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About davidsberry

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

Savaged by a Wolf in Dead Sheep’s Clothing

Posted on May 11, 2012 by davidsberry

Amidst the settling dust from last week’s local elections, a number of things are becoming clear. YouGov have conducted their usual regional poll around the UK and, while it shows little that is surprising, it does continue to show some … Continue reading →

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All In It Together?

Posted on May 9, 2012 by davidsberry

You don’t hear that phrase much these days (especially from ConDem spokespersons). Perhaps it’s because the stats for this last year—the year that Osbo forecast we’d start to see the positive effect of a paper money mountain for his banker … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 8, 2012 by davidsberry

Originally posted on A Burdz Eye View:
This week, the blog will be focusing on some of the wider issues raised by last week’s local elections – the voting system, the impact of apparent Alphabetis, the low representation of women…

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Local & Party Politics: Symbiotic or Strangers?

Posted on May 7, 2012 by davidsberry

Three days after the first standalone local elections for over a decade and while most of Scotland still does not know who is going to be running their schools and libraries, the two biggest parties in Scotland are lobbing claim … Continue reading →

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The Other Auld Alliance

Posted on May 1, 2012 by davidsberry

Down our way, Labour candidates for Thursday are banging on about jobs and buses, as if their political lives dependent on it. Which they do. That is unfortunate for them; the SNP has already sorted the local problem with buses, … Continue reading →

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Target Practice

Posted on April 30, 2012 by davidsberry

In cutting my teeth on active politics twenty years ago, my unwitting mentor was John Macnair, a crusty, iconic businessman-cum-farmer, whom I had known for a long time because I had gone to school with his two sons. John stepped down … Continue reading →

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Gathering Nuts in May

Posted on April 28, 2012 by davidsberry

So, it’s the final stretch. I have avoided blogging about the upcoming local election partly because I have an interest in it and partly because the great majority of normal people don’t. It doesn’t matter that they should; it doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 27, 2012 by davidsberry

Originally posted on Auld Acquaintance:
I commented yesterday about the lack of any evidence of Alex Salmond behaving inappropriately or corresponding improperly with Murdoch. Assumption and allegation of impropriety based on nothing but speculation are worthless, particularly when there is…

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Lions Led by Donkeys

Posted on April 26, 2012 by davidsberry

Now that the Scotland Bill has passed its final hurdle today and will become law within a matter of weeks, we Scots can expect to be enjoined by a kaleidoscope of unionists to appreciate the multifarious benefits of that union. … Continue reading →

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Camlachie Lassie

Posted on April 25, 2012 by davidsberry

As a politician of 13 years experience in both parliaments and having demonstrated in that time that she is no numpty, the current Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Margaret Curran MP should be able to hold her own. That … Continue reading →

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