Thursday, June 30, 2011

Thursday - just :-(

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Well - it's Thursday (just) and the Council Meeting has finished --- at around 11.30pm :-( There's been endless coverage of the...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Locked in a room

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Apologies for the lack of posting in the last few days ... no excuse other than general pressure of work I'm afraid :-( Spent most of ...
Sunday, June 26, 2011

Allotment update!

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At last - managed some time down at the allotment late this afternoon :-) The fruit-crop is really good this year: berries; strawberries,...

A small glitch?

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Back in Edinburgh - and who could have missed this  item on the BBC website :-( Dear oh dear.
Saturday, June 25, 2011

London today

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Down in London today for an Electoral Reform Society Council meeting ... ... whilst there's been plenty of debate about the result -...
Friday, June 24, 2011

Full Council reports

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All the Full Council reports now available --- you can see the lot via CPOL in the usual fashion. Looking at that agenda , it really does...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

Tram Report now out

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Tram Report out a day early (rest of the Council Papers should be out at 10am tomorrow) ... ... you can see the full text here . Well, e...

The biggest issue in the city?

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The biggest issue in the city at the moment? ... of course, its the tram project . Council Leaders' monthly report out today - you c...

Council debt stands at £1.3billion and growing

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Audit Committee earlier today did actually throw up one important clarification about current Council debt levels - its all buried within ...
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Audit Committee this morning

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Councils' "Audit Committee" meeting this morning - the main agenda can be found here , and the individual reports can be acces...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Edinburgh Labour call for Trams Public Inquiry

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Financial figures from the Tram Report for the 30th June Council Meeting (which is not supposed to be public until tomorrow?) appeared all o...
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Education Committee yesterday ...

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Must briefly report on the Education Committee yesterday - wasn't present myself, but appears to have been a bit of a shambles! Main d...

Bavarian visitors departed :-(

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Bavarian friends now departed - had a very enjoyable few days with them and short blogging break now over ;-) ... very busy week now ahea...
Saturday, June 18, 2011

Short blogging break

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Going to have a few days off from the blog --- no, not away on holiday or any other such luxury ... ... but have some friends from Germany...
Friday, June 17, 2011

WHEC allotment!

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Brief visit out to the Wester Hailes Education Centre (WHEC) this afternoon ... they've developed an allotment on the school site in th...
Thursday, June 16, 2011

Edinburgh Partnership Meeting

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Edinburgh Partnership Meeting this afternoon - I sit on the Committee as Opposition Group Leader from the Council ... more background detail...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Nursery Schools closure confirmed

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Edinburgh Council doing its bit to help newly qualified teachers today by announcing that the two Nursery Schools it wanted to close (reme...

1 in 6 new teachers unemployed

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Some truly shocking (I think) statistics out today about the number of newly qualified teachers gaining full-time, permanent employment ---...