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About davidsberry

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

Boosting The Burgh

Posted on December 13, 2013 by davidsberry

Ask anyone within a stone’s throw of the River Esk (once its two halves have joined and found their way out of Dalkeith Country Park) and they will be in no doubt about what is meant by “The Burgh”. Most … Continue reading →

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Winding Us All Up

Posted on December 11, 2013 by davidsberry

After being trailed over the preceding weeks so much, there was little that was actually new to report when Osborne made his Autumn Statement last week. Most reporting was on the jousting of the Osborne/Balls protagonists in delivering/rubbishing it. (A … Continue reading →

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Oh, The Farmer and The Planner Should Be Friends ♫

Posted on December 9, 2013 by davidsberry

This blog isn’t about to break out into Oklahoma-inspired song about how “one of ’em milks a cow with ease; the other steals his planning fees” but, as in the original musical, “that’s no reason why they can’t be friends”. … Continue reading →

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Fur Coat and Nae Knickers

Posted on December 8, 2013 by davidsberry

Seldom can HM Government have been so embarrassed to spend so much and yet be so accurately pilloried for its inefficacy than in Angus Robertson MP, Defence Spokesman and SNP Group Leader at Westminster’s speech on December 3rd. The UK … Continue reading →

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I Was Proceeding in a Festive Direction

Posted on December 4, 2013 by davidsberry

Today, I received the following e-mail from the Police Scotland commander of my local council’s patch. While undoubtedly sincere in wishing to help us locals enjoy a mishap-free festive season, in its dogged effort to cover all the bases, it … Continue reading →

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Garbage In—Garbage Out

Posted on December 2, 2013 by davidsberry

It’s not often that techies invent a buzzword but when ‘FIFO’ (the technical term for a serial data buffering device in a computer—first in, first out) was bent into GIGO, a new OED term was born to mean the quality … Continue reading →

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How would you build a nation?

Posted on November 30, 2013 by davidsberry

Originally posted on A Burdz Eye View:
If you had the chance, how would you build a nation? What qualities would you want your people and communities to have? Courage, certainly. To decide in a split second that the right…

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Per Ardua Ad Asda

Posted on November 27, 2013 by davidsberry

It may be flippant to paraphrase the RAF’s motto into a cynical equivalent for the Royal Navy but purchasing chickens now coming home to roost under Admiralty Arch are a product of a whole series of predecessors to the luckless … Continue reading →

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Britain Is Broke

Posted on November 25, 2013 by davidsberry

Making that statement does not fill me with great joy. There may be an entirely different social debate about wealth distribution that could equally have headlined “Britain is Broken” but this blog is about fiscal facts—that Brown’s smug ineptitude and … Continue reading →

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Enough with Racket Science

Posted on November 24, 2013 by davidsberry

Yesterday, my normally chatty barista went all quiet when one of my coffee buddies brought the chat around to independence by speculating on the White Paper due out this coming week. When prodded, she looked awkward, but blurted out “What … Continue reading →

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