Friday, December 23, 2011

Have a restful Christmas :-)

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That's it --- will be a bit of a blogging break as I try and re-acquaint myself with my Other-Half and Junior ... ... not that its set...

Last day in the office

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Last day at the City Chambers today ... that said, I am in Edinburgh right throughout the holidays and will pick up e-mails (or messages on ...
Thursday, December 22, 2011

Birthday boy :-)

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48 today ... I do hope the next 24-months go really slowly ;-) I've got my doubts! Can't believe I'm going to be stuck in th...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Christmas shopping!

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Managed to take a few hours off this afternoon and quickly fitted in the Christmas shopping! With the Southern-invasion starting on Friday...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Social media training

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Bit of additional, 'social media' training this afternoon, and yet more Edinburgh Labour candidates persuaded to sign up to twitter...
Monday, December 19, 2011

Full Council this Thursday

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Full Council Meeting this Thursday - main agenda here and individual reports on CPOL here ... ... quite a few potential, political divis...
Sunday, December 18, 2011

Allotment Update - AT LAST :-)

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Back from the Allotment and, as you can see, all is looking well :-) Bit of storm damage to some of the fences, but temporary repairs wer...

Strictly, allotment and more newspaper delivery

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Devastated that Chelsee failed to win Strictly last night  ... so much for my dancing-powers of prediction ;-) On a totally separate sub...
Saturday, December 17, 2011

New Leadership team out on the streets of Edinburgh

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New Leadership team out on the streets of Edinburgh earlier this afternoon ... all that 'Glasgow-bias' talk is clearly rubbish: thei...
Friday, December 16, 2011

COSLA, Group Party & new Leader

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COSLA Convention Meeting later this morning, at their Haymarket office ... ... followed later this afternoon (and certainly into the even...
Thursday, December 15, 2011

Central Edinburgh suffers power surge

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Tram depot handed over to the Council this afternoon ... SNP Minister quoted as saying: "This is an important milestone for the proj...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Tollcross Community Council

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Tollcross Community Council meeting this evening ... made sure I attended, arriving slightly late, all absolutely nothing to do with the fe...
Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Ward 9, City Chambers and CERN!

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Busy day at various Ward events this morning and into the early afternoon ... followed by a series of meetings in the City Chambers this aft...
Monday, December 12, 2011

Hutchison and Chesser Community Council

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Hutchison and Chesser Community Council meeting this evening ... ... fairly prompt meeting, with most discussion centred around the recent...
Sunday, December 11, 2011

Rested and refreshed

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Back in Auld Reekie feeling rested and refreshed after a blissfully quiet weekend off the Byres Road, in Glasgow . Even the mobile phone wa...
Friday, December 09, 2011

Glasgow for the weekend ;-)

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Right - off to the sunny West Coast this evening for our annual pre-Christmas weekend break ... I certainly know how to splash out ;-) Dr...

Going it alone

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I'm a federalist at heart - always happy to be pragmatic about how we eventually get there ! - but have to say I find the news about our...
Thursday, December 08, 2011

Local Government Settlement

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More detail on the Local Government finance settlement out - details here and comparative tables here ... ... Edinburgh benefits from th...