the wicked, as they say ... another long day looms on the campaign trail :-) Getting the mailings (yet more letters!) out of t...
Saturday, April 16, 2011

Stalls, leaflets and letters all the way ...

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Very busy Saturday ... stall this morning; endless leafleting and canvassing this afternoon; and more letters & envelopes than I care to...
Friday, April 15, 2011

Campaign overdrive :-(

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Complete campaign overdrive now ... huge number of tasks to complete over the next 36-hours; but everything is in hand, campaign team are (...
Thursday, April 14, 2011

Last day for Postal Vote applications!

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Last day for postal vote applications today ... with the actual packs being dispatched to arrive from Monday 18th April onwards. Still ano...