Category Archives: Community

85: Flat Budget

Posted on February 9, 2011 by davidsberry

The Flat Earth Society lives. I use them as examples of denying-the-bleeding-obvious. But at East Lothian Council’s meeting to set a ‘flat’ (£210m) budget, our other-worldly Labour opposition deserved a prize—if not a world record—for cognitive dissonance. After Leader Paul … Continue reading →

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86: Parliamo Politico I

Posted on February 8, 2011 by davidsberry

Let’s Talk Pencil-Pusher: Lesson I—Bob the Builder (First of a series, translating bureaucrat-speak into what it really means for the folk in East Lothian) Ever since Mrs T handbagged councils into selling off homes, our crisis in affordable housing has … Continue reading →

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88: Beef Haddington

Posted on February 6, 2011 by davidsberry

I am delicate after an evening’s hospitality from East Lothian branch of the National Farmers’ Union. Though blowing a hoolie outside, the 150-strong annual dinner inside the Maitlandfield roared with cameraderie. And, since members apparently lead double lives as prop forwards, … Continue reading →

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89: Ane Dreich Blaw

Posted on February 5, 2011 by davidsberry

For two days now, Scotland has been thrashed by an Atlantic storm, familiar to all those who have spent any time here. Some simply draw the curtains, make another pot of tea and dream of distant, sun-drenched holidays. That is … Continue reading →

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97: Letham—Commuters or Community?

Posted on January 28, 2011 by davidsberry

It seems I have incurred the wrath of the local editor who finds it “difficult to know what to make of my incredible comments” on the proposed 750-house development at Letham, west of Haddington. An article on page 6 makes … Continue reading →

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