Saturday, June 27, 2015

Ingleborough, Yorkshire Dales

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Down in North Yorkshire over this weekend and today's weather (Saturday) was indeed rather pleasant, and we managed a group-walk to th...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Leith Walk by-election to be held this September

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Local by-election now just a few months away - details in today's News Release here  ... and I'll re-produce the full text below. ...
Friday, June 19, 2015

June Leader's Report

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June 2015 If the case fits ...
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June Council Meeting

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The regular June Council Meeting is coming up - next Thursday (25th) ... ... all the reports are now up on Committee Papers On-Line (CPOL)...
Friday, June 05, 2015

June Corporate Policy and Strategy Committee

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June's "Corporate Policy and Strategy" Committee is next week; Tuesday 9th ... ... and the papers/reports are now in the p...
Sunday, May 31, 2015

Edinburgh Marathon

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I promised myself last year , given how great the crowds were, that I would go and cheer-on this year's Edinburgh Marathon runners .....
Saturday, May 30, 2015

Gardening Scotland

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I'm off for my first-ever visit to Gardening Scotland today :-) ... got some family-interest this year, with high excitement being ge...
Friday, May 29, 2015

One year of trams

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Edinburgh Trams have been fully operational for a year now ... without diminishing the seriousness of the difficulties in getting to that p...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Edinburgh Council backs renting reform campaign

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Both myself, and the Council's Deputy Leader , signed up to the 'Make Renting Right' campaign earlier today ... full details in...
Sunday, May 24, 2015

Allotment peas

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Managed to snatch a bit of time at our Allotment earlier this afternoon ... more planting (peas in this picture) completed - but still qui...
Saturday, May 23, 2015

May Leader's Report

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May 2015 New Chief Executive appointment    I am delighted to announce that Andrew Kerr is our preferred candidate to replac...
Friday, May 22, 2015

May Council Meeting

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Council business now fully back in post-election mode ... and the regular May Council Meeting is coming up - next Thursday (28th) ... ... a...
Sunday, May 10, 2015

Allotment-therapy ;-)

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A bit of post-election therapy at the Allotment this afternoon ... ... it's always such a haven of tranquility :-) Pond-area start...
Friday, May 08, 2015

Elections 2015

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Count over - we've had better nights! --- before some sleep; commiserations to: @marklazarowicz @SheilaGilmoreMP @henderson_ricky @cl...
Thursday, May 07, 2015

VOTE TODAY - vote Labour!

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VOTE TODAY #‎ VoteLabour‬ Polls Open from 7am to 10pm #‎ GE2015‬
Wednesday, May 06, 2015

May Corporate Policy and Strategy Committee

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Despite the UK General Election - Local Government life goes on ... ... and May's "Corporate Policy and Strategy" Committe...
Tuesday, May 05, 2015

Commission on Local Tax Reform

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General Election fever may be rife ... but important 'local government' events do carry on regardless! And - thought I'd fla...
Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Remember true heroes of election

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Had a short piece in yesterday's Evening News about the upcoming election ... totally a-political, I promise! Link here - and I...