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About davidsberry

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

No Wonder We Feel Foreign

Posted on November 8, 2011 by davidsberry

Right in the middle of Guy Fawkes season, I have just been rummaging in the further reaches of Westminster procedures and so appalled by what I keep coming up with that I increasingly believe Guy’s had a bum deal down … Continue reading →

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Let’s Get Radical!

Posted on November 7, 2011 by davidsberry

Recent discussion on “the end of PC” has actually been about the demise of the personal computer. But a recent post passed on to me jolted me into thinking that we’re a little too smug with our implementation of political … Continue reading →

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No’ As Green…

Posted on November 6, 2011 by davidsberry

…as they’re cabbage-lookin’. Yet another of my gran’s pithy observations nails the whole series of naysayers who have tripped over their faces this week to do down Scotland’s future as a centre of renewable energy excellence. It is suspicious that … Continue reading →

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Those Who Don’t Learn from History…

Posted on November 3, 2011 by davidsberry

…are doomed to repeat it.” (Burke) It can be hard to discern key turning points in history as they happen, especially when centuries of tradition and inertia colour viewpoints. But we are coming up to the 70th anniversary of what … Continue reading →

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Another BRIC in the Wall

Posted on November 2, 2011 by davidsberry

From Scotland’s fausse freends like Moore, Murphy and Mundell an unending drone of unsubstantiated guff about all that Scotland benefits from its union wafts north of the border. Its volume and stamp of officialdom beguiles many genuinely uncommitted people to … Continue reading →

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A Peter Rabbit Version (for Unionists & Other Beginners)

Posted on November 1, 2011 by davidsberry

As I was about to say yesterday when Nick Clegg’s transatlantic ego pushed me off course, there are a number of people in Scotland to whom the motives—let alone the aims—of the SNP are suspect. There has been (as Mr … Continue reading →

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Land of Hype and Glaury

Posted on October 31, 2011 by davidsberry

Some lost souls milling around the Royal Concert Hall on Sunday seemed desperately in need of some direction. I had therefore intended to blog supposed ‘gaps’ in the SNP case for independence so they might see the error of their … Continue reading →

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Exclusive: Pot Calls Kettle Black

Posted on October 30, 2011 by davidsberry

Having had him as my MSP for four years, been in many of the same meetings as local council leader and crossed swords with him on several occasions as we contested East Lothian closely in May, I feel I know … Continue reading →

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Choice Means Understanding Options

Posted on October 28, 2011 by davidsberry

Growing up in North Berwick, we felt sorry for the private school kids. Shipped off in the train to Heriots or Melvilles in Edinburgh, they came home in weird uniforms long after dark when local kids were long done playing … Continue reading →

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They Shall Not Pass

Posted on October 27, 2011 by davidsberry

Today the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) weighed into the political debate with a plea for the SNP government to re-think its generous policies towards the people of Scotland. In the firing line were a number of planks that constructed … Continue reading →

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