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About davidsberry

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

Armed Farces Day

Posted on June 28, 2014 by davidsberry

Lest hostile readers think the title too flippant, let me start by assuring any reader of my respect and gratitude for all those who put themselves in harm’s way on behalf of the rest of us. Previous generations of my … Continue reading →

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The Bitter Legacy of Sykes-Picot

Posted on June 18, 2014 by davidsberry

We Scots are currently under heavy bombardment from the London payroll and anyone they can strap a kilt on how the UK is better as the entity with which our patriotism is to identify. We can be Scots—but only as … Continue reading →

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Why ‘Yes’ Is the Answer II—As Ithers See Us

Posted on June 15, 2014 by davidsberry

This week there were a whole gamut of responses ranging from dismay to outrage when Scotland’s independence debate went global. While I understand why fellow supporters of us becoming a normal country might feel like Custer when the entire Sioux … Continue reading →

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What the Pope REALLY Said

Posted on June 13, 2014 by davidsberry

There has been some sloppy reporting which has been seized on by unionists a little too desperate to make their case that Pope Francis is hostile to Scottish Independence because he is ‘against divisions’. What was published in the Catalan … Continue reading →

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The Country Now Standing on Platform 9 3/4

Posted on June 11, 2014 by davidsberry

Along with many others, I have long been an admirer of J.K. Rowling, not because we once shared the same taste in coffee shops but because belief in her own creativity made her a ‘lass o’ pairts’. The fact that … Continue reading →

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Independence of Education

Posted on June 8, 2014 by davidsberry

Time was a Scottish education was regarded as thorough, useful and a positive mark for the person who had passed through it. But, like those glory days when Scotland had the highest GDP per capita in the world and that … Continue reading →

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Why Yes Is the Answer III—It’s the Economy, Stupid!

Posted on June 2, 2014 by davidsberry

There is a clear case for an independent Scotland to prosper more than it has to date within the UK. I confess that I have not examined all the contrary evidence put out by HM Gubmint on its website at … Continue reading →

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Why ‘Yes’ Is the Answer I—Personal

Posted on May 30, 2014 by davidsberry

Growing up in a small town made for a restricted education as regards other cultures and alternative modes of living. But university threw me into the melting pot that was Edinburgh with its 10,000 students, many from England and abroad … Continue reading →

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Basildon Revisited. How Ukip is remaking UK in Thatcher’s image.

Posted on May 28, 2014 by davidsberry

Originally posted on Iain Macwhirter:
“The suburbs are being painted red” tweeted Labour’s John McTernan at the height of post poll spin frenzy on Friday. He meant that Labour was holding off Ukip and the Tories in the metropolis –…

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Basildon Man Rides Again

Posted on May 24, 2014 by davidsberry

With only the European vote to turn out for, Scotland will have recorded one of its lowest voter turnouts on Thursday May 22nd—probably somewhere in the high 30’s percent. The turnout in England was hardly much better but they did … Continue reading →

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