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About davidsberry

Local ex-councillor, tour guide and database designer. Keen on wildlife, history, boats and music. Retired in 2017.

59: Band Aid 2011

Posted on March 7, 2011 by davidsberry

In very late and buzzing after a great evening at the Jam House where Edinburgh Bands Together did a benefit concert to help rebuild St Columba’s Hospice. On stage was a who’s who of the capital’s music scene past and … Continue reading →

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60 Days to Go

Posted on March 6, 2011 by davidsberry

We must be getting serious. With two months to go, the first hustings happen next week with a senior school event at North Berwick High in the afternoon of Monday 7th  and an RSPB-sponsored Climate Cafe hustings in Haddington’s Town House … Continue reading →

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61: Tomorrow-ness?

Posted on March 4, 2011 by davidsberry

Having been on a doorstep or three as part of my campaign, I have to say that the good people of East Lothian are nothing if not polite. The only hostility in an identifiable group that I have met comes … Continue reading →

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62: Genteel Revolutionaries

Posted on March 4, 2011 by davidsberry

The rarified rooms of the Royal Society in George Street are a perfect setting for the David Hume lectures and a perfect antidote to the brawling good cheer of All Bar One across the road. This month, the lecture was … Continue reading →

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63: Stop Digging

Posted on March 3, 2011 by davidsberry

Out of my depth this week, having been asked to help out with Standard Grade History at the local High School. For my sins, I had been researching mining in our county and produced 30 minutes of “death-by-PowerPoint” of which … Continue reading →

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64: Uplifting

Posted on March 2, 2011 by davidsberry

Tuesday’s 4-hour-long ELC Planning Committee meeting approved—among others—unusual temporary use for the old Ben Sayers factory in North Berwick. As applications go, this was as unconventional as any and the committee spent an hour considering it. Even in a tourist … Continue reading →

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65: Dodgy Defence

Posted on March 1, 2011 by davidsberry

I’m not one to avoid learning from my opponents. But in Labour’s case, their policies can be so hard to track. After Labour had tub-thumped how vital modern apprenticeships were in tackling youth unemployment, they voted against a budget that provided … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 28, 2011 by davidsberry | Leave a comment

66: Parliamo Politico IV

Posted on February 27, 2011 by davidsberry

Let’s Talk Pencil-Pusher: Lesson IV—Opinion Polling (Fourth of a series, translating bureaucrat-speak into what it means for folk in East Lothian) The Sunday Herald is abuzz with another poll. “Labour is on course for a resounding victory in May’s Holyrood … Continue reading →

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“The SNP under Alex Salmond has demonstrated that they can run a competent government and Alex Salmond makes a fine First Minister. I think Alex deserves a second term in office, and he is the best choice for Scotland during … Continue reading →

Posted on February 27, 2011 by davidsberry | Leave a comment