Monthly Archives: May 2016

And the First Shall Be Last

Posted on May 24, 2016 by davidsberry

Lunchtime today something of a bombshell landed in East Lothian Council with First Edinburgh’s peremptory announcement that they were cutting one fifth of all their services as of August this year. More specifically, they are pulling out of East Lothian … Continue reading →

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Open Letter to Nicola

Posted on May 18, 2016 by davidsberry

I hope you’ll forgive the presumption but I have already tried writing in confidence to all four of your party’s members of Holyrood’s previous Local Government Committee and even to the Minister at the time (Marco Biagi). Unfortunately none saw … Continue reading →

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Not Waving but Drowning

Posted on May 12, 2016 by davidsberry

Over its five years and almost 1,000 posts, this blog has been critical of the Scottish Labour party. In part, this has been in lively debate with some of its members and its policies. The position taken here has always … Continue reading →

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No’ Sae Green…but Cabbage-Lookin’

Posted on May 7, 2016 by davidsberry

Despite predictions (including my own) of this election being a rather boring shoo-in, credit is due to those who peppered it with upsets of pundit apple carts. Iain Gray increased a wafer-thin majority in the teeth of the SNP hurricane … Continue reading →

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The Election That Wasn’t

Posted on May 1, 2016 by davidsberry

It’s a funny old world. Once Thatcherism so scunnered the Scottish electorate in the 1980’s they sent a phalanx of Labour MPs down to Westminster in protest. It was a vain effort to block the worst effect of Tory privatisation. … Continue reading →

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