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About davidsberry

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

Danny Dare: Bigot of the Future

Posted on July 5, 2012 by davidsberry

The launch of the “Better Together” campaign last week (no, not this one, nor even this one, but this one) generated reasonable and measured statements from heavyweights like ex-Chancellor Alistair Darling and positive signs that unionists are finally getting their … Continue reading →

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The Right of the People

Posted on July 4, 2012 by davidsberry

Two hundred and forty-six years ago today, fifty-six representatives of thirteen colonies who had been gathered in Philadelphia for a month to decide their future signed a document drafted by Thomas Jefferson that was then printed up and distributed to … Continue reading →

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The Whole Wunch of ‘Em

Posted on July 3, 2012 by davidsberry

It is rare to find civic figures taking more flak than the government—especially a Tory government, as seen from Scotland—but, this week, the bankers managed it. And it wasn’t just the one in the limelight, Barclays. It was the whole … Continue reading →

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Europe or Euyo-Euyo?

Posted on July 2, 2012 by davidsberry

If there is one element of British life that the Yes campaign has working for it tirelessly, it must be the xenophobia of a wide section of the English public. Even assuming they can persuade Scots to embrace the concept … Continue reading →

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The Giftie Gie Us

Posted on June 30, 2012 by davidsberry

Listening to the last act of ORF’s live broadcast of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor on top of today’s EFF premiere of Brave and Cummings in Macbeth earlier in the week, I am struck by the contrasting views that various “furriners” … Continue reading →

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Not Our Finest Hour

Posted on June 28, 2012 by davidsberry

Before there were such clinically business-like names as “nuclear strike capability” and “mutually assured destruction”, there was the Strategic Bomber Offensive which, unlike our present military madness, was actually prosecuted to as full an extent as we could. Based on … Continue reading →

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Nation for Sale

Posted on June 27, 2012 by davidsberry

THE assertion by Scottish Labour that Scots willingly chose to join the UK is wrong on every level. Again, like yesterday, not technically a reblog, this informative article from Paul Scott was printed in today’s Hootsmon. It gives a scholarly backdrop to … Continue reading →

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SOS Puffin—2012 Report

Posted on June 26, 2012 by davidsberry

Technically this can’t be a reblog since the original wasn’t a blog at all. But as a great example of a dedicated wildlife fan who has put major amounts of effort over five years into a project to secure the … Continue reading →

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Day of the Naysayers

Posted on June 25, 2012 by davidsberry

So, today is the launch of “Better Together” aka “The ‘NO’ Campaign”. Can’t say that I wish them well. That’s not because they oppose my personal belief that the Scots would do better running their own country in their own … Continue reading →

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Public Disservice

Posted on June 23, 2012 by davidsberry

Lothian Buses has a history stretching back to the formation of Edinburgh Corporation Tramways in 1919 and a slew of recent commendations, including Best UK Bus Company (2002), Bus Operator of the Year (2007) and Top City Operator of the Year (2011). … Continue reading →

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