Wednesday, October 28, 2015

November's Corporate Policy and Strategy Committee

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It might still be October (just!) but papers are now out for November's "Corporate Policy and Strategy" Committee; it meets ...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Have your say on budget proposals

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I had a short opinion-piece in the Edinburgh Evening News yesterday, on the now 'ongoing' Council Budget Consultation. You can see...
Saturday, October 17, 2015

October Leader's Report

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October 2015 Have your say on budget proposals    Following the success of last year's budget consultation, in whic...

October Full Council Meeting

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Holiday now over - and October's Full Council Meeting is coming up fast - takes place at 10am next Thursday (22nd) ... ... all the r...

Sutherland-glory :-))

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Back in Edinburgh , after a truly remarkable week up in Sutherland ... the weather was simply incredible, and we managed several superb w...
Thursday, October 08, 2015

October half-term is here ;-)

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October half-term is here ;-) So; absolutely no blogging now for a week; and I also intend to completely (and I do mean completely!) lay-o...

blue of the sea and the aureate sky

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Well, it’s here – Thursday 8th October 2015! Over the last week, I’ve blipped  the series of eight cards  that the  Scottish Poetry Libra...
Wednesday, October 07, 2015

National Poetry Day tomorrow ;-)

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It’s National Poetry Day very soon - tomorrow, Thursday 8th October! On my blipfoto account , o ver the last week, I’ve blipped the seri...
Sunday, September 27, 2015

first 'tatties' lifted

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Managed a few hours at the Allotment earlier; & first of the 'tatties' lifted this afternoon ... ... not too bad a haul...
Friday, September 25, 2015

September's 2nd(!) Corporate Policy and Strategy Committee

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September's second "Corporate Policy and Strategy" Committee is next week; Tuesday 29th - two this month , as none in Oct...
Wednesday, September 16, 2015

The value of local democracy

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Had a short-piece about the value of local democracy in the local paper yesterday ... ... link here ; and I'll just re-produce the t...
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Sunday, September 13, 2015

September Leader's Report

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September 2015   A warm welcome awaits in Edinburgh    No one could fail to be moved by the tragic stories that have emerg...

September Full Council Meeting

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September's Full Council Meeting is coming up - next Thursday (17th) ... ... all the reports are now up on Committee Papers On-Line (CP...

Allotment-mania is spreading ;-)

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Managed to get some brief-time at our Allotment this morning; and plenty of produce still being cropped ... ... as well as these pic...
Saturday, September 12, 2015

Congratulations Jeremy Corbyn

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Congratulations seem to be the order-of-the-day at the moment ... and it would, of course, be remiss of me not to congratulate Jeremy Cor...
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Friday, September 11, 2015

Congratulations Marion Donaldson

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Edinburgh Labour secured one of the two By-Election vacancies in yesterday's Leith Walk Ward poll ... many congratulations to Marion...
Sunday, September 06, 2015

Allotment glory ...

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I'm biased, I know ... ... but the Allotment was looking *completely* stunning, in the early evening sunshine just now :-) ...
Saturday, September 05, 2015

all aboard the Borders Railway :-)

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I had a very pleasant duty earlier this morning, seeing off the 'Golden Ticket' winners on the first Borders Railway passenger serv...