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About davidsberry

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

How Many Does It Take?

Posted on December 8, 2012 by davidsberry

Scotland has a proud history of making things. Our industrial revolution was built on a robust base of a very manly heavy industry that once supplied steel and locomotives and ships to a significant portion of the globe. The eighties … Continue reading →

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Pretzel Logic

Posted on December 7, 2012 by davidsberry
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Osbo’s Tunnel of Osterity

Posted on December 6, 2012 by davidsberry

We are, it must be said, lucky. Not only do we live in Scotland but, unlike the dark days of the 1980’s, we are sheltered from the worst excesses of a Tory government in London by the existence of one … Continue reading →

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If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home by Now

Posted on December 5, 2012 by davidsberry

Much is made these days of green living, whether it be using low-energy light bulbs or recycling the newspapers. And, while these and similar efforts do make contributions to minimise the impact we humans have on the ecological balance of … Continue reading →

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Blessings Be Upon Them

Posted on December 3, 2012 by davidsberry

One of the wonderful things about Britain is its diversity. Not only can you travel less than 100 miles and get a different accent, scenery, culture, architecture, etc but there have been waves of immigrants who have all spiced up … Continue reading →

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A Day in the Life

Posted on December 2, 2012 by davidsberry

I had planned to be in Perth for the regular meeting of the SNP’s National Council of which, for my sins, I am an elected member. There was in fact a decent debate on the merits of the European Arrest … Continue reading →

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But They Shall Be Free

Posted on November 30, 2012 by davidsberry

However Scots feel about the more peaceful Union made some 400 years later, the long fight to resist absorption into and all-conquering Edward I’s empire threw up some of our greatest heroes and forged what has since remained the Scots … Continue reading →

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If It Wisnae fer Yer Wellies

Posted on November 29, 2012 by davidsberry

This has been a bad week in a bad year across Britain for flooding. Despite an early drought in England, the volume of rain has more than caught up with the average and flood defences across England have been overwhelmed. … Continue reading →

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Getting the Message

Posted on November 28, 2012 by davidsberry

As a few blogs have tried to explain over the last few weeks, the election ‘across the pond’ in America is, as Bones might have put it “politics, Jim—but not as we know it”. Therefore it was helpful to discover … Continue reading →

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Kenny Cannae Ca’ Canny

Posted on November 27, 2012 by davidsberry

I like Kenny Macaskill. Since his stint as SNP Treasurer, he has been popular across the party too as a hard worker and passionate speaker. As a lawyer, he had the appropriate background to become Justice Minister, a post he … Continue reading →

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