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About davidsberry

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

Fudge Over Troubled Waters?

Posted on December 18, 2011 by davidsberry

Had to laugh last night when unsuccessful Labour Leader candidate’s Twitter alter ego Tam Horris commented that he was off to drown his sorrows but wasn’t the demented engineering officer down in the bowels of Das Boot also called Johann? … Continue reading →

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Dreich is Good

Posted on December 17, 2011 by davidsberry

The redoubtable Margo MacDonald MSP this week called on the Scottish government to describe more closely how life would be for the Scots if they were independent. “It will take at least a year to embed any new concepts we … Continue reading →

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We’ve Got the Power to Win

Posted on December 16, 2011 by davidsberry

As regular readers should know, while this blog maintains a pro-community, pro-independence and internationalist outlook, we hold no monopoly on the truth and are happy to give credit elsewhere for ideas that would advance Scotland and its myriad of communities. … Continue reading →

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High Noon for High Streets

Posted on December 13, 2011 by davidsberry

Just got back in from a bout of Christmas shopping along North Berwick High Street where, despite a biting and doggedly cold West wind, the shops are ablaze, the Xmas lights colourful, with bobble hats and buggies jostling along the … Continue reading →

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How to Get Here from There

Posted on December 10, 2011 by davidsberry

When Stagecoach ran a successful pilot fast hovercraft ferry service between Kirkcaldy and Portobello for two weeks in the summer of 2007, it was expected that a commercial version of the route would soon be open. Not only did such … Continue reading →

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Before There WAS a Border

Posted on December 7, 2011 by davidsberry

Yesterday, I had the privilege of being invited along to Aberlady Conservation Society’s unveiling of a beautifully sculpted  reproduction Northumbrian cross. A good turnout, despite a bitingly cold December wind saw Historic Scotland, a partner in the careful recreation of … Continue reading →

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Are You Citting Somfortably?

Posted on December 6, 2011 by davidsberry

…then I’ll begin. Once upon a time, there was a worrible hitch called Cargaret Murran who lived in a carge lastle called Mestwinster. From there, she and her wasty nizard friends had kept all the land of Brorth Nitain under … Continue reading →

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A Shade Too Shadowy

Posted on December 5, 2011 by davidsberry

It seems only yesterday that Margaret Curran was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland and announced a fitba’ team of fellow Labour MPs with a common mission: Cathy Jamieson, Russell Brown, Gemma Doyle, Tom Greatrex, Ian Murray, Anne McGuire, Gregg … Continue reading →

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Such a Waste!

Posted on December 1, 2011 by davidsberry

Official Statistics released  the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) show that Scotland’s local authorities recycled 43.6% of the household waste they collected in the three months between April 2011 and June 2011. Twelve of the 32 local authorities recycled more than … Continue reading →

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Dave Don’t Do Sums

Posted on November 30, 2011 by davidsberry

In the run-up to today’s biggest industrial action since 1926, the main public sector union in Scotland—Unison—wheeled out its biggest gun. No less than General Secretary Dave Watson went to press and blogosphere to argue that Council pension funds across … Continue reading →

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